Maryland poets, this free contest is for you! The winning poem will be published in Little Patuxent Review and celebrated at a public reading hosted by the Pratt Library and Little Patuxent Review. It may also be displayed at the Central Library or turned into a collectible broadside.

Contest Rules

• Entrants must be Maryland residents, 18 or older.
• Paid or volunteer staff of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and Little Patuxent Review and their immediate families are not eligible, nor are previous Pratt Library Poetry Contest first-place winners.
• Please send only one original poem, on any theme and in any form, for consideration.
• Your entry must be unpublished, either in print or online, including personal blogs, Facebook, or Twitter. It cannot be currently under review for possible publication.
• Your entry must not exceed 100 lines.
• Submit your typed entry as a Microsoft Word attachment by email to contest@prattlibrary.org or by mail to:
  Poetry Contest, Humanities Department
  Pratt Library, 400 Cathedral St.
  Baltimore, MD 21201-4484
• All entries must be received by Tuesday, March 1, 2022.
• Please submit your name, address, phone number, and a brief biography on a separate page. Please do not put your name, address, phone number, or biography on the entry itself. Our judges will see only the poem.
• Confirmation of receipt and comments on your entry will not be provided, nor will your entry be returned to you.

The winner will be announced on this page in mid-April.

Click here for more info and to submit.