2023-24 Poetry Contest
The Leonard L. Milberg ’53 High School Poetry Prize recognizes outstanding work by student writers in the 11th grade in the U.S. or abroad. Contest judges are poets on the Princeton University creative writing faculty, which includes Marilyn Chin, Michael Dickman, Katie Farris, Ilya Kaminsky, Lynn Melnick, Paul Muldoon, Kathleen Ossip, Patricia Smith, and Susan Wheeler.
Application Form
Submissions are now closed. The deadline for all contest submissions was November 26, 2023, at 11:59 p.m. (ET).
Questions & Support
If you have questions or technical issues relating to your contest submission, please email LewisCenter@princeton.edu.
Contest Updates & Winners
Review past winners and read their poems on the poetry contest archive page.
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