National Poetry Month 2024

The Mississippi State University Libraries will hold its Fifth 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, 2024 through the QR code provided below or through this link, and if you have questions please email KC New at knew@library.msstate.edu.

Winners will be announced on April 15th.  Stay tuned for more details.

We have cash prizes and other awards from Four Way Books, Copper Canyon Press, and Levenger.

First Prize:

$100 

Second Prize:

$75

Third Prize:

$50 

Rules for Poetry Contest:

• Deadline for submissions by March 20, 2024, 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• All poems submitted should be original and unpublished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 2024 Undergraduate Poetry Contest 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.