In honor of Gregory Djanikian's contribution to emerging student and non-student writers at Penn and around the world, The Adroit Journal recognize six emerging poets as Gregory Djanikian Scholars in Poetry each year.

All emerging writers who have not published full-length collections are eligible (regardless of age, geographic location, or educational status), and are encouraged to submit. Writers with forthcoming debut full-length collections are eligible so long as collections won’t appear earlier than April 2025.

Gregory Djanikian Scholars receive $200 and publication of their portfolios of poems in a future issue of the Adroit Journal. Finalists will be awarded copies of Greg’s latest collection, Sojourners of the In-Between, and a list of semifinalists determined by the editors will be released with results.

Genre(s): Poetry

Location(s): Philadelphia, PA

Submissions Open: November 1

Submissions Close: December 31

Submission Fee: $15

Fee Waiver: Yes

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