ACW Accepting Submissions for Poem Village

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ACW is accepting submissions for Poem Village

The Adirondack Center for Writing is now accepting submissions from anyone living in the North Country for the ninth installment of Poem Village. The deadline for submissions is Mach 18, 2024. Each year, ACW creates a series of posters, or broadsides, displaying poems written by North Country residents of all ages and experience levels. In April those broadsides are installed in shop windows throughout Saranac Lake in order to build community and beautify the otherwise dreary, wet village during mud season. 

In 2024, Poem Village will extend its reach beyond Saranac Lake to St. Lawrence County through a partnership with SLC Arts (Potsdam) and to Malone through a partnership with the Downtown Artists Cellar. In addition to the poems posted in Saranac Lake, a second set of the poetry broadsides will be installed in shop windows throughout St. Lawrence County, and a third set of poetry broadsides will be installed in shop windows in Malone. 

Guidelines for submitting:

• Poems must be under 25 lines or less than 300 words, whichever comes first. 

• Poems must be the original work of the person submitting.

• Poets must reside at least part-time in the North Country.

• ACW accepts all submissions so long as they follow the above criteria and they do not express any hateful views or content that could be harmful to the general public.

• Submissions are due by March 18th, 2024.

In 2023, we were proud to publish poems by 4th graders alongside poems by renowned North Country poets such as Roger Mitchell, Chase Twitchell, Joe Bruchac (poet laureate of Saratoga Springs) and hundreds of others. ACW encourages anyone, even those who have never published a poem before, to consider writing and sending us your work. ACW provides weekly writing prompts to inspire anyone to try writing creatively; those prompts can be found in ACW's weekly e-newsletter or on the website at: adirodndackcenterforwriting.org/for-writers.

"We look forward to Poem village every year here at ACW, but this year is doubly exciting because the project is growing exponentially," said Tyler Barton, program manager of ACW. "Thanks to these new collaborations with SLC Arts and Downtown Artists Cellar, poems will appear in towns across St. Lawrence County and throughout downtown Malone, increasing the reach of this beloved community project. National Poetry Month in the North Country will be even more special and amplified in 2024."

More information: adirondackcenterforwriting.org/poemvillage

Submissions: adirondackcenterforwriting.submittable.com/submit/284828/poemvillage-2024

The Adirondack Center for Writing has been bringing people and words together for 25 years through provocative events and meaningful programs. For more information about ACW, visit adirondackcenterforwriting.org or follow @adkctr4writing on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.