Call For Poetry - Red Butte Garden | Kids Out and About Salt Lake City

Call For Poetry - Red Butte Garden

Calling All Poets! Spring is right around the corner, which means it's time for Red Butte Garden's 10th Annual Spring Poetry Contest. Poets of all ages are invited to enter original, spring-inspired poems. Eleven winners will have their poems displayed in the Garden's poetry boxes and on the Garden's social media platforms this April and May in celebration of National Poetry Month.

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Poetry Submission Guidelines

  • Categories: Adult (ages 18+), Teen (ages 13-17), and Youth (ages 5-12)
  • Open to Utah residents only
  • No more than 24 lines
  • Must be the original work of the author
  • Must be themed around springtime or relevant to Red Butte Garden
  • Must be appropriate for all ages
  • Must be submitted by the published deadline
  • One entry per person
  • By submitting a poem, the author grants Red Butte Garden a license to publish and reproduce the poem online and in other media.

Poems will be judged according to the following criteria:

  • Inspired by nature
  • Relevant to the spring season or Red Butte Garden
  • 24 lines or shorter
  • Appropriate for all ages
  • All entries judged blind with authors' names removed from each entry before judging.

*Times, dates, and prices of any activity posted to our calendars are subject to change. Please be sure to click through directly to the organization’s website to verify.

Organization:

Red Butte Garden

Location:

300 Wakara Way
Salt Lake City, UT, 84108
United States

Phone:

(801) 585-0556
Contact name: 
Jason Alba
Dates: 
01/06/2025
01/07/2025
01/08/2025
Time: 
See website for details
Price: 
Free