Scholarships are available for students who are majoring in poetry as well as students who submit original poetry through various poetry contests. Click here to browse our collection of poetry scholarships and learn how to apply today!

Application Deadline

October 15, 2023

Award Amount

$30250

Awards Available

2

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Amy Lowell Travellin

About the Scholarship

The American poet Amy Lowell died in 1925. In her will she established an annual scholarship to support travel abroad for gifted American-born poets. The scholarship is administered by the Trustees under her will at the law firm of Choate, Hall & Stewart in Boston, Massachusetts. Learn more and apply today! Application requirements for the Amy Lowell Travelling Poetry Scholarship are:Application f...

Application Deadline

April 30, 2023

Award Amount

$25800

Awards Available

1

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Ruth Lily and Doroth

About the Scholarship

The Poetry Foundation and Poetry Magazine offer annual Ruth Lily and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships. Among the largest awards offered to young poets in the United States, the grant is intended to encourage the further study and writing of poetry. Click here to learn more and apply today! Application requirements for the Ruth Lily and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are:A...

Application Deadline

January 15, 2023

Award Amount

$3000

Awards Available

3

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Anna Davidson Rosenb

About the Scholarship

The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Awards for Poems on the Jewish experience were established by Nedda Fratkin, Marvin Rosenberg and Violet Ginsburg in memory of their mother, Anna Rosenberg, née Davidson in 1987. The 2020 annual poetry competition is sponsored by Poetica Magazine, Contemporary Jewish Writing. Application requirements for the Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Award are:Application form....

Application Deadline

March 31, 2023

Award Amount

$500

Awards Available

3

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Diane Zinna, Directo

About the Scholarship

The Kurt Brown Prizes is available for applicants who wish to attend a writers’ conference, center, retreat, festival, or residency. Each year AWP offers three annual scholarships of $500 each to emerging writers who wish to attend a writers’ conference, center, retreat, festival, or residency. Application requirements for the Kurt Brown Prizes are:Application form...

Application Deadline

February 06, 2023

Award Amount

$1000

Awards Available

1

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Email Address

help@powerpoetry.org, help@powerpoetry.org

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Zara SternFrazier, M

About the Scholarship

This poetry contest is available for young poets in the United States who submit an original poem on the current scholarship slam topic. Power Poetry is an online poetry founded on the belief that words and poems can have power to change the world. Click here to learn more and apply to one of the poetry programs today! Application requirements for the Power Poetry Scholarship Slam are:Poetry submi...

Application Deadline

December 31, 2023

Award Amount

$2400

Awards Available

9

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Link

Email Address

entry@highschoolpoetrycontest.com, entry@highschoolpoetrycontest.com

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D. Edwards, Administ

About the Scholarship

U.S. high school students are eligible to enter this poetry contest. Students must submit a poem of 20 lines or less on a topic of their choice. ALL WINNING POEMS WILL BE PUBLISHED. If you are dead set against having your poem published, we suggest you do not enter. Click to learn more and apply today! Application requirements for the National High School Poetry Contest are:Poem...

Application Deadline

January 01, 2023

Award Amount

$2000

Awards Available

3

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Michele Tucci, Grand

About the Scholarship

This scholarship will grant three annual awards. Two awards will be in the amount of $500 and one will be in the amount of $1000. You may apply for this scholarship if you are a rising junior or senior undergraduate at one of the University of Michigan campuses with a major or minor in the English Department. Application requirements for the Eleanor Wegg Poetry Scholarship are:Application formOrig...

Application Deadline

May 20, 2023

Award Amount

$1000

Awards Available

2

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Link

Email Address

scholarship@1800wheelchair.com, scholarship@1800wheelchair.com

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Darren Ortsman,

About the Scholarship

International and U.S. undergraduate students with a grade point average of 3.0 or higher are eligible for this award. Students must be 16 years of age or older. One to two $500 awards are offered each year. Preference will be given to students with a mobility disability. Click here to learn more and apply today! Application requirements for the 1-800-Wheelchair Scholarship Fund are:Essay Official...