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Stan & Tom Wick Undergraduate Poetry Scholarship

1st place - $1,500

2nd place - $1,000

3rd place - $500

These awards are nonrenewable. Undergraduates may reapply.  

• The competition is open to any undergraduate currently enrolled at 5X����. 

  
• The scholarship awards are to 5X���� only. 
• All entries must be original and may be simultaneously submitted to other publications.
• The poem should be no more than 100 lines long.
• The poet’s name should not appear on the poem.
• A cover sheet should be included that lists the poet’s name, address, email and telephone number.  Entries missing any of this required information will not be accepted and will be returned to the poet.
• Entries must be submitted between November 1 and April 1. 

Winners are notified each May.

2024 Winners and Finalists

• 1st Place: Sergio Roper for “america; ohio; too soon”
• 2nd Place: Teresa Morek for “Earthworm”
• 3rd Place: Maggie Berheimer for “Iridomyrmex Accentor"
• Finalist: Isabella Kaufman for "things we don’t talk about in my gated community"

2023 Winner 

• Irving Benitez for "& and & and & and"

2022 Winners and Finalists

• 1st Place: Jeremy Ritch for “Go!” 
• 2nd Place: Noah Brock for “Peppershrikes”
• 3rd Place: Patrick Moorman for “Learning Objectives on my Classroom Daily Agenda"
• Finalists: Olivia Farina, Irving Benitez, Gabrielle Uhl 

2021 Winners and Finalists

• 1st Place: Caitie Young for “Portrait of the Bisexual Woman”
• 2nd Place: Kaitlyn Engelhart for “Time to Fly”
• 3rd Place: Willow Campbell for “I get lost”
• Finalists: G Clingman, William Smith, Olivia Farina, Angelina DiFranco