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LCPL Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony
2025-06-12 18:30:00 2025-06-12 20:30:00 America/New_York LCPL Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony Keynote speaker Holly Karapetkova, an English professor at Marymount University and the Poet Laureate Emerita of Arlington County, shares her journey in poetry and announces this year's winners. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Thursday, June 12
6:30pm - 8:30pm

Add to Calendar 2025-06-12 18:30:00 2025-06-12 20:30:00 America/New_York LCPL Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony Keynote speaker Holly Karapetkova, an English professor at Marymount University and the Poet Laureate Emerita of Arlington County, shares her journey in poetry and announces this year's winners. Sterling Library - Meeting Room A + B

Sterling Library

Meeting Room A + B

Keynote speaker Holly Karapetkova, an English professor at Marymount University and the Poet Laureate Emerita of Arlington County, shares her journey in poetry and announces this year's winners.

Winners have the opportunity to read their poems aloud to the audience. 

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AGE GROUP: | Middle School | High School | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Education/Language |

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