Celia Piehl Young Poets Awards
2008
Eleventh Annual Celia Piehl Young Poets Awards
Sponsored by BLFF and William Piehl
Winning 2008 Poems
2008 Contest Theme and Deadline Date
THEME TITLE: FRIENDSHIP
DEADLINE DATE: March 12, 2008
AWARD DATE: Friday, April 4, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. (note: changed from original March 25 date)
AWARD LOCATION: Sprague Community Room, Bandon Public Library
ELIGIBILITY: Any student in the Bandon, Langloise or Port Orford Middle and High School Districts (includes Home Study students).
FORM OF POEM: Any form - rhyme or free verse - with a maximum of 40 lines.
RULES:
- Enter one original, unpublished poem.
- Type or write it neatly on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of white unlined paper.
- Put the title of the poem at the top, and in the upper right hand corner write ONLY your age and the contest's theme title.
- On a second copy of your poem, write your name, address, telephone number and the poem's title.
- Bring or mail both copies of your poem, no later than the published deadline date, to the Bandon Public Library. (They must be at the library by March 12, 2008)
The library address is:
Bandon Public Library
Poetry Contest
1204 11th Street SW
Bandon, OR 97411
FORM OF POEM: Any form - rhyme or free verse - with a maximum of 40 lines.
- Enter one original, unpublished poem.
- Type or write it neatly on one side of an 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of white unlined paper.
- Put the title of the poem at the top, and in the upper right hand corner write ONLY your age and the contest's theme title.
- On a second copy of your poem, write your name, address, telephone number and the poem's title.
Bandon Public Library
Poetry Contest
1204 11th Street SW
Bandon, OR 97411
About Celia Piehl
Celia Piehl was a poet and a well-loved member of the town of Bandon. Many of the poems she wrote were about the people she knew and loved, and about the land itself, which she appreciated in all its wildness and splendour. When she died in 1997, her husband, William Piehl, compiled a book of her poems, "Life Times II - Poems and Thoughts of Celia Piehl," which is available through the Bandon Public Library. He has selected these works as ones which might speak, most particularly, to "A Season for Non-Violence."
Celia Piehl, a lifelong supporter of civil and personal rights, a social worker-counselor and poet, died in 1997. She was a direct descendant of the first governor of Vermont who fought in the American Revolution. She lived and worked in Coos County Oregon for 23 years. She devoted her life to change that would lead to understanding, peace and unity among people, regardless of their various backgrounds and differences.
Enjoy four of her poems reproduced here:
As One Woman of Thousands at Douglas, Santa Monica, During WWII
Past Young Poets Awards
2007 WINNING STUDENTS and POEMS
First Place: John Castaldi - "Peace"
Second Place: Durante Haruna - "Peace"
Third Place Jennifer Chaffee - "Troubling Nightmare"
Honorable Mention:Brooke Downard - "Peace"
Second Place: Durante Haruna - "Peace"
Third Place Jennifer Chaffee - "Troubling Nightmare"
Honorable Mention:
Brooke Downard - "Peace"