PoemCity is the Kellogg-Hubbard Library’s annual celebration of National Poetry Month each April. Started in 2010, PoemCity displays poems by Vermonters in storefront windows in downtown Montpelier and organizes a community calendar of poetry events for the month.
Submit Your Poem for PoemCity 2025!
Submissions are open December 18, 2024 – February 1, 2025.
All Vermont residents, including students, are invited to submit! Selected poems will be displayed in storefront windows throughout downtown Montpelier in April 2025, offering a fantastic chance to share your work with the community and join your neighbors in celebrating National Poetry Month.
PoemCity is presented by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library with generous support from Vermont Humanities.
Rules:
- Submissions will be accepted December 18, 2024 through February 1, 2025.
- Poets must be Vermont residents (college students accepted).
- Submissions are limited to one poem per person.
- Poems are limited to 24 lines, including line spaces, due to formatting constraints. Poems over 24 lines will not be accepted.
- Poems must be submitted in .doc, .docx, .rft, or .odt file formats. PDFs are not accepted.
- Please do not resubmit work that was previously displayed in Poetry Alive! or prior years of PoemCity.
- Please ensure that you have the rights to offer this poem for publication. This poem must be your own work.
- Because this is a public display, poems with offensive language or content will not be accepted.
- You cannot edit your poem after it has been submitted.
PoemCity is free of charge for participants. By sending your work to PoemCity 2025 you agree to the following:
PoemCity and Kellogg-Hubbard Library may use any poem in the text display, in promotional materials, and associated online, print, and other media outlets.
If you do not use a computer, we will accept typed or handwritten poems. Please only use this option if it is absolutely impossible for you to submit online. Send to:
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
PoemCity 2025
135 Main Street
Montpelier, VT 05602
Questions? Email [email protected] or call (802) 223-3338.
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