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Submissions from makers and writers are sought for the annual Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival, a hybrid event of visual and literary arts to be held on Friday, April 30. Literary and art submissions are due Monday, March 1. Anyone interested in contributing one or more creative works to the festival should visit uma.edu/plunkett for details.
The past year has been challenging, with quarantining, masking, “pivoting,” rising up, breaking down and trying to keep it together. To mark the events, the Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival will Break Out of its usual format to celebrate the University of Maine at Augusta’s 2020-2021 academic theme of “Outbreak,” a topic inclusive of viral outbreaks, outbreaks of social justice and outbreaks of creativity.