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Baylor BU Beall Poetry Festival Student Literary Contest
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Student Literary Contest

Awards For Best Original Work in Poetry and Fiction

Submission Deadline: March 1, 2022

Winners will be announced on March 21, with the award ceremony and reading to be held at 3:30 p.m., March 30, in Armstrong Browning Library

The Department of English at Baylor University offers a variety of awards and prizes to recognize outstanding creative writing by undergraduate and graduate students. Entries will be judged by professional poets and authors. 

Entry Procedure

The Beall Poetry Festival's student literary contest is open to all undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at Baylor. You may submit work that you have submitted to other contests. Qualified applicants may submit either or both of the following:

  •    One poetry entry (not exceeding 2 pages)
  •    One fiction entry (not exceeding 25 pages)

Please list your name, ID number, telephone number, and e-mail address at the top of each entry. To submit, email your piece(s) to beallstudentcontest@gmail.com by the deadline. Entries will be considered for all eligible prizes.

Submit your Piece

List of Prizes

Undergraduate

  • First place: American Academy of Poets - Virginia Beall Ball Prize $300
  • Second place: Poetry in the Arts - Dr. Robert G. Collmer Prize $200
  • Third place: Poetry in the Arts - Dr. Jesse T. Airaudi Prize $200
  • Fourth Place: The House of Poetry Prize $100 

Fiction

  • First Place: Dorothy Scarborough Prize $300
  • Second Place: Dorothy Scarborough Prize $200

Graduate Prizes

Poetry and Fiction

  • Poetry in the Arts - Dr. James E. Barcus Prize $200
  • Fiction - Dorothy Scarborough Prize $200

Baylor Poetry Festival

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Waco, TX 76798-7404
(254) 710-1768
beallpoetry@baylor.edu
Baylor BU Beall Poetry Festival Student Literary Contest
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