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Award
Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry
Competition opportunity. Deadline: 2026-09-30
- Type
- Award
- Organizer
- University of Mississippi
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Where
- Oxford, United States
- Compensation
- $3,000 plus an all-expenses-paid trip
- Disciplines
- poetry
About this opportunity
The University of Mississippi awards the Willie Morris Award for Southern Poetry annually to a single poem that evokes the U.S. South. The winner receives $3,000 and a reading at the Oxford Conference for the Book.
Who can apply
- A prize of $3,000 is given annually for a single poem that evokes the U.S.
- South.
- The winner will also receive an all-expenses-paid trip to give a reading at the Oxford Conference for the Book in Oxford, Mississippi, in April 2027.
- Submit one poem of up to 60 lines by September 30.
- There is no entry fee.
- Visit the website for complete guidelines.