{"id":42902,"date":"2017-01-12T12:30:56","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=42902"},"modified":"2017-01-12T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:33:47","slug":"research-centre-puts-call-out-for-poems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/01\/research-centre-puts-call-out-for-poems\/","title":{"rendered":"Research centre puts call out for poems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A contest has been launched for people who have a way with words and a passion for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Brock University\u2019s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre and the UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability are putting a call out for original, unpublished poems with the theme of sustainable tourism for development.<\/p>\n<p>The contest, held in celebration of UNESCO World Poetry Day, includes categories for elementary, high school and post-secondary school students, as well as the general public.<\/p>\n<p>All Niagara residents are eligible to enter.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline to submit an entry is Feb. 10 at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Prizes, such as books and gift cards, will be awarded in each of the four categories.<\/p>\n<p>Winners will be announced at the UNESCO World Poetry Day Celebration on March 21 at Mahtay Cafe in downtown St. Catharines.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, a specialized agency of the UN, has been celebrating World Poetry Day annually since 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Full contest rules and submission details are available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/environmental-sustainability-research-centre\/events\/poetry-contest\" target=\"_blank\">Environmental Sustainability Research Centre website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brock University\u2019s Environmental Sustainability Research Centre is hosting a poetry contest with an environmental theme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[3456,483,511,4795],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42902"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42902"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42906,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42902\/revisions\/42906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}