Sidewalk Poetry Returns to Cambridge

SIDEWALK POETRY RETURNS TO CAMBRIDGE!

Cambridge, MA – The City of Cambridge is pleased to announce the launch of the second annual Sidewalk Poetry Contest, designed to select poems written by Cambridge residents for imprinting in City sidewalks in 2016. 

Cambridge residents of any age are invited to submit one poem of their own work to the 2016 Sidewalk Poetry Contest, March 1-20, 2016.  The inaugural contest attracted over 300 submissions from residents from 4-95 years, demonstrating the ageless appeal of poetry. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, 2016. For more information and to submit a poem, please visit www.cambridgema.gov/sidewalkpoetry  

Poems will be reviewed by a selection committee composed of representatives from Cambridge Public Works, Cambridge Public Library, and Cambridge Arts, as well as a former Poet Populist and a Cambridge high school student. Winning poets and runners up will be invited to read at the Poetry Tent at the 37th Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 4, 2016. The Sidewalk Poetry Program is a collaborative project of the Department of Public Works, Cambridge Arts, and the Cambridge Public Library.