{"id":22458,"date":"2025-08-25T09:25:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=22458"},"modified":"2025-08-26T07:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T11:26:18","slug":"get-creative-with-english-departments-magnetic-poetry-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2025\/08\/25\/get-creative-with-english-departments-magnetic-poetry-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Get creative with English Department&#8217;s Magnetic Poetry Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earn prizes through the <a href=\"https:\/\/chass.udmercy.edu\/academics\/eng\/\">English Department<\/a>&#8216;s second annual Magnetic Poetry Contest. All Detroit Mercy students, alumni, staff, faculty and administrators are encouraged to create an original poem using the magnets on the second-floor lockers of the Briggs Building.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline to submit an image of your finished poem is <strong>Saturday, Sept. 27<\/strong>. Winning poems may be published in the 33rd issue of <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.udmercy.edu\/archives\/special-collections\/index.php?collectionCode=sic_sic\">[sic]<\/a>, UDM\u2019s arts and literary magazine! Student winners will receive a magnetic poetry kit, plus fame and glory. <a href=\"https:\/\/libraries.udmercy.edu\/archives\/special-collections\/index.php?collectionCode=sic_sic&amp;record_id=42&amp;page=6&amp;item_id=3999\">See last year\u2019s winners in [sic] here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Each individual may submit a maximum of three poems. Photographs of poems must be vertically oriented.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the contest and to submit your poem, <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcbPo30Y1eKlLrz0oKIHybeFURFNRMldHQ1JCRDgzQTU3UzRWSlZNOTdYTi4u\">view the entry form here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With any questions about the contest, please contact Poet-in-Residence Stacy Gnall at <a href=\"mailto:gnallsc@udmercy.edu\">gnallsc@udmercy.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MKkyGi9ukC4tnUivppxcbPo30Y1eKlLrz0oKIHybeFURFNRMldHQ1JCRDgzQTU3UzRWSlZNOTdYTi4u\">Submit your poems here.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-22459 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2025\/08\/Magnetic-Poetry-2025.jpg?resize=993%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A graphic for the 2025 Magnetic Poetry Contest. There is a bank of blue lockers beneath the title. To the right of the lockers is the text that reads: Everyone at UDM, from students to administrators, welcome to create original poems with magnetic poetry on the second floor of Briggs. Earn Prizes! Sept 27 deadline. 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