River of Words - Colorado-Wide Poetry & Art Competition

River of Words is an annual poetry and art competition for students on the theme of watersheds and the environment. It is  designed to help youth explore the natural and cultural history of the place they live and to express what they discover in poetry and visual art. Each year, Colorado Humanities & Center for the Book, in affiliation with The Center for the Book in the Library of Congress, implements River of Words in Colorado, receives and adjudicates River of Words entries from around the state and coordinates the Student Literary Awards for the winners in the spring.

Colorado winners of River of Words are published in Colorado Humanities' annual Student Literary Awards Anthology and receive prizes from local businesses. River of Words winners are also published in the Colorado Foundation for Water Education publication, Headwaters.

Students throughout Colorado are encouraged to enter. Entry deadline is December 1, 2012 The winners of River of Words are celebrated at the Student Literary Awards in Denver in Spring 2013

How to Enter

Click here for Contest Rules & Guidelines.

Mail-in Entries-GROUPS

School groups, after-school groups, scout troops, 4-H clubs, and others: For entries completed through group activities or under the guidance of a facilitator, please complete the new group entry form and accompanying group facilitator form.

Please Note: Every group member must complete a separate group entry form (one form for each entry). In addition, for each group, one facilitator form must be completed.

Please upload all group entries, group entry forms and facilitator form in one zip file. Please do not upload each entry individually.

Mail-in Entries-INDIVIDUALS

If you are entering the contest completely on your own (not through school or any other guided activity), please complete and upload the new individual entry form.

Online submission

We are happy to announce a reduction in paper use by implementing an online submission process for POETRY ONLY! All art submissions must be sent by mail.

CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE ONLINE SUBMISSION MANAGER

For more information contact Christine Goff at 303.894.7951 x21, Fax 303.864.9361, goff@coloradohumanities.org.