Each year, in affiliation with the Library of Congress Center for the Book, River of Words conducts a free international poetry and art contest for youth on the theme of watersheds. Children in kindergarten through twelfth grade are invited to explore their own local watershed, and its importance in their lives, by writing a poem or producing a work of art on this theme. A book of the contest's winning entries, River of Words: The Natural World as Viewed by Young People, is published annually, and the winners are announced at a national event held in Washington, D.C. This effective practice excerpts materials from, "A Personal History of River of Words," by Pamela Michael, one of the originators of the River of Words poetry contest.
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