The Baltimore County Lynching Memorial Project announces the 2024 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. Original poems must be submitted by March 1, 2024.
The first place entry for each division will receive a check for $200 while second place entries will receive $100. In addition, all first and second place entries will receive 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