Guidelines, Balocating Undergraduate Prize for Poetry

The call for entries for the 2025 Balocating Undergraduate Prize for Poetry is now open.

 

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.
• Poems must not identify you as the writer.
• Please use a standard 12-point font.
• Poems must be submitted as individual PDFs titled with only the poem title.
• Deadline for entry is 11:59 p.m. Friday, February 28, 2025.

Click Here to submit your poem(s).

 

Final judge for 2025 is Airea D. Matthews, who will announce the winner at her April 2 reading in the RCAH Theater, Snyder-Phillips Hall, at 7:00 p.m.

 

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

 

 

Questions? Email Laurie Hollinger, cpoetry@msu.edu