2019 POETRY CONTESTS

Welcome to our
2023 Poetry Contest Celebration!

Medford Arts is happy to announce its 16h Annual Juried Poetry Contest for Adults and its 6th Annual Juried Poetry Contest for High School Students.
Below are the details!

Click here to download prospectus

We would like to thank our sponsors!
The Poetry Contest has been generously sponsored by:
Payton Press, LLC - Annual High School Poetry Contest
Therapeutic Massage and Wellness with Naomi - Annual Adult Poetry Contest

Payton Press's books, all written by Gloria Barone and illustrated by Jim Rosanio, can be found on www.paytonpress.net, and are available at Medford Arts. They include: Flip Flop Flo, the Know-It-All; Pedro’s Hungry Ride; Eat to Roar; When a Dragon Wants a Drink, Allie’s First Halloween on Earth, and If Henry Could Remember.

Therapeutic Massage and Wellness with Naomi, LLC.

Naomi and Vince Dispenza are Medford Arts' Poetry co-chairs. This dynamic and engaging duo continue to bring uplifting and moving poetry presentations to our community of poetry lovers.

You can see their celebration of words and poetry online with our Poetry on the Road series as well as the popular Youtube online gatherings.

With the help of these sponsors, we are able to provide monetary awards for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners of the high school student and adult poetry contests. We wish to thank them for their consistent and generous support of our poetry contests each year.