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"Express Yourself" Youth Poetry Competition
September 14 — January 17, 2010

Presenting the Fourteenth Annual "Express Yourself" Youth Poetry Competition!

To enter, contestants must:

• Be in Grades 2-12
• Live in the City of Dallas
• Attend a Dallas school (public or private or be home schooled)
• Enter an original poem in the competition, using one of the forms below. Please use the paper form only if you are not successful in using the preferred online version.
  • Register Online
  • PDF

Entry forms are also available at:

• The Children’s Center at the Central Library
• All Dallas Public Library Branches
• The Bookmobile

Please use the online entry form if at all possible.

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Youth Poetry Competition Cover Art Contest
October 1, 2009 to December 31, 2009

Artists! Get out your Paint, Pencils or Crayons and design the cover for the 14th edition of the Express Yourself! Poetry Competition! All artwork should incorporate a literary/poetry theme. For details, see this flyer.

 

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