National Poetry Month

The Mississippi State University Libraries will hold its Sixth Annual Poetry Contest for Undergraduates as a way to celebrate National Poetry Month in April. Undergraduates are invited to submit a poem by March 20, 2025, through the QR code provided below or through this link.

Please note you will need to login with your MSU email.

If you have questions please email KC New at knew@library.msstate.edu.

Winners will be announced on April 22nd and will be honored with their award at the Library Undergraduate Awards Luncheon.

First Prize:

$100 and publication in The Streetcar

Second Prize:

$75

Third Prize:

$50 

Rules for Poetry Contest:

• Deadline for submissions by March 20, 2025, by 11:59 pm
• Only undergraduates at Mississippi State University are eligible to enter
• All poems submitted should be original and unpublished
• No more than 80 lines in a poem
• 1 poem per person
• All entries should be submitted through the 2025 Undergraduate Poetry Contest Submission Form.
  • Upload the poem in a Microsoft Word document  (Google Documents or PDFs will not be accepted and disqualified from entry)
  • Upload a signed release form for publication in The Streetcar 

Poems will be judged through a blind process.