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Annual Poetry Competition on Thursday
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Posted on Mar 09 2009
The Northern Mariana Islands Council for the Humanities is inviting the public to the Sixth Annual Valentine Sengebau Poetry Competition to be held at the American Memorial Park Visitors Center Theater on Thursday, March 12, at 6:30pm.
Students from junior high and high schools on Saipan, Rota, and Tinian will be competing for cash prizes and trophies during this event.
Their poems will be in a variety of styles and address topics relating to culture, identity and change in the Northern Marianas.
Competitors will be scored by panels of judges in two criteria: poetry content and recital quality. Content judges will consider the use of symbolism, imagery, and metaphor, while recital judges will score each poet’s style and delivery.
Poem content will count for 70 percent of the score and recital quality 30 percent.
First place finishers in the junior and senior divisions will have their names inscribed on perpetual trophies that will be kept by the winning schools until next year’s competition. First through third place finishers in each division will also receive cash prizes.
The Sengebau Poetry Competition is sponsored annually by the NMI Council for the Humanities to foster local literary capabilities. Interested individuals wishing more information about this event may contact Council staff at 235-4785 or visit the Council’s website at www.nmihumanities.org.[B][I] (PR)[/I][/B]
