CONTEST JUDGING / CONTEST ENTRANCE SUPPORT

Several of our poets have served as panel judges for the following contests:

1. STREET SIGHTS POETRY CONTEST FOR THE HOMELESS
2. BARNES AND NOBLE’S MAYA ANGELOU STATE-WIDE HIGH SCHOOL POETRTY CONTEST
3. WRITE ACROSS RHODE ISLAND’S POETRY COMPETITION

Three of our poets assisted seven individuals with developmental disabilities with typing poetry submitted to the VSA ARTS (VISION, STRENGTH ACCESS) ALLEN GINSBERG POETRY COMPETITION. One of our students won an “Honorable Mention” for his poem “Tadpole to Frog”

MENTORSHIP / SENIOR PROJECT

Two of our poets have volunteered to serve as mentors to high schools students who did Senior Projects, necessary for graduation, in the areas of poetry and fiction.

NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST ADMINISTRATION

One of our poets ran, organized, promoted, administered, and chose panel judges and a final judge for THE WRITERS’ CIRCLES’ NATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION