{"id":67006,"date":"2026-04-23T16:13:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/67006\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:13:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:13:11","slug":"berlin-librarys-freedom-contest-seeks-poetry-entries-for-america-250","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/67006\/","title":{"rendered":"Berlin Library&#8217;s &#8216;Freedom Contest&#8217; Seeks Poetry Entries For America 250"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BERLIN, CT \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/berlinpeck.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Berlin-Peck Memorial Library<\/a> is inviting residents to submit short writings on the theme of freedom as part of the nationwide America 250 commemoration.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/berlinpeck.org\/events\/2026-freedom-contest\/?fbclid=IwY2xjawRXBapleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe3JjHGeqyI6IIAkjrF_Ca4Nds3FwcJNNBSC8phHpln8EDbtCjkeMRGRVR3VA_aem_1OFaldRvjcuBRaQmhfW33A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u201cFreedom Contest,\u201d<\/a> running through April 30, asks participants to write either a single sentence or a short poem reflecting on freedom. <\/p>\n<p>The initiative marks the 250th anniversary of the Signing of the Declaration of Independence.<\/p>\n<p>Library officials said entries must be original and limited to one submission per entry, though multiple entries are allowed.<\/p>\n<p>Participants must be at least 14 years old and hold a valid library card. <\/p>\n<p>Submissions will be evaluated by a blind review panel of library staff.<\/p>\n<p>All participants will receive a commemorative bookmark featuring their best submission, while the winning entry will be printed on the back of that month\u2019s bookmark.<\/p>\n<p>Entries must be submitted by April 30. <\/p>\n<p>Library staff said submissions that do not follow contest guidelines or contain inappropriate content for public display will be disqualified.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BERLIN, CT \u2014 The Berlin-Peck Memorial Library is inviting residents to submit short writings on the theme of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,190],"class_list":{"0":"post-67006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-germany"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116454910095715619","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}