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Description

The Adroit Prizes are awarded annually to two students of secondary or undergraduate status. The best of the best will be recognized by the Adroit Prizes. All submitted poems and prose pieces will be considered for publication in the Adroit Journal.

Requirements

All secondary and undergraduate students are eligible, including international students and students who have graduated a semester early (in this case, in December 2024). Each poetry submission may include up to five poems (maximum of ten pages single-spaced). Each prose submission may include up to three works of fiction or creative nonfiction (combined word limit of 3,500 words; excerpts are acceptable). Each student may send up to five separate submissions for the Adroit Prize for Poetry (each with up to five poems) and up to five separate submissions for the Adroit Prize for Prose (each with up to three works of prose), totaling ten separate submissions.

Restrictions

Poems and prose pieces included in submissions may be sent to other contests and publications as well (but please disclose simultaneously submitted work in your cover letter), and may have been previously recognized by other organizations and/or featured in campus-wide publications. If work under consideration is accepted elsewhere, submitters should reach out promptly by adding a note to the corresponding submission on Submittable.

Outcomes

Winners will be awarded $200, and their work—along with the work of runners-up—will be featured in the Adroit Journal. Runners-up and finalists will receive a copy of the judges’ latest book.

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