Responding to Longfellow: An Invitation to the Public
Student illustration of The Children's Hour
This year, writers, students, public figures, artists, and other people around Maine and beyond are writing and creating art in response to Longfellow. We invite you to join us and express your thoughts about Longfellow through poetry, letters, reflections, drawings, readings, and/or other media. Then, send your projects to us. Selected responses will be posted on this Website, and exhibited and honored at a Fall 2007 celebration at the Maine Historical Society. View current responses
Guidelines for Submissions
- All variety of creative expression are welcome.
- Submissions can be made via mail or email.
- Please include your name, age, and town/city with your submission. If you are a student, please include your school name and grade.
Paper Submissions
- Paper submissions should be mailed to:
HWL200: Responses, Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101 - Poems, letters, reflections, and stories can be hand or typewritten on 8.5"x11" paper. Please limit your response to 2 pages.
- Artwork should be no larger than 8.5"x11".
Digital Submissions
- Digital submissions should be sent to: HWL200@mainehistory.org.
- Digital audio (.mp3) and video files (.mov) can be submitted by email or on compact disc. Please submit files over 10MB on compact disc.
- Poems, letters, reflections, stories, and artwork should be in Microsoft Word (.doc), .pdf, or .jpg file format. Please submit files over 10MB on compact disc.
Permissions
- By making a submission, you are granting the Maine Historical Society permission to post your work on our websites. When posting the work of children 14 and under, only first names will be listed on the website.
- All submissions become the property of Maine Historical Society. MHS reserves the right to edit submissions for appropriateness, content, and length.
- Submissions will not be returned.
We will notify you in Fall 2007 if your submission will be exhibited at the Maine Historical Society. Please include a phone number, email address, or other contact information.
If you have further questions, please call Carolin Collins at (207) 774-1822.