City Of Appleton's 2022 Sidewalk Poetry Program Announced

From the City of Appleton:

January 24, 2022

The City of Appleton's Department of Public Works is entering its eighth year of Appleton's Sidewalk Poetry Program! The idea is to transform the City's sidewalks into an open poetry book, while encouraging walking throughout the City.

PROCESS

Sidewalk poetry is stamped in sidewalks on city-owned property (adjacent to parks, city-owned buildings, etc.) and public sidewalks in neighborhoods throughout the City. A map of all current poem locations can be found here.

The City is once again soliciting original poetry from Appleton residents and will select up to 5 poems to install as part of the annual Sidewalk Poetry Program. Poems must be submitted by February 18, 2022 to paula.vandehey@appleton.org.

Use this form!

Selected poems will be announced on April 6, 2022.

GUIDELINES

• All residents of Appleton and students of the Appleton Area School District are eligible to submit their original poetry.

• Poems can be previously published or unpublished, as long as it is original work by the entrant.

• Applicants may submit one poem per year.

• Subject matter must be appropriate for the general public.

• Poems must fit within a maximum of 10 lines (including title), 35 characters per line including spaces, and 225 characters overall including spaces.

• All poems are reviewed for appropriateness for this program.

PREVIOUSLY SELECTED POEMS AND LOCATIONS

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