Northeast Texas Community College and Honors Northeast†recently†announced a call for original poems to enter the annual Northeast Texas Poetry Contest.The judges will be looking for poems that can accent or enliven our sense of the surroundings, people, the culture, and/or the history of Northeast Texas. Adult winners will take home $200 and $50 for first and second place. Full-time student winners for first, second, third, and fourth places will receive $400, $300, $200 and $100 respectively.† The general public, of any age, is welcome to enter the contest.† Any genre of poem, and at any length, can compete. To win an award, contestants must be willing to read their poems aloud at the poetry reading scheduled for Friday, September 8 at 11 a.m. in the Whatley Center foyer.†A committee of NTCC faculty judges will determine the top poems.
To compete, send preliminary questions, and/or your poem, principle occupation, and telephone number to Honors Director, Dr. Andrew Yox, at ayox@ntcc.edu†by noon on Friday, September 1. Contestants may consult the poems of all past winners by visiting the Poetry Contest link at ntcc.edu/honors. The Honors Northeast site also contains prize winning essays and feature-length films on Northeast Texas.
