Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher and Detroit Mercy librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name.
![Collin Schacht, 2023 Dudley Randall winner](https://i0.wp.com/sites.udmercy.edu/campusconnection/wp-content/uploads/sites/106/2023/03/collin-schacht-headshot.jpg?resize=170%2C255&ssl=1)
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 53rd annual Dudley Randall Poetry Contest for 2023. You can read the winning poems at this link: https://udmercy.edu/dudley.
1st Prize: Collin Schacht, English major, Creative Writing concentration
- “Persona”
2nd Prize: Olivia Vitale, Biochemistry major, Literature minor
- “I Forgot Your Middle Name”
3rd Prize: Lydia Chapman, Social Work major
- “Evening Bats”
Honorable Mention: Aly Porcerelli, Business Administration major, Creative Writing minor
- “Dearest Audience”
Honorable Mention: Jeremy St. Martin, Theatre major, Creative Writing minor
- “The Man in the Below Poem Has Become Aware He is in a Poem”
Congratulations to all of the winners and to all of the excellent poets who submitted their work this year!
Special thanks to Stacy Gnall, poet-in-residence, for organizing this year’s contest, and to our esteemed judges Emily Corwin and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo.