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Holiday Hours: All MCPL locations will be closed on Thu., 7/4 (Independence Day).
Summer Library Program 2013more info.
| Children "Dig Into Reading" | Teens "Beneath the Surface" | Adults "Groundbreaking Reads" |
Featured Event
Blackout Poetry Contest
Fri., 3/1/13,
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Fri., 3/29/13,
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All MCPL Locations
This event has passed. View upcoming events. Teens (6-12 grade) are invited to submit creative "blackout poems"! Just photocopy a page from a book or newspaper and use a black marker or crayon to cover all of the words except the ones that will make your poem (examples)! Winning entries will be enlarged and displayed as part of a mural in the TeenZone at MCPL Wausau. For a few pages to help you get started, click here.
Poems may be submitted as .pdf or .jpeg files to
or mailed to "MCPL Youth Services, 300 N. First St., Wausau, WI 54403." Entries must include: title; author's first and last name; current grade; school name; mailing address; telephone number and email address. For more information, please email us or call 715-261-7283. This event is part of the Teen Publishing Project.