The 2022 theme for Poetry in Motion is water.
This theme is open to broad interpretation. Submitted poems may address fresh or salt water, water protection, water as livelihood or life, the element or natural force of water, fluidity or adaptability, erosion or sedimentation, or other meanings, qualities, or impacts of water.
To submit a poem to Poetry in Motion, entrants must meet the following criteria.
Submissions must be received by 11:59pm on the contest deadline posted above; must be submitted electronically; and must contain all components listed below. Late, non-digital, or incomplete submissions will be rejected as ineligible.
1. Complete online submission form containing the following:
2. Poem (published or unpublished) of 10 lines or fewer (including stanza breaks and other blank lines):
The Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia is based in Kjipuktuk, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) Peoples first signed with the British Crown in 1725.
The treaties do not deal with surrender of lands and resources but in fact recognize Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and establish the rules for an ongoing relationship between nations.
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