The annual Ventura Valdez Poetry Contest is underway and is soliciting original poetry by current and/or past MC students who write in English and/or Spanish.

There are two separate awards of $100 for the best poem in English and Spanish which are read and selected anonymously by a committee of faculty. The deadline for submitting work which must be accompanied with a signed entry form (see the attachment) is April 1st. Winners receive their prize and certificates at the Takoma Park Award Ceremony.

For information, please contact Prof. Robert L. Giron at 240.567.1379 or by email: Robert.Giron@montgomerycollege.edu.