
First, second, and third place contest winners will receive cash prizes, framed prints of their poems, will be highlighted on GirlSpring’s website and social media, and finalists will be invited to a closing ceremony in April.
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Be Empowered Poetry Contest is a collaboration between Girl Spring and See Jane Write, LLC. Javacia Harris Bowser. Javacia is a writer, journalist, and poet, and the founder and CEO of See Jane Write, LLC. She is a frequent contributor to local and national publications including Style Blueprint, Birmingham Times, Good Grit and more. This project is made possible from a grant from the City of Birmingham, with additional support from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.