Updated: 7:45 PM CDT May 16, 2021
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.
NEWS RELEASE FROM THE CITY OF GERMANTOWN
In collaboration with the Germantown Community Library, the Parks & Recreation department and the Public Works department, the Public Art Commission recently launched Word Travels, an annual sidewalk poetry contest.
New, aspiring or professional writers of any age, living or working in Germantown, can submit a poem or song lyric of up to 150 words. Poems should be unique and must not use copyrighted materials. The inaugural contest theme is Nature.
A selection committee made up of literary professionals, library staff and community representatives will select five finalists and three semifinalists. Winners will receive a small monetary award and their poems will be installed on sidewalks in city parks and along trail systems starting this summer.