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MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY SOCIETY, INC.
2022 National Poetry Day Contest
DEADLINE August 1, 2022
Entries must be postmarked by August 1, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $15 for non-members
$10 for M.S.P.S. members
Entry fee permits entering each contest or less but
Only one poem may be entered in any contest by a poet.
1. REGINA MCGEE COCHRAN MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Poet's Choice
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT; 40 Lines
PRIZES; $50 $30 $20
SPONSOR; Louise Bogan Poets
2. AMY L. DENGLER MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT; A Fairy's enchanted Wand
FORM; Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT; 40 Lines
PRIZES; $50 $20 $10
SPONSOR: AMY DENGLER MEMORIAL FUND
3. LEE MAES AWARD CONTEST #1
SUBJECT; History
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT; 40 Lines
PRIZES; $30 $20 $!0
SPONSOR: Lee Maes Memorial Fund
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4. LEE MAES MEMORIAL AWARD CONTEST #2
SUBJECT; Education
FORM; Poet's Choice
LINE Limit: 40 Lines
PRIZES; $30 $20 $1
SPONSOR: Lee Maes Memorial Fund "
5. CONA FAYE ADAMS AWARD
SUBJECT: Poet's Choice
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT : 40 Lines
PRIZES: $30 $20 $15
SPONSOR: Faye Adams
6. OUT OF THE DARKNESS AWARD
SUBJECT; Mental Health
FORM; Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT; 40 Lines
PRIZES; $30 $20 $10
SPONSOR: Susan Piccole
7. JEAN TUPPER AWARD
SUBJECT; Late-in-life Love
FORM; Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT; 30 lines
PRIZES; $25 $20 $15
SPONSOR; Jean Tupper
8. OLGA BLAUS MEMORIAL AWARD CONTEST #1
SUBJECT: Mother - Daughter
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $30 $15 $5
SPONSOR: Daila Schiebelhuth
9. OLGA BLAUS MEMORIAL AWARD CONTEST #2
SUBJECT: Random Acts of Kindness
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 lines
PRIZES: $30 $15 $5
SPONSOR: Daila Schiebelhuth
10. EKPHRASTIC POEM AWARD
SUBJECT: Identify the art on which poem is based
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $15 $10
SPONSOR : Dr. Emory L. Jones
11. LOVE OF COUNTRY AWARD
SUBJECT: Patriotism
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $15 $10
SPONSOR: Tanya Whitney
12. HOLDEN KENNEALLY AWARD
SUBJECT: Grandparents
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT 40 Lines
: FORM: Meter & Rhyme
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
13. L. JOSEPHJINE MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Teachers
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
14. LOUISE SULLIVAN MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Siblings
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PIZES $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
15. HELEN FRIOT MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Wife
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial fund
16. LOUISE FRIOT MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Mother
FORM: Poet's Choice
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
17. DANA BRUCE MOWER MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Enduring Faith
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Gail Devine Mower
18. CELEBRATION OF LIFE
SUBJECT: A Special Occasion
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Beverley Barnes
19. JAMES L. BARNES MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: First Impressions
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Beverley Barnes
20. SANDSTAR AWARD
SUBJECT: Special People :NOT Celebrities}
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: P. J. Roberts Memorial Fund
21. COUSIN JIMMY CAOLA MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: A Caregiver's Big Heart
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 25 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Paula Kowszik
22. MASSACHUSETTS POETRY AWARD
SUBJECT: Massachusetts History Current Events, etc.
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Mark Hudson
23. WATERFRONT CREW POETS AWARD
SUBJECT: Poet's Choice
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Waterfront CREW Poets
24. ROBERTA HUNG AWARD
SUBJECT: Sharing
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Roberta Hung
25. MADELINE ELIZABETH DEVEAU MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Poet's Choice
FORM : Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Jeanette C. Maes
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For a printed Contest Brochure with rules and information
Send self-addressed, stamped envelope to Contest Chair:
Roberta Hung, Contest Chair
22 Salisbury Road
Wakefield, MA 01880
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