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The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize for Young Writers recognizes outstanding young poets and is open to high school sophomores and juniors throughout the world. The contest winner receives a full scholarship to the Kenyon Review Young Writers workshop. In addition, the winning poem will be published in The Kenyon Review. The second and third place winners will also see their poems published.
The contest is named in honor of Patricia Grodd in recognition of her generous support of The Kenyon Review and its programs, as well as her passionate commitment to education and deep love for poetry.
The final judge of the contest is KR poetry editor David Baker.
Submissions will be accepted electronically November 1 through November 30, 2009. The link to the submissions page for the contest will be active from this webpage on November 1, 2009.
Guidelines:
Only one submission per entrant
Must be a high school sophomore or junior to enter
File must be in one of the following formats:
.PDF (Adobe Acrobat)
.DOC (Microsoft Word)
.RTF (Rich Text Format)
.TXT (Microsoft Wordpad and Notepad, Apple TextEdit.)
The Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize
for Young Writers—Past Award Recipients
2009
# of Entrants: 615
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First Prize
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Felicity Sheehy
Jefferson Valley, New York
Letter |
Runner Up
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Arbil Lopez
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Ciudad |
Runner Up
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Haley Markbreiter
New York, New York
The Solitude of Hungarians |
2008
# of Entrants: 945
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First Prize
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Molly Brown
Sweet Briar, Virginia
Terra Incognita
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Second Prize
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Weihui Lu
Flushing, New York
(why) can't i hear you anymore?
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Third Prize
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Samantha Berstler
Morristown, New Jersey
Self-Portrait (she can't write poetry)
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| SPECIAL MERIT |
Sarah Konowitz, Canton, Massachusetts; "Minnesota Soldier"
Nadia Qari, Allendale, New Jersey; "Directions to Follow"
Hannah Crum, Corvallis, Oregon ; "Ornaments (My grandmother)"
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2007
# of Entrants: 1,255
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First Prize
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Rebekah Latour
Clemson, South Carolina
Twisted Like Dogwood |
Second Prize
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Frankie Romano
Bellmore, New York
The Night You Questioned the Purpose of Flowers
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Third Prize
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Hannah Irvin
Birmingham, Alabama
For My Father
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Honorable
Mention
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Celeste Brewer
Greenville, South Carolina
Gemini
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| SPECIAL MERIT |
Zoe Bursztajn-Illingworth, Cambridge, Massachusetts; "No Spaces"
Laura Nuckols, Minnetonka, Minnesota; "Caiodh"
Natalie Reinhart, New Hope, Alabama ; "Roman Spring"
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2006
# of Entrants: 1,132
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First Prize
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Justine Li
Laguna Niguel, California
El Norte
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Second Prize
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Laura Winnick
Hamden, Connecticut
A Quantum Leap
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Third Prize
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Dan Li
Palo Alto, California
A Heap of Fruits
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Honorable
Mention
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Anne Greenberg
Westfield, New Jersey
Upon Discovering the Disappearance of My Left Hand
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| SPECIAL MERIT |
Tara Wright, Hermitage, Tennessee, "I Don't Think Thunder"
Molly Shannon, Southfield, Michigan, "Holiday in Fallujah"
Katharine Locke, Raleigh, North Carolina, "Just Fine"
Danielle Bishop, Grand Rapids, Ohio, "The Rower's Daybreak"
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| 2005 |
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| First Prize |
Emma Hansen
Peacham, Vermont
Good Morning America
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| Second Prize |
Sarah Winsberg
Rochester, New York
Evolution
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| Third Prize |
Amrita Khalid
Idyllwild, California
Apology for the Death of Your Father
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Honorable
Mention |
Andrea Harris
Dorchester, Massachusetts
Lynching: 1998
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Talia Hershewe
Reno, Nevada
Naming Last Names
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| Special Merit |
Bridget Behrmann, "Shifting"
Liza Flum, "Turning Red"
Carolyn Kerchof, "on"
Jenna McNair, "Fallen"
Katherin Monasterio, "Rush Hour"
Esei Murakishi, "Encephalogram"
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| 2004 |
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| First Prize |
Robin Myers
Maplewood, New Jersey
A Birth
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| Second Prize |
Madeline Weinstein
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Art Appreciation
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| Third Prize |
Laura Bennett
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
Spilled Rice
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| Honorable Mention |
Mohammed Abbasi
Brooklyn, New York
War Season
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Emma Hulse
Indianapolis, Indiana
To Sylvia
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Keith Yoder
Elkhart, Indiana
Share My Soul
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The new anthology from The Kenyon Review is available here.
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