The Mary Barnard Student Poetry Contest

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A $100 prize is endowed by Reed College in honor of Mary Barnard for the best poem or group of poems submitted by a Reed undergraduate. Mary Barnard (1909-2001), a Reed graduate (class of 1932), was a renowned poet and writer, and a translator of classical literature, including the following fragment from Sappho:

"Although they are
only breath, words
which I command
are immortal."

The Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank Most Promising Young Poet Award of $1,000 will be open to winners of the current year’s Academy of American Poets Prizes from across the country who are twenty-three years old or younger. Submissions are judged by one of the past or current members of the Academy’s Board of Chancellors.

Submission Guidelines:

2 typed poems maximum, with your name, phone#, year in school, age, mailing address, Reed & non-Reed email address on each page sent to Jolie at griffinjo@reed.edu. More details can be found here.

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