What is the Gwendolyn Brooks Award?
Haiku Festival’s Gwendolyn Brooks Award is made possible by a generous donation from Valerie Wallace, in honor of the poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who attended Chicago public schools and won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. The prize is $25.00. All Haiku Fest participants who attend Chicago Public Schools (CPS) will automatically be considered. All Haiku Festival rules, deadlines, etcetera, apply. Winner must be enrolled in a CPS during the consideration process; and must be at the Awards Program to read her or his poem.
