MILWAUKEE -- OnMilwaukee.com, Milwaukee's daily magazine, today announced it is accepting submissions for its first Poetry Contest. All poems must be about Milwaukee or include the word "Milwaukee" and poems will be accepted via e-mail through Sept. 23, 2002.

"Milwaukee is a very creative city, and this contest is about giving voice to the city's artists, writers, creative class and of course, our budding poets," said OnMilwaukee.com staff writer and contest organizer Molly Snyder Edler.

Area residents will compete for a grand prize that includes a $200 gift certificate from Harry W. Schwartz Bookshops, a subscription to The Writer magazine, 2 tickets to "Escape from Happiness" at The Rep and an OnMilwaukee.com gift pack. Poets are encouraged to submit poems via e-mail to poetry@staff.onmilwaukee.com beginning Sept. 9 through Sept. 23, 2002.

A panel of poets will review poems the week of Sept. 23. The panel includes:

• John Koethe, UWM professor and author of North Point View: New and Selected Poems
• Elfrieda Abbe, editor of The Writer
• Stacy Szymaszek, staff member, Woodland Pattern Book Center
• Molly Snyder Edler, staff writer OnMilwaukee.com

Winners will be announced Fri., Sept. 27 in an article on OnMilwaukee.com.

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