Beverly Hopkins Poetry Contest for High School Students

SUBMISSIONS OPEN DECEMBER 1, 2021

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

Winning poems will be published on Saint Louis Poetry Center’s website.

Srikanth Reddy

Delightful, mesmerizing, flamboyantly risky, and hilarious are some of the words that critics use to describe the poetry of Srikanth “Chicu” Reddy. He has published three collections to date: Facts for Visitors, Voyager, and Underworld Lit. Reddy is a professor of English and creative writing at the University of Chicago, where he edits the Phoenix Poets book series at the University of Chicago Press. For more information visit srikanthreddypoet.com.

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 Saint 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:
Saint Louis Poetry Center
Hopkins High School Poetry Contest
3301 Washington Ave. # 2D
Saint Louis, MO 63103

EMAIL & POSTMARK DEADLINE:  March 1, 2022

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Congratulations to our 2021 Winners!

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Congratulations to our 2019 Winners!