Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s John Savoie, PhD, a professor in the Department of English Language and Literature within the College of Arts and Sciences, is among 15 winners in the Arts in Transit (AIT) MetroLines regional poetry competition. View Savoie’s poem at artsintransit.org/metrolines.
AIT has sponsored various literary programs, including MetroLines. View all the poetry at artsintransit.org.
The regional poetry competition is open to children and adults. As many as 15 poems are selected for publication and reproduced on posters that include visual imagery relating to the subject of the poem. A committee of literary and poetry professionals from the St. Louis region judge the submissions.
The visual design accompanying the poem is created in collaboration with AIT with the finished product displayed on MetroLink and MetroBus for up to one year. Winners receive a small cash award and are invited to read their poem at an annual reading ceremony.
Some posters of the published poems are offered for sale through Metro retail outlets with proceeds going to Arts in Transit, Inc., a not-for-profit organization to Metro’s art programs.