Kentucky State Poetry Society announces the 2021 Student Poetry Contest
Guidelines
- Free to enter
- Open nation-wide to public, private, and homeschool students in grades 3-12
- 1 submission per student
- Original, unpublished work only
- 30 line limit
Submissions
Poems should be submitted as an attachment in a Word document (.doc, .docx) via email to kspspoetry@gmail.com.
Submissions must include:
- Student name
- Student grade and age
- School name
- Teacher’s name
- Contact email
- Postal address
Deadline: April 1, 2021
PRIZES

Prizes
First place winners will be
-published in Pegasus and
-invited to read their winning poems at the Kentucky State Poetry Society Annual Conference.
Cash prizes for first, second, and third places.

Categories
Category 1: Grades 3 and 4
Category 2: Grades 5 and 6
Category 3: Grades 7 and 8
Category 4: Grades 9 and 10
Category 5: Grades 11 and 12