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Gorman, Amanda, 1998-The hill we climb : an inaugural poem for the country

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Vecchione, Patrice.Ink knows no borders : poems of the immigrant and refugee experience

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The Institute of Museum and Library Services and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers partner to present the National Student Poets Program, the nation's highest honor for young poets (grades 10-11) creating original work. Annually, five students are selected for one year of service, each representing a different geographic region of the country. The Program believes in the power of youth voices to create and sustain meaningful change, and supports them in being heard.

How to Apply

The first step to becoming a National Student Poet is submitting poetry to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Students in grades 10-11 who receive a Gold or Silver Medal in the poetry category may be nominated for the National Student Poets Program.

In the Community

Each year, National Student Poets act as youth poetry ambassadors, spreading poetry to their communities through individual service projects, April Poetry Month readings and workshops, and a variety of other opportunities, such as national poetry conferences, galas, and festivals.

As part of their Year of Service, each National Student Poet creates a community service project, expanding the reach of the Program by engaging audiences in their region around issues and themes that hold special significance for the Poet.
Meet The Poets
Chapbook

The Class of 2022 chapbook will be available in September.

Special Thanks

The National Student Poets Program is supported, in part, by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Hearthland Foundation, the Poetry Foundation, and the Academy of American Poets.

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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards: Alliance for Young Artists and Writers

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The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2023 winners have now been announced!

More than 6,600 poets aged 11-17 submitted over 15,800 poems into this year's competition. Young people from 119 countries entered the competition from as far afield as Romania, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, and 94 percent of postcodes in the UK.

This year's poet-judges Jane Yeh and Jonathan Edwards had a difficult job choosing the top 100 winners but were inspired by what they read. Jane reflected on her experience: 'In judging this award, I was astonished - and humbled - to read so many poems brimming over with inventiveness, ambition, and sheer quality. The standard of numerous entrants' work was equal to, or indeed higher than, that of the adult writers in other competitions I've judged over the years, displaying remarkable maturity and talent. I was deeply impressed by the artfulness and linguistic sophistication to be found in many of these poems, as well as the engaging, ardent lyricism of their unique voices. It was actually a bit heart-breaking not to be able to reward more of these wonderful young poets, who I hope won't be discouraged if they didn't win this time round. For me, it was a privilege and a pleasure to read these entries, which make me feel excited and energised about the future of poetry. I look forward to reading many of these writers' work in years to come.'

Jonathan shared his thoughts: 'If I try to choose one word to describe the experience of reading this year's entries for the award, the word is excitement. The poems show such joy and invention in language that it is an absolute pleasure to spend time with them. Sometimes they play language like a big bass drum, setting a marching band strutting through the reader's head. Sometimes the poems walk on their tiptoes across a high wire in a sparkling costume, and we all hold our breath. Sometimes they step out on stage, wave a magic wand and reach into a hat, winking at the camera. Always the poems coin images and metaphors so inventive that they render as daft any judge's attempt to describe them. The poems are suffused with love, whether this be familial or romantic or for our natural world, and they look in an open-eyed way at all sorts of difficult experiences, from bigotry to loss. In every situation, they offer their beautiful and uplifting singing. The achievement of the poems is enough to drive faith not just in the future but in the present of the art. Like all great poems, these entries make us better people and they make us less alone, and I think any doctor might offer half an hour with these poems for anyone who's jaded or tired or fed up. What a wonderful advert these entries are for the importance of poetry, and - more - how much faith they give us in people, our capacity for empathy and tenderness and how, with nothing more than words, we can make the world go "Wow!"'

Huge congratulations to the top 100 winning poets, who were announced at Shakespeare's Globe on 5 October 2023 in a ceremony where the top 15 winning poets read their poems, and all the poets commended in the competition were celebrated.

The top 15 winners of the 2023 Award are:
Tyra Alamu, Ellen Bray Koss, Cameron Calonzo, Heather Chapman, Freya Gillard, Rishi Janakiraman, Charlie Jolley, Sidney Lawson, Lauren Lisk, William G. Marshall, Frank Qi, Dawn Sands, Issi Sharp, Bea Unwin and Eva Woolven
The 85 commended poets are:

Mathias X. Adler, Alicia Aitken, Evie Alam, Lux Alexander, Nabiha Ali, Zaara Arif, Eleni Barrett, Axelle Benoît, Maithreyi Bharathi, Grace Bowen, Saturn Browne, Elise Buckingham Lazell, Sophia Camiña, Juliet Capgras, Lilly Cheeseman, Fae Chui, Lewis Corry, L. Costa, Dingzhong Ding, Mari Farrand, Elena Ferrari, Camille Gabbert, Bohan Gao, Gabi Goncalves, Margot Liv Gothard, Noah Gower-Jones, Merila Gramy, Sofia Eun-Young Guerra, Sophie Hardaker, Ben Heiss, Maille Hennessy, Emma Catherine Hoff, Paromita Islam, Riva Jain, Sarah Kane, Neha Katariya, Emma Kurr, Arthur Lawson, Michael Liu, Noah Ma, Iona Mandal, Hannah Mansfield, Frankie Martins, C. McIntyre, Ramona McNish, Fedora Mensah, Amber Alison Miller, Lydia Mitchell, Eesha Mohan-Clarke, Mukhtar O. Mukhlis, Frank Njoku, Noemi Nobile, Maabena Nti, Sophia Papasouliotis, Megan Park, Charlie Pennell Isabelle Pollard, Anna Ponticos, Jack Puddy, Maaria Rajput, Esther Richards, Zach Rolfe, Madeline Schaeffer, Nerys Schmetterling, Margot Sidwell-Woods, Amelie Sillitoe, Cassia Stuttard, Richard Su, Mariia Sukhomlinova, Hannah Sutherland, Georgia-mae Tan, Malin Janna Vega, Ananditha Venkatramanan, Amy Walpole, Helen Wang, Robyn Ward, Chloe Whitehead, Elise Withey, Keiana Wolfe, Jesse Aviv Wolfsthal, Lara Wong, Leyton Lai Ching Wong, Jilin Yan, Ange Yeung and Viktorija Zak

You can read the top 15 poems in the sidebar on this page now. The 85 commended poems will be published in an online anthology in spring 2024, when a print and online anthology of the top 15 poems will also be produced. In the meantime, you can find anthologies of previous year's winners here.

Winners of the award receive a fantastic range of prizes to help develop their writing. The top 15 poets are invited to attend a residential writing course at The Hurst, the Arvon centre in Shropshire; and all 100 winners receive a year's youth membership of The Poetry Society and a bag full of books donated by generous publishers. The Poetry Society continues to support winners throughout their careers providing publication, performance and development opportunities, and access to a paid internship programme.

If you're a young poet, sign up to our free Young Poets Network e-newsletter to hear about all The Poetry Society's opportunities for young poets to submit their work, perform their poems and further their writing skills. Explore Young Poets Network for regular writing challenges, articles about poetry, events, workshops and more.

Teachers, librarians and youth workers can sign up to our free monthly ebulletin to learn about the teaching resources, CPD opportunities and other work we do for educators.
About
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is the biggest poetry competition for 11-17 year olds in the world. Since it began 25 years ago, the Award has kick-started the career of some of today's most exciting new voices. Past winners include Jay Bernard, Sarah Howe, Helen Mort, Phoebe Power, Caroline Bird, Mukahang Limbu, Richard O'Brien and many more incredible poets.

If you have any queries, email us at [email protected] . If you'd like to stay up-to-date with everything that The Poetry Society offers young writers, follow our social media pages ( Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) for updates. You can also visit Young Poets Network for year-round poetry competitions, events and advice for young writers.

Check out the anthology featuring the 2022 Award winners below, and watch this space for the anthology featuring this year's Foyle Young Poets - coming soon!

About

The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award is the biggest poetry competition for 11-17 year olds in the world. Since it began 25 years ago, the Award has kickstarted the career of some of today's most exciting new voices. Past winners include Jay Bernard, Sarah Howe, Helen Mort, Phoebe Power, Caroline Bird, Mukahang Limbu, Richard O'Brien and many more incredible poets.

Check out winners from previous years on the sidebar to the left. If you'd like a free print copy of the 2022 winners' anthology, or any information about the competition, in an alternative format, please don't hesitate to contact us at [email protected].

If you'd like to stay up-to-date with everything that The Poetry Society offers young writers, follow our social media pages ( Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) for updates. You can also visit Young Poets Network for year-round poetry competitions, events and advice for young writers. Teachers, librarians and youth workers can sign up to our free monthly ebulletin to learn about the teaching resources, CPD opportunities and other work we do for educators.

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More than 6,600 poets aged 11-17 submitted over 15,800 poems into this year's competition. Young people from 119 countries entered the competition from as far afield as Romania, New Zealand, Trinidad and Tobago, and 94 percent of postcodes in the UK.

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Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers

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About the Prize The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers, created in 2007 to recognize outstanding young poets, is an annual contest for poets who are sophomores and juniors […]

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David Barber is poetry editor of The Atlantic, where he has been a staff editor since 1994. Barber has taught writing and literature at Middlebury College, the Harvard Writing Program, MIT's Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies, and the Emerson College graduate writing program. He also writes on natural history, music, and art.

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Poetry Out Loud encourages the study of great poetry. The program helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about literary history and contemporary life.

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Climate Change is Here

We all experience climate change differently depending on where we live. As global temperatures rise, our weather patterns change, causing heat waves, drought, flooding, hurricanes, and more. While Kenya endured a fifth year of drought, Pakistan experienced unprecedented floods. Wildfires in Canada and the US have become a regular summer occurrence, but for islands in the Pacific, like Kiribati, sea level rise threatens their land and freshwater resources.

Perhaps you did not get any snow days last year due to an uncharacteristically warm winter, or you couldn't go to the beach due to harmful algal blooms. Maybe your favorite animal is at risk of losing its habitat, or your favorite foods are becoming harder to find at the grocery store. These are all symptoms of climate change.

While you're experiencing some of these climate impacts, you may also be noticing climate solutions: more electric vehicles on the road, solar panels on houses in your neighborhood, composting efforts in your school, or your friends switching to plant-based diets. These are all effective ways for individuals to take action against climate change by reducing their carbon emissions.

Why Tell Your Climate Story?

Climate science is very data-driven. From the data, we know that climate change is happening and can project how it will impact weather, agriculture, and infrastructure. It is also one of the biggest threats to our oceans. It is important to understand this, but often, the data feels too removed from day-to-day life. By telling your climate story, you can bridge the gap between the data and your reality. There's power in telling a personal story through art, writing, dance, film, and more. Through the arts, you can help people connect with these issues in a new and relevant way.

"People can't understand the world as a gift unless someone shows them how it's a gift." - Robin Wall Kimmerer

Your climate story does not have to be a catastrophe, like extreme weather or wildfires. You can focus on how climate change is altering how you eat, play sports, or make vacation plans. You can celebrate climate solutions in your community or initiatives that you have participated in, or share how you find strength and inspiration in our changing world. These are all part of your climate story. It can be cathartic to express your feelings about climate change, and we hope you will find community and realize that other people around the world are experiencing and feeling some of the same things you are.

Last year, we explored Climate Heroes who have taken steps to fight climate change, from organizing rallies, researching solutions, and raising awareness. Oftentimes, the catalyst that sparks their journey comes from their lived experiences - their climate stories. With that, we ask you to tell your climate story.

Tell Your Climate Story Prompt
Think about climate issues and solutions and consider how they have affected you or your community. Find something that resonates deeply with your experiences - perhaps a climate impact you witnessed, an initiative that you've participated in, or a source of strength and inspiration when thinking about the climate crisis. Share your personal climate story through art, writing, performance, film, or multimedia. What is the story that you'd like to tell? Note: We are asking specifically about climate change and not other environmental concerns, like plastic pollution, oil spills, and overfishing. If you do choose to address these issues, make sure that you research how they connect to climate change and incorporate that into your submission.
Who May Enter

Students ages 11-18 from around the world are invited to participate in the Ocean Awareness Contest. Enter the division based on your age at the time of entry:

Students can participate as an individual or as a club, class, or group of any size. All students must provide the contact information for an Adult Sponsor (teacher, parent, mentor, etc.) Students who have started college or university are not eligible to participate in the Contest.

Submissions are accepted in:

Visual Art: Handcrafted

Visual Art: Digital

Poetry & Spoken Word

Creative Writing

Film

Performing Arts: Music & Dance

Interactive & Multimedia

Please review all submission requirements carefully.

CONTEST DEADLINE: JUNE 10, 2024

How to Enter

Why participate?

Gain knowledge about climate change and its relationship to and impact on our changing world. Dive into Bow Seat's Resource Studio to learn more about the issues; find artists and organizations taking action to protect our blue planet; and discover ways that you can get involved.

Grow your skills in communication, critical thinking, creativity, and environmental advocacy. Use your artwork to raise awareness for critical environmental issues.

Build your portfolio and make art in your preferred medium, or practice a new one! Add to your resume with a participation certificate.

Showcase your talents worldwide. Through art exhibitions, publications, social media campaigns, and scholarships, Bow Seat uplifts diverse youth voices to advance dialogue and participation in environmental conservation and advocacy.

and contribute to the Join Bow Seat's global community of over 30,000 young people who care about the ocean, environmental justice, and climate action, largest youth environmental arts collection in the world.

Be eligible for special opportunities, like the Future Blue Youth Council. Past program participants also serve as Bow Seat interns and Contest judges!

Earn cash awards of up to $1,000!

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The international Ocean Awareness Student Contest is a call for teen artists, thinkers, and activists to explore ocean conservation issues through art, writing, film, and music. Scholarship awards of up to $1,000.

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River of Words by Saint Mary's College

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The 2023 River of Words Competition is closed for submissions. Results will be announced in late March 2023.

2023 River of Words Competition

Our free, annual, international youth poetry and art contest - the largest in the world - inspires students ages 5 to 19 to translate their observations into creative expression.

Promoting Environmental Literacy through the Arts and Cultural Exchange

River of Words® (ROW) is a program of The Center for Environmental Literacy and a part of the Kalmanovitz School of Education. Acknowledged pioneers in the field of place-based education, River of Words has been inspiring educators and their students for over twenty-five years with an innovative blend of science and the arts.

River of Words is its own watershed: a linked network of people throughout the United States and the world who are committed to teaching the art and poetry of place to young people. Since 1995, River of Words has encouraged young people to explore and savor the watersheds where they live and trained educators to guide them with inspiration and passion. Through professional development and other educational services, traveling exhibits, publications and community programs, ROW reaches thousands of educators and young people around the world.

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The 2023 River of Words Competition is closed for submissions. Results will be announced in late March 2023. 2023 River of Words Competition Our free, annual, international youth poetry and art contest - the largest in the world - inspires students ages 5 to 19 to translate their observations into creative expression.

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Competition open for students to share their humorous poetry skills!

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Now in its 22nd year, this contest seeks today's best humor poems. No fee to enter. Submit published or unpublished work. $3,500 in prizes.
It looks like you're viewing this page with a mobile device. If you need help entering our contest, please email info@winningwriters.com.
Please submit one humor poem during
August 15, 2022-April 1, 2023 Prizes:

First Prize: $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value)

Second Prize: $500

Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each

Top 12 entries published online

Submit online. No fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer. One poem only, please. Length limit: 250 lines maximum. No restriction on age of author. Both unpublished and previously published work accepted. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). The poem you submit should be in English. Inspired gibberish is also accepted ( example). Read the winning poems from our 21st contest.

First time entering? We prepared this brief video to guide you. See also our short entry checklist, then click the button below to submit. The results of our 22nd contest will be announced on August 15, 2023.

This contest is now closed. Please wait until our next humor poetry contest opens on August 15, 2023 to submit.

Supplemental contest information (copyright, privacy, special assistance, etc.)
What to Submit
Submit one humor poem. This poem should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem simultaneously to this contest and to others, and you may submit a poem that has been published or won prizes elsewhere. (However, please do not submit a poem that has previously received recognition at Winning Writers.)

In general, poems written with the aid of a text-generating AI such as ChatGPT are not eligible. However, if you have employed an AI in a way that gets really funny results, please email info@winningwriters.com for a ruling on the eligibility of your entry.

Prizes and Publication
First Prize, $2,000 cash plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value)
Second Prize, $500 cash
Ten Honorable Mentions, $100 cash each

All entries that win cash prizes will be published on the Winning Writers website and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter (circulation 50,000+).

Length Limit
Your poem should not exceed 250 lines in length. Exclude the title and blank lines from your count.

Most Countries Eligible; English Language
Due to US government restrictions, we regret we are unable to accept entries from authors in Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus. Authors from all other countries are eligible. The poem you submit should be in English. If you have written a work in another language, you may submit an English translation (made by you). Inspired gibberish is also accepted.

Anonymous Judging
Entries are judged anonymously. Please omit your name and all identifying information from your entry. Do not include a cover letter. Please also omit any publishing credits from your entry. All the information we need is collected on our online entry form. Here is a brief video describing how we judge entries anonymously.

No Age Restriction
Poets of all ages may enter.

Privacy
Your privacy is assured. We will not rent your information to third parties.

Copyright
If your entry wins any cash prize, you agree to give Winning Writers a nonexclusive license to publish your work online. This includes possible publication in one or more ebooks, with attribution. From time to time, selected winning entries may also be published in printed collections. If you win a prize and we wish to publish your work in print, we will ask you for permission to include your entry in one of these books. You may accept or decline this invitation as you choose. Your entry will not be published in print without your consent, and you retain all other rights. You are free, for example, to publish your work in print or online elsewhere, and to enter it into other contests, whether or not you win a prize in this contest.

Who Is Wergle Flomp?
Wergle Flomp is a creation of poet David Taub. Mr. Taub submitted "Flubblebop" to poetry.com's former (and not very selective) contest to see what would happen.

Assistance
If you have questions, please email them to info@winningwriters.com.

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Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest (no fee)

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Now in its 22nd year, this contest seeks today's best humor poems. No fee to enter. Submit published or unpublished work. $3,500 in prizes. It looks like you're viewing this page with a mobile device. If you need help entering our contest, please email info@winningwriters.com.

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