{"id":450,"date":"2009-04-04T15:56:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-04T23:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peakepro.com\/?p=450"},"modified":"2013-10-29T20:26:03","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T20:26:03","slug":"the-phoenix-art-and-literature-contest-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertpeake.com\/archives\/450-the-phoenix-art-and-literature-contest-judge.html","title":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Art and Literature Contest Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"
Today I had the pleasure of judging finalists in the poetry category of The Phoenix Art and Literature Contest<\/a>. Sponsored by the Journalism Club at Foothill Technology High School<\/a>, the contest received 564 entries in five categories–157 entries in poetry alone–from teenagers across Ventura County. I was truly impressed with the quality of the poems, and encouraged to see an upcoming generation of local poets exhibiting such promise and skill.<\/p>\n