ENDOWED SPONSORSHIPS
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EDGAR ALLAN POE MEMORIAL -Any form. No line limit. Award: $100. Sponsored by Poetry Society of Virginia
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SARAH LOCKWOOD MEMORIAL – Sonnet in rhyme and meter. Any subject. Awards: $100, $75, $50
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BESS GRESHAM MEMORIAL – Any form. Subject: friends and friendship. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
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CARLETON DREWRY MEMORIAL – Any form. Subject: farm life or working the earth. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
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BRODIE HERNDON MEMORIAL – Any form. Subject: heroism. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20
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NANCY BYRD TURNER MEMORIAL – Sonnet or other traditional form. State the form. Any subject. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
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JUDAH, SARAH, GRACE, AND TOM MEMORIAL – Any form. Subject: encouraging reflection on inter-ethnic relations. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Endowed and sponsored by Linda Nottingham.
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CENIE H. MOON PRIZE – Any form. Subject: a woman or women. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
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ADA SANDERSON MEMORIAL. Any form. Subject: Nature. 48 line limit. Award: $100.
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CHARLOTTE WISE MEMORIAL. Any form. Any Subject. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia.
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THE ROBERT S. SERGEANT MEMORIAL. Any form. Subject: Birds. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
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THE ANNE SPENCER MEMORIAL. Any form. Subject: Overcoming adversity. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20.
INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS
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HANDY ANDY PRIZE. Limerick. Any Subject. Awards: $25, $15, $10 Sponsored by Ed Lull in memory James McNally.
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ELIZABETH NEUWIRTH MEMORIAL. Iambic pentameter. Subject: a specific work of art other than poetry. (Identify the work in the title or in the poem and in an epigraph). 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by Claudia Gary.
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LAURA DAY BOGGS BOLLING MEMORIAL. Any rhymed or unrhymed form. Poem written by adult for older school-age children, ages 10-12 years. 20 line limit.Awards: $50, $30, $20. Children, Alma, Flora, and Glade of Laura Day Boggs Bolling
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JOE PENDLETON CAMPBELL MEMORIAL . Narrative poem. Any form. Any subject. 64 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by Paula Savoy.
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DR. LUCILE E. THOMPSON MEMORIAL. Any form. Subject: celebrating technology. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by Dr. Kathleen P. Decker.
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A SENSE OF PLACE: The Elizabeth J. Urquhart Memorial. Places—manmade, natural, personal, or historical—inform poetry with the power to evoke the past and transcend the present. Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by the Williamsburg Poetry Guild.
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NEW VOICES: The Joanne Scott Kennedy Memorial. Open only to poets who have never received a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd prize in any PSV contest. Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by the Williamsburg Poetry Guild.
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HONORING FATHERHOOD AWARD . Any form. Subject: honoring Fathers and/or their sacrifices. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by Bill and Michelle O’Hearn, in memory of Theodore Tomala, Jr.
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EKPHRASTIC POETRY AWARD. Subject: A poem based on a work of art other than poetry. (Either send a copy of the work or include a link to it.) Any form. 48 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by Terry Cox-Joseph.
POETRY SOCIETY OF VIRGINIA MEMBERS ONLY
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EMMA GRAY TRIGG MEMORIAL. Lyric poem. Any subject. 64 line limit. PSV members only Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia.
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KARMA DEANE OGDEN MEMORIAL. Any form. Any subject. 48 line limit. PSV members only Awards: $50, $30, $20.Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia.
VIRGINIA RESIDENTS ONLY
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LORETTA DUNN HALL MEMORIAL. Any form. Subject: family. 24 line limit. Sponsored by Pamela Denyes
UNDERGRADUATE VA STUDENTS ONLY
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UNDERGRADUATE POETRY AWARD. Any form. Any subject such as loss, overcoming a significant setback, or a strong feeling. 36 line limit. Awards: $50, $30, $20. Sponsored by the Poetry Society of Virginia.