Sonnet Slam!

A public sonnet competition presented in collaboration with the Viroqua Shakespeare Festival

Calling all fans of poetry to join us for the first-ever Sonnet Competition at the Viroqua Shakespeare Festival before Saturday's performance of The Tempest!

Any and all are welcome to participate as a competitor and/or an audience member.

Cash prizes awarded in two prize categories: original sonnets and sonnets authored by others.

(Subcategories include: best use of metaphor and imagery, best performed presentation, most Shakespearean, least Shakespearean, best memorized delivery).

Come, grab some popcorn, tacos, or ice cream from the festival's food vendors
and find your seat to hear local poets and wordsmiths serve up metered
rhymes and compete for prizes!

Free and open to the public. Bring your own lawn chair or blanket.