Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest

High school students from across the Washington Metropolitan Area are invited to submit poems to the 2022 Gaithersburg Book Festival Poetry Contest.

Download the contest flyer HERE!

To participate, your entry must be no longer than one page, single-spaced 12 point Times New Roman. Submit your poem in a Word document (.doc or .docx), and include the title of the poem in the file name (eg. The_Red_Fern.doc).

Submissions

• Deadline: February 22, 2022, by midnight ET
• Poems must be submitted electronically at this link.
• Submissions must include author’s name, home address, phone number, e-mail address, school, grade (9, 10, 11 or 12), and English/writing teacher’s name on the application form (not the Word document).

For additional information and to submit, click here!