Calling all poets!
We invite all Maine high school students and University of Maine System students to submit their poems to our annual Poetry Contest.
When you submit, please be sure to follow these guidelines:
- Contestants may submit up to 3 pieces of original work.
- Please submit a SEPARATE entry for each piece of work.
- Each poem may have a maximum of 52 lines.
- Submissions must be blind (please make sure your name is not present in the submitted poem document).
- Prior Plunkett Poetry Contest winners are not eligible to participate.
- Poems of all themes and styles are welcome.
The deadline for submission is March 1, 2025.
Please save the date: Saturday, April 26, 2025, for our 23rd annual Terry Plunkett Maine Poetry Festival.
This year, the festival will include live readings in the Danforth Gallery and the Jewett Hall Auditorium on the Augusta campus of the University of Maine at Augusta, and will include participation from Maine high schools, the University of Maine System campuses, and the Maine poetry community.
Our keynote speaker will be Natalie Diaz, a Pulitzer prize-winning Mojave poet, language activist, and educator.
The festival is free and open to all. Event details are in the works – check the Festival’s webpage often for details as they are finalized: uma.edu/plunkett