All URI undergraduate students are welcome to submit poems for this year’s contest.

The winner of the contest will be awarded The Knowles Award in Poetry. It is an award given annually in memory of Erica Knowles. The award comes with a $500 prize for the student whose poems are chosen.

FORMAT:
• Up to 5 pages of poetry, 1 poem per page
• Poems should be single-spaced
• Name on cover page only (for anonymous judging)
• Poem titles should also be listed individually on the cover page

COVER PAGE:
• Title or number of the course for which submission was written
or state “submission not written for a course”
• Poem titles
• Student name
• Home address & campus address (if applicable)
• Phone number(s), e-mail address

SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
• February 28th, 2025 at 4:30pm

 

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