National Poetry Month 2023

The Mississippi State University Libraries will hold its Fourth Annual Poetry Contest for Undergraduates as a way to celebrate National Poetry Month in April.  Undergraduates are invited to submit a poem by March 1, 2023 to the Libraries Poetry Month Committee (poetry@library.msstate.edu).  You may also email with any questions.

Winners will be announced on April 3, 2023.  Stay tuned for more details.

First Prize:

$100 + Leather wrap journal from Ox & Pine combined with a subscription to The Kenyon Review

Second Prize:

$75 combined with a Leather wrap journal from Ox & Pine and a copy of The Tradition by Jericho Brown from Copper Canyon Press.

Third Prize:

$50  - combined with a collection of poetry from FourWay Books

Rules for Poetry Contest:

• Deadline for submissions by March 1, 2023 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• All poems submitted should be original and unpublished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 a poem
• 1 poem per person
• All entries should be submitted to Libraries Poetry Month Committee (poetry@library.msstate.edu )
  • Label email with the subject line “MSU Poetry Contest 2023 Entry”
  • Submit poem in a Microsoft Word document  (Google Documents or PDF's will not be accepted and disqualified from entry)
  • Attached signed release form for publication in The Streetcar 

Poems will be judged through a blind process.

Winners will be announced on April 3.