For forty years, the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University has aimed to bring poetry to everyday lives by fostering meaningful conversations and engaging diverse audiences around the world, empowering individuals to share their voice across divisions of language, age, and culture. The list below contains the current calls, contests, scholarships, and surveys for which we are currently accepting submissions.
The 43rd annual William Carlos Williams poetry competition, sponsored by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), opens on September 6, 2024 and will accept submissions through December 31, 2024. New this year, we will be awarding prizes in two categories: a medical student category, open to students enrolled in MD and DO programs in the US, Puerto Rico, or Canada, and a physician category, open to any rank of physician (MD or DO) at any career stage, from residency to retirement, in the US, Puerto Rico, or Canada.
Please preview the Submission Details and Eligibility criteria for each category below before submitting your work. Submissions will be judged on the merits of craft, originality, and content. First-, second-, and third-place winners in each category will receive a cash prize and will be considered for publication in the Journal of Medical Humanities. Winning poets will be notified by March 1, 2025.
Consult NEOMED's poetry competition website for more information and please direct all queries to wcw@neomed.edu.
Submission Details:
· Online submissions must be received before midnight (eastern time) on December 31, 2024.
· All entries will undergo blind review and should contain no identifying information other than the title of the poem; a cover sheet including name and contact information will be submitted separately.
· Contestants may submit up to three poems; one poem per page.
· Each poem submitted is not to exceed 750 words.
· Poems must be written in English.
· Poems may address medical and/or non-medical subjects.
Eligibility Criteria:
· Entrants for the Medical Student prize category must be actively enrolled in programs leading to a Doctor of Medicine (MD) or Doctor of Osteopathy (DO) degree in the United States, Puerto Rico, or Canada.
· Submissions must be original, unpublished (with the exception of college publications), and must not have won a contest at the time of submission.
· Previous monetary winners of the WCW student competition are not eligible to compete in the student category again in the 2024-25 competition. If otherwise eligible, previous monetary winners of the WCW student competition may submit to the physician category.
The 43rd annual William Carlos Williams poetry competition, sponsored by the Department of Family and Community Medicine at Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED), opens on September 6, 2024 and will accept submissions through December 31, 2024. New this year, we will be awarding prizes in two categories: a medical student category, open to students enrolled in MD and DO programs in the US, Puerto Rico, or Canada, and a physician category, open to any rank of physician (MD or DO) at any career stage, from residency to retirement, in the US, Puerto Rico, or Canada.
Please preview the Submission Details and Eligibility criteria for each category below before submitting your work. Submissions will be judged on the merits of craft, originality, and content. First-, second-, and third-place winners in each category will receive a cash prize and will be considered for publication in the Journal of Medical Humanities. Winning poets will be notified by March 1, 2025.
Consult NEOMED's poetry competition website for more information and please direct all queries to wcw@neomed.edu.
Submission Details:
· Online submissions must be received before midnight (eastern time) on December 31, 2024.
· All entries will undergo blind review and should contain no identifying information other than the title of the poem; a cover sheet including name and contact information will be submitted separately.
· Contestants may submit up to three poems; one poem per page.
· Each poem submitted is not to exceed 750 words.
· Poems must be written in English.
· Poems may address medical and/or non-medical subjects.
Eligibility Criteria:
· Entrants for the Physician prize category must have received their medical degree (MD or DO) prior to the submission deadline of December 31, 2024. Physicians at any career stage, from residency to retirement, and in any career role (patient care, education/academic medicine, administration, etc.) are welcome to submit
· Submissions must be original, unpublished (with the exception of college publications), and must not have won a contest at the time of submission.
· Previous monetary winners of the WCW physician competition are not eligible to compete in the physician category again in the 2024-25 competition. If otherwise eligible, previous monetary winners of the WCW student competition may submit to the physician category.