Ohio Poetry Day Association

"In 1938, the State of Ohio set the third Friday of every October as Ohio Poetry Day. This was the first poetry day established by a state government in the United States. Tessa Sweazy Webb spent thirteen months lobbying the Ohio General Assembly to create Ohio Poetry Day. She argued, 'For each living reader a living poet, for each living poet a living reader.' After Ohio approved Webb's idea, other states adopted a day dedicated to poetry as well." - Quotation from Ohio History Central

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

FROM AMY JO ZOOK:

Ohio Poetry Day Contests, with 25 categories, open to all poets writing in English, will open March 1 and close May 15. All money-winning poems will be published in Best of 2018. If you are not already in our mailing list, send SASE or a postcard with name and address (including Zip code) to Amy Jo Zook, 3520 State Route 56, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044.

Ohio Poetry Day Association

Wednesday, February 21, 2018

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