Submissions Open for Tenth Annual Poetry Contest

In celebration of National Poetry Month (April 2026), the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport (LIACF), is pleased to announce our tenth annual poetry review for high-school students in Nassau County. The Nassau County Student Poetry Review is open to all students enrolled in grades 9-12 (including home-schooled and tutored children), regardless of experience or previous publication. The goal of this contest is to inspire those students who may never have written a poem to write one, and to encourage those who have to further develop the art of writing a poem. Entries will be judged on originality, creativity, and artistic quality. The winning poems will be listed on the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport’s website and will be published in a booklet which will be disseminated. In addition, we host the student poets to read their poems at a poetry reading.