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Art Show, Poetry & Photo Contest
2021 Notice:
No indoor art show this year.
Eagle Photo Contest will be online.
Eagle Photo Contest
Photos submitted for the photo contest will be featured on the City and Arlington Art Council social media.
Eagle photo first place $200.
Last day to enter is February 4.
Email photo to recreation@arlingtonwa.gov or message Arlington Arts Council Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ArlingtonArtsCouncil
Along with cash prize, the winning eagle photo may be displayed on the City’s website, featured in the City newsletter, on the promotions for the Eagle Festival, and may be used in other ways to promote the City and future Eagle Festivals.
2020 winning photo- Garvin Carrell
Haiku Poetry Contest
The Nature Haiku Poetry Contest is presented by Arlington Arts Council.
Prizes are $25 for first place in in three age categories first place (ages 6-9, ages 10-15, ages 16 & up).
Contest ends January 31, 2021 at midnight.
The Nature Haiku contest is open to Snohomish County residents. Haiku poets are challenged to convey a vivid message in only 17 syllables. The format of the haiku should be the traditional non-rhyming three line poem of 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, 5 syllables in the third line, and have no punctuation. The theme of the poem should be connected to nature. You may submit a maximum of two haiku, each on its own entry form.
Enter Online or by mail to: City of Arlington, Recreation, 238 N Olympic Ave, Arlington, WA 98223, or place in utility payment box on outside of City Hall, 238 N Olympic Avenue.
2020 Haiku Winners
1st place kindergarten -5th grade
composting is cool
big earthworms slither around
old food makes new dirt
-Sophia H
2nd place kindergarten -5th grade
Eagles flying high
Soaring through the stratus clouds
Dancing in the wind
-Logan Graupmann
3rd place kindergarten -5th grade
rain pouring down hard
robin jay junco and thrush
greedily eat seed
-David Richardson
1st place 6th grade – 12th grade
flying through the sky
eagles strong and powerful
represent this place
-Adam Farnes
2nd place 6th grade-12th grade
Springtime
Flowers are blooming
Daisies, tulips, daffodils
Bright and beautiful.
-Molly Farnes
3rd place 6th grade-12th grade
among the trees hides
legend, lore, myth, you decide
shadow emerge, gone
-Carl Richardson
Past Winning Eagle Photos
1st place adult
on tilted wing her
aeronautic moves announce
bald is beautiful
-Michael Hofferbert
2nd place adult
Air so crisp and chill
Crunching whiteness under foot
Icicles hanging
-Jeanine Nichols
3rd place adult
Geese in formation
Gliding down to search for food,
Fields covered in white
-Karen Lyons