Students in grades 3 through 12 in the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia are invited to submit original sonnets for the annual Shakespeare’s Birthday Sonnet Contest . Winning entries will be read at the Folger's 2010 Shakespeare’s Birthday Open House on Sunday, April 25.
Sonnets may be written on any subject and in any voice, but must follow Shakespearean sonnet form :
A panel of judges from the Folger staff will select the top sonnet in each of three categories:
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grades 3-6
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grades 7-9
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grades 10-12.
The overall winner will receive a full set of Folger editions of Shakespeare’s plays.
Winners in each of three age categories will receive a copy of Shakespeare’s sonnets.
All winning sonnets will be published on the Folger website.
The deadline for submissions is Monday, April 12 .
Please include name, age, school or home school, grade, and contact information with all sonnet submissions.
Email to tdavis@folger.edu or
Mail (postmarked by April 12) to:
Folger Shakespeare Library
Attn: Folger Poetry
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
