Beverly Hopkins Poetry Contest for High School Students

First Prize: $225
Second Prize: $125
Third Prize: $75

Winning poems will be published in St. Louis Poetry Center’s annual chapbook, of which prize winners receive a free copy.

GUIDELINES:

• Open to all high school students in the St. Louis metro area living within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis
• Submit up to 3 typed poems per entry, any form and length
• No manuscripts will be returned
• Poems previously published in high school publications are allowed
• Include name (no pen name required) and email address on each poem
• Enclose a cover sheet that includes: name, address, phone number, email address, high school, grade, teacher’s name (if she/he/they encouraged or assigned the poems), and the titles of the poems submitted
• Contest results will be announced in May

Prize winners and honorable mentions are invited to read their poems at St. Louis Poetry Center’s annual Poetry Concert.

HOW TO SUBMIT:

Email* entries to:
[email protected]

*If submitting entries by email, attach cover sheet & poems as separate Word or PDF documents. Google Drive documents are discouraged.

Mail entries to:
St. Louis Poetry Center
Hopkins High School Poetry Contest
3301 Washington Ave. 2D
St. Louis, MO 63103

EMAIL & POSTMARK DEADLINE:  March 1, 2021

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Congratulations to our 2020 Winners!

Congratulations to our 2019 Winners!