Sue Boynton Poetry Contest

03/13/2025

The 2025 Contest is live and open for submissions!

Each year we get local artists who turn the winning poems into beautiful art that gets displayed in the library system and on WTA buses, check out a selection of past winners below

Full submission guidelines available at the Poetry Department: https://thepoetrydepartment.wordpress.com/contest/

06/07/2024

Boynton Bouncers is tonight at ! Come celebrate and share non-winning entries to the Sue C Boynton Poetry Contest. RSVP at https://www.innerchildstudio.org/event-details/boynton-bouncers-open-mic

05/24/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out for the 2024 Sue C Boynton Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony!

05/23/2024

See you this evening!!

Please join the poets, their families and fans, the Sue C. Boynton Poetry Contest committee, the Whatcom Poetry Series board, and local lovers of poetry this evening, Thursday, May 23, 2024, at 7:0…

03/14/2024

First Graders = Prophets!
A 2023 winner, Evan Meier, reminds us why we all need our PNW trees.

03/14/2024

We have an amazing lineup of poetry workshops this month. Come get your creative juices flowing, get out of this last of winter doldrum, and support our local poetry community and the Boyton contest! Last week’s Magical Realism workshop was a HIT.

Our Second Workshop, Beauty, Beasts, and the Banal, THIS Saturday, March 16th - 2 PM!

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12-wYXoDipiZZ_52n3Z-4Vk9xVA6yXZrAY04-pKLu9Wk/prefill

Our Third Workshop, Writing Spring, VIRTUAL, March 26th - 6 PM - via Zoom.

Registration Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1XX5qGErZhSJBMjcBiZBMSxFvKt82uDMxmSmwxt2OTkM/prefill

Event Timing: March 16th 2:00 PM PST Event Address: The Gathering Room @ Faith Lutheran Church 2750 McLeod Rd Bellingham WA 98225 Contact us @ [email protected]

03/14/2024

Did you miss yesterday’s magical realism workshop? No worries. We have another one lined up for you SATURDAY, March 16th!
Come write and workshop with local poets and this Saturday, March 16th! Register at link in BIO.

03/10/2024

“I am your mother, your world. Will I ever be enough?”

From 2023 winner, Mariah Brown-Pounds.

03/09/2024

Our first Boynton workshop kicks off today with the talented Hannah Yerington! It’s not too late to register. No poetry experience needed. Come as you are. Escape the wind and immerse yourself in some magic for a couple hours.

Register Here: https://forms.gle/4ejbzS8SdjDuGFh76

WHAT TIME? 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

WHERE? The Gathering Room at Faith Lutheran Church!

Event Timing: March 9th 4:00 PM PST Event Address: The Gathering Room @ Faith Lutheran Church 2750 McLeod Rd Bellingham WA 98225 Contact us @ [email protected]