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Bucks County Courier Times and the Intelligencer Newspaper in Education Poetry Contest in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit Art Collection

The annual Newspaper In Education (NIE) Design an Ad Contest will feature a new category this year featuring a poetry contest. “Write a Poem” is open to all schools in the circulation area of the Bucks County Courier Times and the Intelligencer.  The contest is an opportunity for teachers to offer their students a chance to study various pieces of the Bucks County Intermediate Unit Art Collection. Then have them express their thoughts about one of the paintings in the form of a poem.

The contest will be open to grades K-12. Winners will be selected in both the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer circulation areas. Winners will be recognized at an awards ceremony in April and the winning poems and ads will be featured in special student publications.  

Registration and Poetry Contest Rules:
Download the Entry Form here
View the Contest Categories here
Learn More about Design an Ad and Write a Poem contests here

Suggested Poetry Lesson Ideas

Bucks County Intermediate Unit Art Collection Poetry Contest Selections
Grades K-2
Sportsmen by Joseph Crilley 
Ranstead Street by Walter Emerson Baum
Home on the Range by Charles Hargens

Grades 3-5
We All Hang Together by John Sharp
Snowstorm Mill and Homestead at Springtown by Walter Emerson Baum
Swimming Hole by George Bentzley

Grades 6-8
Jazz Series #4: Chicago Blues by Paul Keene
Wycombe at Night by Harry Leith-Ross
Coffee and Fruit by Maxmillian Vanka

Grades 9-12
Orpheus #1 by Paul Keene
Winter’s First Snow by Walter Emerson Baum
Music by Candlelight by Ann Yost