CALL TO POETS: PROSE AND POETRY PROGRAM AT BOSTON CITY HALL

The theme of this installment of the Mayor’s Prose & Poetry Program will be a response to the tragic event that happened at last year’s Boston Marathon.

In one of the city’s finest moments, Bostonians pulled together, in spirit, and showed the rest of the world how great our city called Boston can be.

DEADLINE: December 16, 2013

Selection Process

• Poet Laureate Sam Cornish.

Please submit the following

3 poems or excerpts (a maximum of 200 words per poem or excerpt).

·         Resume or brief description of your writing experiences. 

·         One-paragraph summary about the type of work you are presenting.

·         Electronic submissions are encouraged, john.crowley@cityofboston.gov

·         Please submit a suitable self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) if you would like your proposal/support materials returned to you. (The Mayor’s Office of Art’s, Tourism & Special Events is not responsible for loss of/or damage to support materials that are not accompanied by suitable SASE)

EMAIL OR MAIL COMPLETED APPLICATIONS TO:

John Crowley, Curator/Exhibition Coordinator

Mayor's Office of Arts, Tourism, & Special Events

Boston City Hall, Room 802

Boston, Massachusetts 02201

john.crowley@cityofboston.gov

 

Phone: 617/635-2368   Fax: 617/635-1850