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1. NFSPS Founders Award (to honor Mary B. Wall)
Sponsored by NFSPS, Inc.
1st Prize: $1,000. 2nd Prize: $500. 3rd Prize: $250.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 100.
Entry fee: per poem – members ($5) and non-members ($10)
Limit: 4 poems per contestant.
2. NFSPS Board Award
Sponsored by the NFSPS Executive and Appointive boards.
1st Prize: $225. 2nd Prize: $125. 3rd Prize: $75.
Subject: Intersection.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 50.
3. The Margo Award
Sponsored by her friends in memory of Margo LaGattuta.
1st Prize: $200. 2nd Prize: $100. 3rd Prize: $50.
Subject: Windows.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 50.
*4. Donald Stodghill Memorial Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by Pat Stodghill.
1st Prize: $200. 2nd Prize: $100. 3rd Prize: $50.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
5. Social Critique Poetry Award
Sponsored by Randy K. Schwartz
1st Prize: $200. 2nd Prize: $100. 3rd Prize: $50.
Subject: A poem that expresses a yearning for society to
advance beyond the oppression of humans by humans.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 75.
6. Winners’ Circle Award
Sponsored by Diane Glancy, Pat Stodghill, Sue Chambers (previous prize winners
in the NFSPS Founders Award)
1st Prize: $150. 2nd Prize: $95. 3rd Prize: $45.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 80.
*7. Georgia Poetry Society Award (*Members Only)
Sponsored by the Georgia Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $150. 2nd Prize: $75. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: The American South – historical events, cultural aspects, weather, landscapes, etc.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
8. Stone Gathering Award
Sponsored by Danielle Dufy Literary French Press Editions.
1st Prize: $125. 2nd Prize: $75. 3rd Prize: $50.
Subject: Any.
Form: Prose Poem.
Line limit: 40.
Winning poems considered for publication in the print quarterly, Stone Gathering: A Reader.
*9. Poetry Society of Texas Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Texas.
1st Prize: $125. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
10. Jim Barton, Bard of the Pines Award
Sponsored by the South Arkansas Poets of the Pines. In Memory of James Nathan Barton, past
President of NFSPS and cheerleader to all writers, who saw wonder and poetry everywhere in nature.
1st Prize: $100. 2nd Prize: $60. 3rd Prize: $40.
Subject: At the Edge of the Woods.
Form: Rhymed.
Line limit: 40.
11. Lucille Morgan Wilson Memorial Award
Sponsored by Julie Cummings and Carla Jordan
1st Prize: $100. 2nd Prize: $60. 3rd Prize: $40.
Subject: Garden.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40
*12. Al Laster Memorial Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by Diana Gagne. Subject: An Ekphrastic Poem – written
in response to viewing a painting, photograph, sculpture, drawing,or
other piece of visual art.
1st Prize: $100. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $50.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 50.
13. Arizona State Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Arizona State Poetry Society (ASPS).
1st Prize: $100. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Magical Connections.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*14. Jim Barton Memorial Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Poets Roundtable of Arkansas
1st Prize: $75. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*15. Alabama State Poetry Society Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Alabama State Poetry Society.
Line limit: 50. 1st Prize: $75. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Breaking the Rules.
Form: Choose a form but break it – modify an existing form to
make it your own. Note form and modifications on entry.
16. Land of Enchantment Award
Sponsored by the New Mexico State Poetry Society. To honor the memory of Susan Paquet
1st Prize: $75. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: A poem related to “borders,” real or imagined.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
17. Poet’s Work Award
Sponsored by Paul Ford and Marie Andrews.
1st Prize: $75. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Life as Other.
Form: Persona poem.
Line limit: 40.
18. The Listening Poem Award
Sponsored by Linda Eve Diamond.
1st Prize: $75. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $25.
Subject: Listening.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
19. Power of Women Award
Sponsored by Sue Chambers and Christina Flaugher.
1st Prize: $70. 2nd Prize: $50. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: The Power of Women.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
20. The Virginia Corrie-Cozart Memorial Award
Sponsored by her friends in the Peregrine Writers.Honoring the author of A Mutable
Place and Wavering Reflection
1st Prize: $60. 2nd Prize: $40. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Leaving Home.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*21. Mildred Vorpahl Baass Remembrance Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by her daughter, Nancy Baass.
1st Prize: $60. 2nd Prize: $40. 3rd Prize: $20
Subject: Domestic Cats – their endearing habits, intelligence, loyalty,beauty, etc.
(no reference to cruelty or abuse).
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
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22. League of Minnesota Poets Award
Sponsored by the League of Minnesota Poets.In memory of John Rezmerski.
1st Prize: $60. 2nd Prize: $40. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Any.
Form: Free Verse.
Line limit: 45.
23. Jessica C. Saunders Memorial Award
Sponsored by the Shavano Poets Society of Colorado.
1st Prize: $60. 2nd Prize: $40. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Any.
Form: Villanelle. Line limit.: (follow form)
24. Poetry Society of Indiana Award
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Indiana.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: “Hello, again!”
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*25. Nevada Poetry Society Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Nevada Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Any.
Form: Minute.
Line limit: (follow form).
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26. William Stafford Memorial Award
Sponsored by the Oregon Poetry Association and Friends of William Stafford. In memory
of William Stafford, Oregon’s late Poet Laureate and twice Honorary Chancellor of NFSPS.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
27. The New York Poetry Forum Award
Sponsored by the New York Poetry Forum.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: The Art of Poetry.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*28. Columbine Poets of Colorado Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Columbine Poets of Colorado.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Visions of Peace.
Form: Any.
Line Limit: 30.
29. Morton D. Prouty & Elsie S. Prouty Memorial Award
Sponsored by daughters, Catherine P. Horn and Carol P. Ostbergand their families. In memory
of Morton D. Prouty, Jr. who served asNFSPS Treasurer and Poet Laureate of Alabama,
and Elsie S. Prouty
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: a Nature poem.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*30. Jimmye Inez Sessions Memorial Award (* Members Only)
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Texas.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 28.
31. Utah State Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Utah State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Double Vision, two views of the same thing.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 45.
32. Illinois State Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Illinois State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Rivers.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
33. The Robbie Award
Sponsored by Joyce Wilson.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Loss of a Child (not necessarily by death).
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
34. Iowa Poetry Association Award
Sponsored by the Iowa Poetry Association.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Poetry for Children.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 50.
*35. Wallace Stevens Memorial Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $30. 3rd Prize: $20.
Subject: Any.
Form: Rondeau.
Line Limit: (follow form).
36. Ohio Award
Sponsored by the Ohio Poetry Association.
1st Prize: $50. 2nd Prize: $25. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
37. WyoPoets Award
Sponsored by the WyoPoets of Wyoming.
1st Prize: $40. 2nd Prize: $25. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Wyoming or the West.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
38. Florida State Poets Association, Inc. Award
Sponsored by the Florida State Poets Association, Inc.
1st Prize: $35. 2nd Prize: $25. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: a Celebration of Florida History or Culture–or any otherFlorida topic, historic
or contemporary.
Form: Any.
Line limit. 40.
39. Poetry Society of Michigan Award
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Michigan.
1st Prize: $35. 2nd Prize: $25. 3rd Prize: $15
Subject: Any.
Form: Free Verse.
Line limit: 40..
40. Mississippi Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Mississippi Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $35. 2nd Prize: $25. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Sonnet (include sonnet pattern on entry).
Line limit: (follow form)
41. Jesse Stuart Memorial Award
Sponsored by the Kentucky State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
42. Missouri State Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Missouri State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: The Show Me State.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
43. Barbara Stevens Memorial Award
Sponsored by the South Dakota State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any Serious Theme.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 12.
44. Poetry Society of Oklahoma Award
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Oklahoma.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line Limit: 40.
45. Save Our Earth Award
Sponsored by the Martha H. Balph. In memory of David F. Balph.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Environmental Issues.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
46. Massachusetts State Poetry Society Award
Sponsored by the Massachusetts State Poetry Society.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*47. Poetry Society of Tennessee Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tennessee.In Memory of Norma Young.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Gardens or Gardening.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 10—40.
48. Maine Poets Society Award
Sponsored by the Maine Poets Society, fostering poetry since 1936.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: An Encounter with Nature.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 40.
*49. Miriam S. Strauss Memorial Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by Russell H. Strauss.
1st Prize: $25. 2nd Prize: $20. 3rd Prize: $15.
Subject: Any.
Form: Rubaiyat (linked) - AABA BBCB CCDC etc.final stanza may be EEEE, EEAE,
or EEFE.
Line limit: 12—20.
*50. The Poets Northwest Award (* Members Only)
Sponsored by Poets Northwest, a chapter of the Poetry Societyof Texas, celebrating 36
years of encouraging and inspiring poetsin their craft.
Subject: The City.
Form: Any.
Line limit: 36.
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