As much as we’d like to offer information about the Iowa High School All-State Poetry Festival, Finch and Rose has not received any from the originator and owner of the event. The Festival has meant a great deal to us during the previous two years, and it’s been a pleasure reading so much great poetry by high school students.

We want you to be aware of some other opportunities to submit your work for recognition:

* The Iowa Poetry Association offers a high school component to their Lyrical Iowa Competition. Information is at www.iowapoetry.com/lyricaliowa.

* Check out our monthly theme event “WRITE ON...” Registration on our Web site is required to submit entries.

"The only title greater than that of President is the title of U.S. citizen."
- Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

On January 30, 21011, help us welcome more than fifty of Iowa's youth in receiving this honor as they take their oath of citizenship. The youth range in age from 1 to 26 and come from more than 22 countries.

Afterward, please join us as we celebrate with international music, performances, and the launch of a new children's book entitled: Zakery's Bridge: Children's Journeys From Around the World to Iowa.

Sunday, January 30, 2011
1:00 - 4:00 PM
Iowa State Historical Museum, Des Moines, Iowa
Children's Citizenship Ceremony, presented by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Zakery's Bridge book launch, with special guest speakers: Governor Robert D. Ray, and Suku Radia, CEO Bankers Trust, along with Zakery's Bridge co-authors, Key Fenton Smith and Carol Roh Spaulding.

Books will be presented to each of our new young citizens from Bankers Trust.

Enjoy refreshments from around the world, a book signing, and children's art activities.

This event is free and open to the public.

Dennis Maulsby, a member of the local Ames poetry society, Third Stanza, has had his poem Isle Royale Hunted nominated for a Pushcart Prize by the editor of The Briar Cliff Review. Nominated literary works will be reviewed by judges and winners announced in the spring of 2011.