WKU Public Radio Announces
Classical Music Poetry Contest
March 12, 2004
Bowling Green, Ky. - The Public Radio Service of Western Kentucky University and the Law Firm of Harned, Bachert and Denton announce the 9th Annual Classical Music Poetry Contest.
The contest offers students in grades 7 though 12 a chance to participate in an interdisciplinary project integrating classical music and creative writing. All middle and high school students in the listening area are invited to enter by writing a poem inspired by one of two pieces of classical music. The musical selections will be featured throughout April on Western's Public Radio.
The contest is an annual event held in April, which is Classical Music Month. Winning poems will be broadcast on Western's Public Radio and published in the monthly program guide Choice. First- and second-place winners will be chosen in two grade categories and will receive $200 or $100 respectively in savings bonds.
This is the ninth year of the contest and is sponsored again by the Law Firm of Harned, Bachert and Denton of Bowling Green. Winners will be announced May 17. Students interested in entering the contest can call 1-800-599-WKYU to request a copy of the official rules or visit the Western's Public Radio web site www.wkyufm.org.
Western's Public Radio Service includes WKYU-FM in Bowling Green, WDCL-FM in Somerset, WKPB-FM in Henderson/Owensboro and WKUE-FM in Elizabethtown.
For more information, contact Terry Reagan at (270) 745-6488. More WKU news is available on the World Wide Web at www.wku.edu. If you'd like to receive WKU news via E-mail, send a message to WKUNews@wku.edu.
