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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 28, 1990                   TAG: 9006270219
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-3   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
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DATELINE: DUBLIN                                LENGTH: Short


NRCC POETRY CONTEST SEEKS SENIORS' ENTRIES

New River Community College is seeking entries for its 12th Annual Poetry Contest for senior citizens.

Submissions must be original, less than 60 lines long and never published. The limit is three poems per person.

Ten winners will be chosen from the New River region - Floyd, Montgomery, Giles and Pulaski counties and the city of Radford.

One winner will be selected from outside the region. Each winner receives a plaque and a booklet of all poems submitted for the contest.

Send entries by July 31 to Poetry, Continuing Education, New River Community College, P.O. Drawer 1127, Dublin, Va. 24084.

An awards reception for poets and their families will be held Sept. 7.

For information, call 674-3607.



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