Contest To Be Announced at Town Hall Reception

Sunday afternoon, June 1st, Greenburgh's Arts and Culture Committee will

sponsor a reception to celebrate original poetry and announce winners and

finalists in its 32nd Annual Poetry Contest. The free reception will be held

at Greenburgh Town Hall, 320 Tarrytown Road, Elmsford. Poets and poetry

lovers are invited to attend and hear winners and finalists in all age

categories read their prizewinning entries. Awards and readings by Juveniles

six through 12 years old and Students 13 - 18 years of age will begin at 2

pm. Adult awards and readings will begin at 3 p.m.

Ruth Wayland, a teacher at Pocantico Hills School, will be presented with

the Arts and Culture Committee's 2003 Supporter of the Arts Award during the

reception.

An anthology of prize winning entries from the competition will be

available for purchase in early fall. For more information about the

reception, anthology, or next year's poetry contest, contact Sarah Bracey

White, Greenburgh's Director of Cultural Affairs at (914) 682-1574.