BUS LINES

POEMS ON METRO TRANSIT BUSES GUIDELINES: Deadline is: April 30, 2010

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: April 30, 2010
• Or you can submit an online application

CONTACT US

Karin Wolf
Madison Arts Program Administrator
Phone: (608) 261-9134
Fax: (608) 267-8739
Email: madisonarts@cityofmadison.com