Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher, and University of Detroit librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name.
Now in its 56th 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 CHASS Honors Convocation on Sunday, March 22.
The deadline for submissions is Feb. 6. First prize is $150 with second prize of $100 and third prize of $75. The judges of this year’s contest are:
- Melba Joyce Boyd, MI Poet Laureate
- Joanna Fuhrman
- Molly Barlow
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 Stacy Gnall, Detroit Mercy’s poet-in-residence, at gnallsc@udmercy.edu.