| Highland Park Poetry receives 2018 Mayor's Award for the Arts |
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| Presented at October 15, 2018 City Council meeting. Back row (L to R): Adam Stolberg, Kim Stone, Daniel Kaufman, Nancy Rotering, Tony Blumberg, Alyssa Knobel, Michelle Holleman; Front row: Cathy Ricciardelli (Cultural Arts Commission Chair), Rita Yager, Jennifer Dotson, Emma Alexander Kowalenko, Joseph Kuhn Carey |
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| William Hicks, Photographer |
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| New Writing Opportunities
- Weather the Weather - Poetry & Art in City Hall
- HP150 Persona Poetry Project
- Illinois State Poetry Society 25th Annual Poetry Contest
- 2019 Poetry Challenge
- Winter Muses' Gallery - Poet's Choice
Visit Schedule of Events to learn details and download submission guidelines and entry forms.
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| 2018 Fall Muses' Gallery - Time Travel |
Highland Park Poetry is pleased to nominate the following poems for the 2019 Pushcart Prize:
From our Winter 2018 Muses’ Gallery: Poet’s Choice (an online publication; .pdf archive on website)
- Sleep River by Carol L. Gloor
- Puffs of Smoke by Joseph Kuhn Carey
From our 2018 Poetry Challenge (published April 2018 on line and in print, available on Amazon.com)
- For Elie Wiesel, 1926 - 2016 by Kate Hutchinson
From our Autumn 2018 Muses’ Gallery: Time Travel (current display)
- While I Wonder by Donita Ries
- Carob Trees by Marjorie Rissman
- In Louisburgh, County Mayo, Thinking About Dublin by Lynne S. Viti
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Congratulations to our 2018 Best of Net Nominations:
- Soldiers Must Have Their Coffee by Andrew Antonio Allen
- Ritual by Dorothy Marie Rice
- Yum Cha (Drink Tea) by Kathleen Gregg
- Coffee or Tea by Kerry Leaf
- Love Like a Latte by Emily R. Mace
- A Tea-Bag Kind of Day by Candace Kubinec
Be sure to read these poems and more in Coffee, Tea & Other Beverages. Copies of a chapbook available on Amazon.com.
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| October 2018 - C. J. Wilkens |
| We celebrated 10 Years in 2017 - Join us for our next decade! |
Copies of the books below are available for purchase.
Visit Amazon.com or contact jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org
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April is National Poetry Month.
Here in Highland Park, we celebrate poetry all year round.
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Highland Park Poetry is a community-wide celebration of words.
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Sharing poetry with audiences of all ages.
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Offering poetry writing workshops, readings and displays.
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Creating opportunities for local poets.
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