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Young Pegasus Poetry Competition

San Antonio's annual poetry contest for children and teens.

Young Pegasus 2025

Submissions for the
2025 Young Pegasus
Poetry Competition accepted
October 1, 2024 through November 30, 2024

 

Submit your poem online.

 

 

Contact

For additional information on the Young Pegasus Competition, please contact:
Jennifer Velasquez, Coordinator of Teen Services
jennifer.velasquez@sanantonio.gov

or

Cresencia Huff, Coordinator of Children's Services 
cresencia.huff@sanantonio.gov

About the Young Pegasus Competition

For more than 90 years, the San Antonio Public Library has celebrated the talents of the city’s young writers with the Young Pegasus Poetry Competition. Open to poets 18 and under, the Young Pegasus Poetry Competition invites poets to submit their work, which is then reviewed by a panel of independent judges. Poems selected by the judges for publication are printed in the annual Young Pegasus Anthology.

8 Tips for Writing Great Poetry w Anthony The Poet

 

A long time Young Pegasus judge, Anthony is the author of the poetry anthology Cincuenta and has brought poetry to thousands and thousands of people, in person and on HBO.

 

Anthony the Poet*
offers 8 tips for writing great poetry:

 

#1  Don't take any poetry writing tips from anyone (except Anthony)
#2  Ignore Tip #1
#3  Please reconsider Tip #1
#4  Have fun when you write
#5  You are not an “I am” poem
#6  Finish strong
#7  Edit, edit, edit
#8  Read to write better

* Anthony M. Flores, educator,
three-time SA Grand Slam Poetry Champion, self-described "daddy of two awesome humans, and hard-core Spurs fan!”