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title: "Calling All Poets: Stuart's Opera House Looking For Poetry Submissions"
description: Stuart's Opera House is calling for poetry submissions to be considered for their forthcoming publication, Nelsonville from A to Z. This publication is a project to benefit Stuart's Opera House Arts Education Program, a yearly program with the goal being to offer an affordable, broad-based program in the performing arts to Nelsonville and the surrounding communities.
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# [Calling All Poets: Stuart's Opera House Looking For Poetry Submissions](https://blog.hocking.edu/calling-all-poets-stuarts-opera-house-looking-for-poetry-submissions)

 Written by [Tim Brunicardi](https://blog.hocking.edu/author/tim-brunicardi) | Jan 18, 2019 6:36:00 PM

[Stuart's Opera House](https://stuartsoperahouse.org/) is calling for poetry submissions to be considered for their forthcoming publication, *Nelsonville from A to Z. *This publication is a project to benefit [Stuart's Opera House Arts Education Program](https://stuartsoperahouse.org/index.php/arts-education/), a yearly program with the goal being to offer an affordable, broad-based program in the performing arts to Nelsonville and the surrounding communities.

### What is Nelsonville From A to Z?

*Nelsonville from A to Z *will be an alphabetized picture book in which each letter will represent a place in and around Nelsonville, Ohio. Each page will feature the following:

- A letter from the alphabet
- The name of the place the letter represents
- A brief description of the place
- An original watercolor illustration done by local artist, Hannah Sickles
- A short poem inspired by the the place

### What Are the Guidelines to Submit a Poem?

If you're interested in submitting a poem, you must adhere to several guidelines. Those guidelines are the following:

- The poem should be related to one of the places named in the alphabet book. It's not required that the poem describe the place itself; however, it can. The poem can also deal with your feelings about the place, the history of the place, how area residents react to the place, and so on.
- Poems can be in any format, including rhymed or unrhymed.
- Poems must be no more than 20 lines long.
- Participants can submit more than one poem.
- Poems must be submitted by **February 28, 2019.**  

### [Click Here to Download the Poetry Guidelines ](https://blog.hocking.edu/hubfs/Email_Materials/Newsletter/Documents/Poetry%20Contest_2019%20Guidelines.pdf) [& Alphabetized List](https://blog.hocking.edu/hubfs/Email_Materials/Newsletter/Documents/Poetry%20Contest_2019%20Guidelines.pdf)

### What Happens If A Poem I Submit Is Selected? 

There is no monetary reward if your poem is selected; however, all poets whose work appears in the book will be listed on the contributors’ page.

### How Do I Submit My Poem(s)?

Those interested in submitting their poem(s) can do so by sending them to editor **Celeste Parsons** by email at **[headwinds.hill@gmail.com](mailto:headwinds.hill@gmail.com)**, or by sending in a hard copy to the address below:

***Celeste Parsons***  
***15085 Wolfe-Bennett Road***  
***Nelsonville, OH 45764***

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