FREEPORT — Nineteen finalists from eight area high schools have been selected by judge Adrian Blevins to be honored at the fifth annual Merriconeag Poetry Festival, which begins at 3 p.m. Sunday at Merriconeag Waldorf School, 57 Desert Road.
The student poets will read their work.
Blevins will be a featured speaker and will read some of her own work as well. She will also reveal the first, second and third prize winners, whose poems will be displayed on a poster to be distributed to all high schools in the region. All finalists will receive gift certificates and a festival booklet containing all the selected poems.
Local student poets include Bridget Horan from Brunswick High School; Zoe Chace-Donahue, Soren Donisvitch, Wyatt Dowling, Joe Newlin and Jesse Saffeir from Merriconeag Waldorf High School; and Lauren Lindsay Crosby from Morse High School.
The festival is free and open to the public.
For more information, call 865- 3900.
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