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Deadline Extended for 2023 Balocating Prize
February 22, 2023
The Balocating Prize for Undergraduate Poetry awards $500 for a single poem.
Center for Poetry Seeks Student Interns
February 13, 2023
MSU undergrads invited to apply for 2023-24 academic year.
Ice Hours, Latest Release from Wheelbarrow Books Now Available
January 4, 2023
Ice Hours is a suite of poems set in majestic and severe Antarctica, chronicling the nearly forgotten story of the Ross Sea party.
Spoken Word Category Added to Benvenuto High School Poetry Competition
September 20, 2022
High school students encouraged to enter.
Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize revises guidelines and structure
June 15, 2022
New structure improves accessibility to publishing
Julia McConnell wins 2022 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Emerging)
June 9, 2022
McConnell's manuscript "Landlocked" selected by final judge Thomas Lynch
Masaki Takahashi Selected as Next Lansing Region Poet Laureate
April 7, 2022 - Victoria Meadows, LEAP
Lansing Poet Laureate to Engage Tri-County Community in the Literary Arts
Sophia DeRango wins 2022 Balocating Prize for Undergraduate Poetry
April 7, 2022
Final judge Jonah Mixon-Webster selected DeRango's poem "When My Dad Called the Cops on my First Boyfriend"
RCAH Center for Poetry seeks student interns for 2022-2023
March 17, 2022
Intern at the RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU in 2022-23!
Ninth Title in Wheelbarrow Books Series Released
February 14, 2022
"Late Self-Portraits" by Mary Morris now available from MSU Press.
"Ice Hours" Wins 2021 Wheelbarrow Books Poetry Prize (Established)
January 26, 2022
"Ice Hours" to be published in 2023 by MSU Press under the Wheelbarrow Books imprint.
Call for 2022 Balocating Prize Announced
January 25, 2022
Award is $500 for a single poem on the theme of Poetry of Witness, Poetry of Resistance.
Lansing Poet Laureate Program Seeks Qualified Area Poets
November 9, 2021 - Lansing Area Economic Partnership (LEAP)
Application Period is Open for the Lansing Area’s Third Poet Laureate
Benvenuto and Samet High School Winners Announced
November 3, 2021
We're pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Benvenuto and Samet High School Poetry and Fiction Competitions.