Poetry contest for students in praise of mulberries: deadline June 3

Poetry contest for students offering cash prizes!

All you talented young poets out there! Get your pens ready to tell the mulberry story in a poem.

Rap, sonnet, rhyme, ballad, free verse or any genre.

Baltimore Orchard Project is offering prizes and trees for the best entries.

In line with BOP’s dedication to sustainability, this contest focuses on one of the least appreciated trees in our city. The mulberry tree gets a bad rap for splatting on the street, but few appreciate its value—for nutrition, food and shade, among other things. So in honor of the mulberry, we launch this contest. Winners will be announced at the Waverly Market, where we will be celebrating mulberry madness, Saturday, June 20.

$100 first place, high school, plus tree

$l50 first place, elementary/middle school

Spread the word to your young friends