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About the Contest

Thank you for entering the Scholastic Instructor Poetry Contest. We received close to 2,000 entries –
a remarkable turnout! We couldn’t have done it without our budding poets.

Read the Winning Poems!


NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Void where prohibited. Click for official rules.


Prizes

One grand prize winner and two runners-up will be chosen in each grade-level category.

  • Grand prize winners (grade level K-3) win
    15 Books on Writing/Poetry (approx retail value $40)
  • Grand prize winners (grade level 4-8) win
    The Hunger Games Trilogy Box Set
    (approx retail value $40)
  • And their teachers win
    2 X-ACTO TeacherPro™ Electric Sharpeners and 5 Scholastic books for their grade level
  • Runners-up win
    5 Books on Writing/Poetry
  • And their teachers win
    1 X-ACTO TeacherPro™ Electric Pencil Sharpener