George Bogin Memorial Award
Deadline December 15 (must be received by this date), formerly December 31. Highly recommended contest awards $500 for a selection of 4-5 poems that "use language in an original way to reflect the encounter of the ordinary and the extraordinary and to take a stand against oppression in any of its forms". Submit your entry online. Sponsored by The Poetry Society of America, the nation's oldest poetry organization. We highly recommend joining ($55 per year, $35 for students). Free to Poetry Society of America members; $15 entry fee for nonmembers.
Source: https://poetrysociety.org/awards/annual-awards/poetry-society-of-america-awards
Published: November 25, 2025
