Applications are now open for the second annual Amanda Gorman Future Voices Poetry Prize & Scholarship Contest.
Donor Name: Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Award/Contest
Deadline: 06/01/2023
Size of the Grant:
- Scholarship Award: $3,000
- Poetry Contest: $500
Details:
Students can apply for one of two tracks. The scholarship award is open to college-bound student poets of color currently enrolled in the 12th grade in a California High School. Three poets will be awarded $3,000 each in scholarship money. Scholarships will be awarded based on the quality of the poems submitted, and on the ways in which applicants’ essays and materials speak to Amanda’s commitment to social change through poetry.
The poetry contest track is open to student poets of color currently enrolled in 9th, 10th, or 11th grade in a California High School. First, second, and third place awards will be given, as will an honorable mention. Each comes with a cash prize. Winners of the poetry contest track will be selected based on the quality of the poems submitted. All applicants must currently live in California.
Prizes
- Scholarship Award
- Open to college-bound poets who are currently in the 12th grade and self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
- Must be able to provide proof of acceptance to a college or university, and must intend to enroll in Fall 2023. (Students accepted to community colleges are eligible to apply).
- Must currently live in California.
- Three scholarship winners will receive $3,000 each
- Poetry Contest
- Open to poets currently in 9th, 10th, and 11th grade, and who self-identify as Black, Indigenous, or people of color.
- Must currently live in California.
- Winners of the Poetry Contest will receive the following cash prizes:
- 1st place: $500
- 2nd place: $250
- 3rd place: $150
- Honorable mention: $50.
Application Guidelines
- Scholarship Award and Poetry Contest
- Poems must be submitted as Word document attachment, 12 point font, Times New Roman or Arial;
- Entrants may submit between 1-3 poems, 1 page per poem and poems must be 35 lines or less;
- All entries must be in English, single-spaced, typed, unpublished, original, and not scheduled for publication before July 2023;
- All entries not in compliance with category specifications will be disqualified.
Additionally
- All entries must be in English, single-spaced, typed, unpublished, original, and not scheduled for publication before July 2023.
- All poems are presented anonymously to the judges.
- There is no entry fee.
- All entries not in compliance with category specifications will be disqualified.
- Scholarship recipients and Poetry Contest winners will be required to read their poems at a live or virtual event celebrating the winners.
- Winners will be announced by August 5, 2023.
For more information, visit BBLAC.
