Submissions Accepted Sunday, March 1–Monday, March 30

Poetry Café on Tuesday, April 28

Calling all teen and adult poets and poets-at-heart: Let’s get ready for April's National Poetry Month together!

The New Lenox Public Library will be hosting a month-long poetry contest to highlight your creativity. Submit a poem on any topic and in a style of your choosing.

• All poems will be published in our annual poetry booklet.
• Prizes will be awarded to the top poems in each of the following age categories: Grades 7–9, Grades 10–12, and Adult.
• Only one poem per person can be entered.
• Entries accepted only within the United States.

The poem can be any length, type/form, and topic, but because we publish the poems for our community to read, the topic must be appropriate for a wide range of ages.