A poet's entry.

Draft of State Fair Poster by Lydia Nichols, returning poster artist. Writers can submit poems to complement the poster.

Submit Poetry

If you would like to submit poetry for the 2023 poster series, put your poetic powers into high gear. We're soliciting haiku and other short-form poetry in the spirit of haiku (three to four short lines) for next year's poster series, now through Sept. 30.

You can submit poems inspired by any of this year's list of "Ten Syracuse Spirits." You can also submit a poem to complement a special "reverse process" poster about the New York State Fair.

We mail entry materials to our roster of active poets in August. If you're not on the roster, you can download the call for poetry brochure here and download the 2022 entry form here.

A note for elementary and secondary school teachers: several posters have featured student poems, and we enjoy the vision and spirit of student work. But if you have your class participate, please help with the selection work. For each class, send us the best five haiku. Thank you.

Submit Art

We invite emerging and professional artists to participate in our annual call for art. Formal invitations go out in August. To join our artists' mailing list, send us your contact information via the "Contact Us" form. For more information, download our list of frequently asked questions for artists

Beyond posters, your work stands a chance of being shared with the public in other ways--via cards, booklets, poem-of-the day features, and large-format flat screens.

Thank you.