January 30, 2008
Bowling
Green, Ky. - Western Kentucky University Public Radio and the Law Firm of Harned, Bachert and Denton LLP announce the 13th Annual Classical Music Poetry Contest.
The contest offers students in high school a chance to participate in an interdisciplinary project integrating classical music and creative writing. All 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 WKU Public Radio.
The contest is an annual event held in April which is National Poetry Month. Winning poems will be published in the monthly program guide Choice. First and second place winners will be chosen and will receive $500 or $200 respectively in U.S. Savings Bonds.
This is the 13th year of the contest and is sponsored again by the Law Firm of Harned, Bachert and Denton LLP of Bowling Green. Winners will be announced in May 2008. Students interested in entering the contest can call 1-800-599-WKYU to request a copy of the official rules or visit the WKU Public Radio web site www.wkyufm.org.
WKU Public Radio Service includes WKYU 88.9 FM in Bowling Green/Glasgow, WDCL 89.7 FM in Somerset/Campbellsville, WKPB 89.5 FM in Henderson/Owensboro and WKUE 90.9 FM in Elizabethtown/Bardstown.
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