The Wood County Committee on Aging will soon be accepting entries for 2019’s poetry contest, “Dreams.”

Any Wood County individual 50 years of age or older may participate. The opening date for submissions
will be Jan. 22 and will close on March 29 at 4 p.m.
Poems should share stories of life, hope, dreams and love that celebrates the heart and souls of members
of Wood County citizens as they continue to celebrate their lives.
Entries must be submitted in English, double spaced, in a 12-point Times New Roman Font or handwritten.
Entries must be entirely original work and never previously published, online or offline. All styles of
poems are acceptable but they must be originals. Any plagiarized poems will be disqualified. Poems
should not exceed one page.
Two entries will be accepted per person. Poems are to have a title and to have the poet’s name, address
and phone number on each page.
Poems are due to the Programs Department at the Wood County Committee on Aging, 305 N. Main St., Bowling
Green, Ohio 43402 by 4 p.m. March 9. Entries may also be emailed to [email protected]. All entries must
have the title of the poem, the poet’s name, phone number, address and date of submission included.
Winners will be selected by a Bowling Green State University writing professor and BGSU gerontology
students. All poems entered will be available for reading in a loosely bound edition.
Winning poems will be announced on April 26, 2019 on the senior center’s blog and via phone call, and
will be published on WCCOA’s website and blog. The grand prize award will be a $50 gift card.
All poems will be posted on [email protected]. All submissions become the property
of WCCOA.
For information on programs and services, contact the Wood County Committee on Aging at 419-353-5661,
800-367-4935 or www.wccoa.net