Contests
Split This Rock's Annual Poetry Contest
Benefits Split This Rock Poetry Festival
March 22-25, 2012 - Washington, DC
$1,000 Awarded for Poems of Provocation & Witness
We are grateful to Naomi Shihab Nye and all the poets for their submissions for Split This Rock's 2012 contest. We hope you will consider sharing your work with us in future years. Submission fees help support the mission of Split This Rock, integrating the poetry of provocation and witness into public life and supporting the poets who do this vital work.
Split This Rock subscribes to the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Contest Code of Ethics.
THE WORLD & ME
Youth Poetry Contest
Each year, Split This Rock seeks young people's poems on the theme,“The World & Me.”
- What about your neighborhood/city/country/planet makes you happy and proud?
- What makes you sad? If you were in charge, what would you change?
- Are there issues you care deeply about?
- Situations in the news or in your neighborhood that make you mad? Or glad?
Tell us in a poem!
Eligible Writers: Poets must live in or attend school in DC and qualify for either of the following age groups:
- Ages 12 and under OR
- Ages 13 and up
Questions? See our World & Me page.
Split This Rock/The World & Me Poetry Contest
1112 16th Street NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20036