The Creative Corridors Coalition is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization led by community members from around Winston-Salem. The organization was founded in 2007, two years after the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced the plans to rebuild a one-mile stretch of Business 40 that includes the replacement of 11 aging bridges. These members come from various walks of life but are unified by a mission of working together to ensure the new bridges capture the city's devotion to arts, culture, and innovation.
We are so excited about the completion of the new and improved Green Street and Strollway Bridges in November 2020. In celebration, we want to bring out the creativity of the community through a Poem Contest.
We invite residents of all ages to submit a poem about Winston-Salem. Use any format you like. Consider the following prompts as you do your writing.
Green Street Bridge. Photo from Bill Broadway
Strollway Bridge. Photo from North Carolina Department of Transportation
Poem Pompts:
What does Winston-Salem mean to you?
What do you think when you see and experience the Green Street and Strollway Bridges or drive down Salem Parkway?
How can we bring the Creative Corridors Coalition vision to life?….
Our Vision of the City of Arts and Innovation is to build a Green, Artful, Iconic Network.
Green is how we design, construct and maintain structures that work with nature instead of against it.
Artful means both the inclusion of art plus the artful design of the corridor elements.
Iconic is the creation of memorable structures that define a place, creating a lasting image that becomes a part of the community’s identity.
Network integrates and connects a community, drawing its citizens together and facilitating economic development in our area.
Poem Submission & Winner:
Poems should be no more than 500 words
Submit poems via THIS FORM
All poem entries will be reviewed by a panel of community members.
The winning poem will be published and promoted by Creative Corridors Coalition with credit to the author.
Poem Entry Deadline is April 30, 2021
Direct questions to creativecorridorscoalition@gmail.com
