POEMS ON METRO TRANSIT BUSES GUIDELINES: Deadline is: March 31, 2009
Introduction to the Program—
The Bus Lines program creates an opportunity for local high school students to have their poems displayed inside Metro Transit Buses and to celebrate and share poetry with everyone in the City of Madison.
The authors of accepted poems grant permission to the Madison Arts Commission to display their poems in the buses of Metro and in all future publications promoting the Bus Lines program.
Selection Committee—
Fabu-Madison Poet Laureate
Representative of Library
Representative of MMSD
Chair of MAC
Eligibility—
The competition is open to all current Madison high school students who are residents of the City of Madison.
Submission Guidelines—
- Poems of any subject affirming poetry and life will be reviewed.
- Submissions should include the Application Form.
- Applicants may submit up to three (3) poems (DO NOT PUT YOUR NAME OR YOUR SCHOOL’S NAME ON PAGE WITH THE POEM).
- Poems should be between three (3) and five (5) lines.
- Poems must be authored by the applicant.
- Copyright for accepted poems remains with the authors.
- Poems can be previously published.
Submission forms and poems can be sent to the Madison Arts Commission office at:
- Fabu, Madison Poet Laureate
Madison Arts Commission
Madison Municipal Building
Department of Planning & Community & Economic Development
215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
PO Box 2985
Madison, WI 53701-2985
Deadline is: March 31, 2009
- Or you can submit an online application
