Eligibility: ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (GRADES 9-12) IN MONTGOMERY, BUCKS, CHESTER, DELAWARE, OR PHILADELPHIA COUNTIES (PA)

Deadline: Poems must be mailed to: MCPL Program, PO Box 441, Hatfield, PA 19440. Manuscript must be post-marked NO LATER than Monday, March 12, 2012.

Awards: $250 prize (plus $50 Honorable Mention) will be given at a formal awards presentation on Saturday, April 21st 2012, at Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts (7924 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19118).

Judges: 2011 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Amy Small-McKinney

Past Winners: 2011- Mariah Rachel Burke (Friends Select School)

2012 Entry Forms here