Poetry Awards

The English Department, in collaboration with the Poetry Center, confers several prizes to University of Arizona undergraduates for poetry. Selected by the poetry faculty, the Margaret Sterling Award and the Hattie Lockett Awards are given for artistic merit and judged as blind submissions. 

Submissions are currently closed. Please check back here in February 2026 for the next opportunity to submit to these awards.

2025 Winners

Hattie Lockett Awards: Brie Baker, Mason Richards, Patrick Quintero

Margaret Sterling Award: Nichi Jackson