Happy Poetry Month!
As part of the April celebration,
the Vachel Lindsay Association and Vachel Lindsay State Historic Site are
hosting an illustration contest for students kindergarten through sixth grade. You
must live in Springfield
or the area. Just select a poem by Lindsay that is posted on the VLA website, fill
out the authorization and release form and postmark your entry by April 18.
Complete rules at www.vachellindsay.org.Â
Winners will receive a
Barnes and Noble gift certificate and a copy of Lindsay’s books The Little
Turtle and The Yellow Book. An award reception will be held on
Sunday, May 18 from 2-3 p.m. at the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 313 S. Sixth Street,
downtown Springfield.
Send poems or blog post ideas to astienstra@illinoistimes.com.
This article appears in Mar 27 – Apr 2, 2014.
