{"id":107424,"date":"2022-03-29T08:28:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:28:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=107424"},"modified":"2022-03-29T08:28:49","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:28:49","slug":"entries-sought-for-palmdales-walk-on-words-poetry-contest-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2022\/03\/29\/entries-sought-for-palmdales-walk-on-words-poetry-contest-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Entries sought for Palmdale\u2019s \u201cWalk on Words\u201d poetry contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Yellen-Park-dogs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107425\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Yellen-Park-dogs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"831\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Yellen-Park-dogs.jpg 831w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Yellen-Park-dogs-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Yellen-Park-dogs-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>PALMDALE \u2013The city of Palmdale will accept entries from April 1 through April 30 for its <em>\u201cWalk on Words\u201d<\/em> poetry contest, \u00a0which will culminate with the winning poem being stamped in concrete at a city facility.<\/p>\n<p>The contest is free and open to all ages. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cDogs in the Park.\u201d Poems must be family-friendly, original compositions written by the submitting poet, no more than eight lines long, including title, with a maximum of 25 characters per line, including spaces. All poems must be submitted on the city&#8217;s website, <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofpalmdale.org\/389\/Walk-on-Words-Contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/WoW<\/a> by Saturday, April 30.<\/p>\n<p>The winning poem will be stamped in concrete at Yellen Park.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; \" id=\"theav-1099271549\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4504301096758439\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4504301096758439\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5907184250\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Poems will be judged based on suitability, originality, creativity, and artistic quality. Complete rules and regulations are available at <a href=\"https:\/\/cityofpalmdale.org\/389\/Walk-on-Words-Contest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cityofpalmdale.org\/WoW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yellen Dog Park is a place for our furry friends to exercise and play and sometimes make new friends,&#8221; said Palmdale Mayor Steve Hofbauer. &#8220;This year we wanted to capture that spirit in our poetry contest and stamp the winning poem in concrete there for everyone to see and enjoy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The winner will be notified by phone or email and announced at a public unveiling at Yellen Park at a date to be determined.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 661-267-5611.<\/p>\n<h6><em>[Information via news release from the city of Palmdale.]<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><em>&#8211;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PALMDALE \u2013The city of Palmdale will accept entries from April 1 through April 30 for its \u201cWalk on Words\u201d poetry contest, \u00a0which will culminate with the winning poem being stamped in concrete at a city facility. The contest is free and open to all ages. This year\u2019s theme is \u201cDogs in the Park.\u201d Poems must [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1499,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107424"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107426,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107424\/revisions\/107426"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}