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Library staff detail plans for 23rd annual poetry festival; awards set for May 2
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Library staff briefed the advisory committee on the 23rd annual poetry festival, reporting the awards ceremony will be May 2, registration opened Dec. 1, judging is split across five age groups, and winners are being checked for plagiarism and AI-generated content before notification.
Valerie Ramos, a library director, told the Library Advisory Committee that the 23rd annual poetry festival — first held in 2004 — will culminate with an awards ceremony on Saturday, May 2, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the multipurpose room at the Joy Gathering (Joy Downer) Library.
Ramos said registration for the festival opened Dec. 1 and that staff have organized judging into five groups: two groups for younger grades judged by local school librarians and panels for older students and adults judged by…
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