Poetry submissions due Feb. 7 for Dudley Randall Poetry Prize Competition

Poetry submissions due Feb. 7 for Dudley Randall Poetry Prize Competition

Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher and University librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name.

Now in its 55th year, the prize continues Dudley Randall’s legacy of amplifying creative voices within the Detroit Mercy community.

Detroit Mercy undergraduate students are eligible to submit one poem of 55 or fewer lines. All topics and poetic forms are welcome. The winner of the first prize must be available to read the poem at the annual Honors Convocation on March 23.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 7. First prize is $150 with second prize of $75 and third prize of $50. The judges of this year’s contest are Reem Abou-Samra, Maisy Card and Robert Laidler.

Find out more about the Dudley Randall Poetry Prizes and read winning poems from previous years here. For questions or more information about this year’s contest, please contact UDM’s Poet-in Residence Stacy Gnall at gnallsc@udmercy.edu.

Submit your poem here!

A graphic for the Dudley Randall Poetry Prizes. There is a Detroit Mercy English logo in the middle top of the page. The right half of the page is a black and white image of a man, presumably Dudley Randall. There is a scan code to submit poetry by Feb. 7. First prize is $150, second prize is $75, and third prize is $50. The three judges are listed along the bottom of the page.