The Millay House Rockland has launched a Vincent Poetry Prize in honor of Edna St. Vincent Millay; born in Rockland, Maine and known to her friends as “Vincent,” she was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry.

The Vincent Poetry Prize will be awarded to one poem of exceptional vision and quality that is in conversation with a poem by Millay.

"We encourage you to read her poems and consider her obsessions, for example, poems of place, eros, and political protest, and poems in the sonnet form," said Millay House Rockland, in a news release.

Each poem submitted must use a line from a poem by Millay.

The winning poem, along with the Editors’ Choice and honorable mentions, will be announced by the end of July and published online in the summer edition of the Third Fig Review, the literary journal of Millay House Rockland. An online launch reading to celebrate the winning poems and poets will be held in late summer.

• $500 prize for the winning poem

• $200 for the Editors’ Choice

• Judge: Julia Bouwsma, Maine Poet Laureate, 2021-26

Submissions are open May 1-31, 2026, or until cap of 200 is reached. Details and submission link at MillayHouseRockland.org.