2024 Racial Justice Poetry Contest

The Baltimore County Lynching Memorial Project conducted a Racial Justice Poetry Contest for 6th-12th graders who attend Baltimore County public, parochial, and independent schools as well to students who receive their education in homeschool settings in Baltimore County.

Baltimore County Public Schools wrote about past years' innovative program HERE. 

First and second place entries will be selected from the following three divisions: Grades 6-8, Grades 9-10, and Grades 11-12. All entries will receive blind adjudication by high school seniors who attend the Carver Center for the Arts and Technology, and who are prohibited from participating.

The first place entry for each division received a check for $200 while second place entries received $100. In addition, all first and second place entries received the following:

• Publication of their poem on the Maryland Lynching Memorial Project (MLMP) website

• An invitation to read their poem at the awards ceremony on April 26, 2024

• A free poetry recitation workshop with DewMore Baltimore

For more information, please visit the contest page HERE.