Pongo Poetry Prize
The Pongo Poetry Prize
Since April, 2010, the Pongo Poetry Project has been proud to present the Pongo Poetry Prize to a poem submitted on Pongo’s website. Though previously awarded in December, Pongo will now be announcing this award in the new year to ensure all of the previous year’s submissions receive their due consideration.
The winner will receive a $100 prize and an opportunity to read their poetry at Pongo’s annual Speaking Volumes in September.
Want to see examples of honorees from previous years? Check out their poems below!
2025 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
Ode to My Hoops
Honorable Mentions
The Weight of Silence
I Am My Mother’s Son
If You Stay Long Enough, You’ll See Me
Through the Eyes of the World
List-Alternate names for 1st gen Chinese girls in America After Danez Smith
2024 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
A Palestinian Mother
Honorable Mentions
A Poem About a Dead Girl
Obsession and Compulsion
I Remember
Unspoken Weight
2023 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
Reality
Honorable Mentions
Rice on a Rollercoaster
Where to from here?
What They Were Wearing
2022 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
Seventeen Forever
Honorable Mentions
Incomplete Puzzle
Swan Lake
2021 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
A Taste of Initimacy
Honorable Mention
Shell
2020 Pongo Poetry Prize
Winner
Myself: Revised Edition
(a young person works on healing themselves after abuse and heartache)
Honorable Mentions
I Hate You Out of Love
Font Persona
I Just Thought You Should Know
