Fall Contests

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.

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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 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

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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Offered for an unpublished poem of any style or theme.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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The Goldfinch Prize: $200.

Offered for a poem of any style or topic. Open to PSSC members only. In fond memory of Susan L. Meyers and named after her poem “Hat of Many Goldfinches.”

Sponsor: Debra Conner

 

The Dana Burnet Prize: Fall: $50. 

Offered for a collection of three (3) Haiku or Senyru of any subject. Open to anyone.  Entries should be in the traditional three-line, seventeen-syllable format (5/7/5).

Sponsor: William Winslow

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Proud to be Thinking Out Loud or Whatever Prize: Fall: $250

Offered for a poem of any subject. Open to current PSSC members only. Entries should demonstrate an interesting use of rhythm and/or meter, and/or rhyme (which may or may not follow a repetitive rhyme scheme), and be fun or impactful to read out loud.

Sponsor: Anonymous

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