Please note that some contests are open to PSSC members only. We'd love to have you

you as a member, and you can join here: https://www.poetrysocietysc.org/membership

 

Fall Competitions

ENTRIES MUST BE SUBMITTED BETWEEN OCTOBER 15 AND NOVEMBER 15.

 

Prizes will be awarded at the February meeting, or mailed to those not in attendance.

 

The DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Society Prize: $500.

Offered for a poem of any style or nature. Open to PSSC members only.

Sponsor: The Poetry Society of South Carolina.

The Starkey Flythe, Jr., Memorial Prize: $200.

Offered for a poem of any style or subject matter. Open to anyone.

Sponsors: The Augusta Poetry Group and Friends of Starkey Flythe, Jr.

The John Edward Johnson Prize: $50.

Offered for a poem of any style or nature on a religious theme or
subject. Open to anyone.

Sponsor: Thomas L. Johnson.

The Marjorie E. Peale Prize: $100.

Offered for a poem of any style which draws on the landscape, history, or spirit of the South Carolina Lowcountry. Open to anyone.

Sponsor: Marjory E. Peale.

The Perception Prize: $75.

Offered for a poem of any style or nature relating to how we encounter the
world through our senses. Open to PSSC members only.

Sponsor: Ann-Chadwell Humphries.

The Klyde Robinson Poetry Prize: $200.

Offered for a poem relating to Charleston, SC. Open to anyone.
Sponsor: The Robinson Family.

The Stephanie Ellen Siler Memorial Prize: $100.

Offered for a poem of any style or theme, preferably a poem that tells a story. Open to PSSC members only.

Sponsor: Ellen Jenks.

Susan Laughter Meyers Memorial Prize: $200.

Offered for an unpublished poem of any style or theme.
Dedicated to the memory of Susan Laughter Meyers, who was a president, board member, and energetic supporter of The PSSC. Open to PSSC members only.

 

Sponsors: Blue Meyers and Friends of Susan L. Meyers.

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