By JAYLINN PFEIFER
For Hays Post
The Hays Public Library will host a poetry contest at 7 p.m. Friday, April 6, in the library’s Schmidt Gallery. The contest is a great way for people in the community to share their original poems with others.
April is National Poetry Month, and this is the 18th year that the library is celebrating.
“The contest is a great way for poets to share their creativity, and it is a tradition that we would like to keep going,” said Samantha Gill, adult librarian.
This year is the first year that the library will be taking all of the poems that are entered and put them into a journal created by the Hays Public Library to distribute to patrons.
It is Gill’s second year serving as the adult librarian, and she loves hearing all of the submissions.
“It is such a fun night and my favorite part about the event is getting to hear all of the fantastic poems and the talent that comes behind the patrons who created them,” Gill said.
There were 15 entries last year, and the library is hoping for more this year. The library also would like people to know that the poems are not censored — so to be careful when deciding whether to bring children.
The winner of the contest will receive a $75 Chamber Cheque along with their name engraved on a plaque. The second-place winner will receive a $50Chamber Cheque. For more information about the contest, contact the Hays Public Library.