Poetry contest open to aspiring poets

Poetry contest open to aspiring poets

YOUNGSTOWN

Poets or aspiring poets of any age from the Mahoning, Shenango, Beaver, Tuscarawas or Cuyahoga valleys may enter a poetry contest sponsored by Pig Iron Press, Youngstown; Pig Iron Literary and Art Works, Youngstown; and Art Outreach Gallery in the Eastwood Mall, Niles.

Each contestant may enter one original poem of no more than 35 lines on white, 81/2x10-inch paper and include their name, age, mailing address and telephone number on the reverse side.

A check for the $2 entry fee should be made out to Pig Iron Literary and Art Works and mailed to Pig Iron Press, P.O. Box 237, Youngstown, OH 44501, or delivered to the organization at 26 N. Phelps St. by March 31.

Ten winning poems will be selected.

For contest details, call 330-747-6932.

Author’s books are award-winners

COLUMBUS

The book, “Seed Soil Sun: Earth’s Recipe for Food,” by Cris Peterson has been awarded the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation’s 2011 Award for Children’s Literature.

This marks the sixth time one of Peterson’s books has been selected for this award, which honors a book and author whose work embodies an agricultural theme and contributes to American literature.

In “Seed Soil Sun,” Peterson, who lives on a Wisconsin dairy farm with her family, describes the seemingly miraculous process by which air and water combine with seed, soil and sun to create nearly all the food we eat.

The book also was named Book of the Year by the American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture and can be ordered through the foundation’s website at www.agfoundation.org or through county farm bureau offices.

Vindicator staff reports