Upcoming Events

The garden is open year-round for visitors and is open each day from dawn until dusk.

October 

The 26th Annual Anne Spencer Poetry Contest

All students Kindergarten through Grade 12 are encouraged to submit their poetry by the deadline of Friday, October 6 for the chance to win $100!

-Email entries to: annespencermuseum@gmail.com

-Entries must be the original work of the student.

-No explicit language.

-Only one poem entry per person will be accepted.

The poems will be blind judged and five finalists from each grade category will be selected based on originality and content.

Finalists will be notified by Monday, Oct. 16 and should prepare to perform their selected poetry in front of a live audience and a panel of judges at on Thursday, Oct. 26.

The Finalists in each grade category will be judged on both their performance and poetry.

SAVE-THE-DATE

Finalists' Poetry Performances & Announcement of Winners
 

Thursday, October 26, 6 p.m.
Location To Be Determined

Join us to celebrate our young authors! The fifteen finalists will perform their poetry for a live audience and panel of judges. Following the performances, awards and a $100 cash prize will be given to one winner in each of the three grade categories (Kindergarten—3rd Grade; 4th—8th Grade; and 9th—12th Grade).

The 26th Annual Anne Spencer Poetry Contest is sponsored by: 

The Anne Spencer Memorial Foundation, Inc.
Lynchburg City School's Partners in Education

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