An award to honor Mary B. Wall, the founder of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. Poems can be any form and on any subject, with a limit of 100 lines. Limit of four poems per contestant.


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  • First Prize: $1000

  • Second Prize: $500

  • Third Prize: $250

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