The Sedona Public Library is doing well, but needs help. Library staff are putting together the first ever “Pop-Up Poetry Online” program for Library Giving Day, April 23. This is a major fundraiser for Sedona Public Library, and the event was supposed to be in the library, with doughnuts, balloons, music, friends and poems.
Now the event is going to be online. The library needs short videos of you, your friends, spouse, family, etc. reading poems, especially people who love the library. This will be great to help the library succeed in its fundraiser.
The library has secured $30,000 in matching gifts, and brought in just over $11,000 so far towards that match. So $19,000 more to go.
Please consider this fun opportunity. The library will post poetry videos all day long on our Facebook page on April 23, so poems will “pop up.”
Thanks for considering this request. Here’s what you need to know:
VIDEO
Video Guidelines for Sedona Public Library Pop-Up Poetry Event, April 23.
- Video should be approximately two minutes long.
- Use QuickTime or MP4
- Use highest pixel rate, ideally high definition (HD) 720 or 1920×1080,
- Film in landscape orientation
- Make sure light is facing reader, not behind
- No background noise nor music
POEMS
Must be original, written by reader, or from “public domain.” Public domain links below include:
- Poets.Org https://poets.org/anthology/poems-your-poetry-project-public-domain
- StoryIT http://storyit.com/Classics/JustPoems/
- Gutenberg Project https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1037
- Public Domain Poetry https://www.public-domain-poetry.com/
Be sure to read title and author’s name
GENERAL
Introduce yourself
Be creative, have fun with props, costumes, do a group reading if you’d like, etc.
End the video with a call to action, something like:
“Please support Sedona Public Library for Library Giving Day. Visit Sedonalibrary.org to donate.” or “Thank you, Sedona Public Library, for all you do for the community,” or something like that.
Review the video before sending it to Sedona Public Library Development Director Anne Marie Mackler at amackler@sedonalibrary.org.
Filename should include parent/guardian name
Deadline: Monday, April 20
PERMISSION DISCLAIMER: When a you, or the parent of a minor, send the video, that will serve as permission for Sedona Public Library to use it for publicity or educational purposes related to the library’s mission. The material remains the property of Sedona Public Library, and you, or the parent/guardian, are not entitled to compensation or payment for its use.
