Enter the Nursery Rhyme Contest

     Use your imagination and have fun! Enter the “Nursery Rhyme Contest,” sponsored by the Winnetka-Northfield Public Library District.

Eligibility: Age 16 and up.

Submission Rules: One poem per entrant, maximum of eight lines, no title. (The poem will be identified by its first line.) It must be your own original work, unpublished in print/online, and it shouldn't have won a prior contest.

Entries may be submitted to poetry@wnpld.org from Feb. 25 through March 5.

In the body of your email, include:

• Your name
• The first line of your poem
• Your contact information (email address and/or phone number)

Please attach just your poem as a Word document or similar, with no identifying personal information.

Alternatively, poems may be mailed to the Winnetka Library, c/o Nick Mall, 768 Oak St., Winnetka, IL 60093. Typed please, with two pages – one page with your name, phone number, and the first line of the poem. On the second page, just your poem.

Winning entries: Winners will be notified by March 20. Prizes will be awarded for First, Second, and Third Places. One Honorable Mention will be selected.

     Winnetka Author and Poet Charlotte Digregorio will judge the contest. Her latest book, available through the library, is Wondrous Instruction and Advice from Global Poets.