Guidelines

The call for entries for the 2024 Balocating Undergraduate Prize for Poetry will open in Spring semester 2024.

General guidelines for the Balocating Undergraduate Prize for Poetry:

• Open to MSU undergraduate students in any major
• Prize of $500 awarded for a single poem
• Submit up to three poems
• Provide a separate cover sheet including: your name, email, and phone number
• Poems must not identify you as the writer
• Cover sheet and poems may be combined into one pdf
• Email entry to cpoetry@msu.edu

 

We pay homage to Annie Balocating and her passion for poetry, community service, and social justice.