The Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition provides an annual opportunity for two high school students to read their original work with an established
Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition
The Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition provides an annual opportunity for two high school students to read their original work with an established poet in the Joaquin Miller Poetry Series (June and July).
The winners are selected by an independent judge. The Word Works expects young poets to be accompanied by an adult family member.
Editor's Pick
- Quramo Writers'Prize 2022
- Wakini Kuria Prize For Children's Literature 2022
- African Teen Writers Award 2022
- African Liberty Writing Fellowship Program 2022
- African Writers Award 2022
- Waterson Desert Writing Prize 2022
- Iowa Scholarship 2022
- P.E.N America Writers Aid Initiative 2022
- Writers' Digest Contest 2022
- Ella T. Scholarship 2022
- Bars Fiction Prize For Young Writers 2022
- Jack London Young Writers Contest 2022
- UNESCO City Of Literature Prize 2022
- Our Voices Our Stories Award 2022
- Vweda Chadwick Poetry Prize 2022
- Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Award 2022
- Writers Of The Future Contest 2022
Submission Guidelines
Send 5 poems, typed, one poem per page. No one poem longer than two pages.
Name, address, telephone numbers, and email should appear on the first page of the submission, the poet’s name on every page.
Include a brief biographical note, including name of school & grade, publications, readings, literary studies, prizes.
The biographical note is for information only and does not influence the selection process.
Any form or style of poetry will be considered; selection is made on the basis of the poems submitted.
DEADLINE: Postmarked on or before April 30 of each year.
SEND TO:
Jacklyn Potter Young Poets Competition
The Word Works
PO Box 42164
Washington, DC 20015
The winners will read at Rock Creek Nature Center and receive a small honorarium.
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