Detroit Mercy undergraduate students are invited to submit a poem to the Dudley Randall Poetry Prize competition.
Each year, the Detroit Mercy English Department honors Dudley Randall, the late poet, publisher and University of Detroit Mercy librarian and poet-in-residence, by sponsoring a poetry competition in his name. Now in its 54th year, the prize continues Dudley Randall’s legacy of amplifying creative voices with the Detroit Mercy community.
The deadline for submission is Friday, Feb. 9. First Prize is $150, second prize is $75 and third prize is $50.
Detroit Mercy undergraduates are eligible to submit one poem of 55 or few lines – all topics and poetic forms are welcome.
Find out more about the Dudley Randall Poetry Prize and read winning poems from previous years.
The 2024 Dudley Randall Poetry Prize judges are Casey Bell, Farnaz Fatemi and Isaac Pickell.
For more information, contact Detroit Mercy’s Poet-in-Residence Stacy Gnall at gnallsc@udmercy.edu.