Contact: Sasha Steinberg

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University Libraries are announcing winners of the Undergraduate Poetry Contest, part of the university’s National Poetry Month celebration.

Pictured in the John Grisham Room at Mitchell Memorial Library are (from left to right) Corinne Kennedy, MSU Libraries assistant professor and coordinator of the College of Architecture, Art and Design Library; Undergraduate Poetry Contest winners Katherine E. “Katie” Norris, junior criminology major of Franklin, Tennessee, “To Grow Old into Your Old Coat,” first place; Philippe C. Schicker, senior mechanical engineering major of Hamburg, Germany, “The 3 R’s in 2021,” second place; Baylee M. Seeman, senior English major of Jonesboro, Arkansas, “Arkansas License Plate,” third place; and Kathryn “KC” New, MSU Libraries assistant professor and humanities librarian.

To read the students’ award-winning poems, visit https://guides.library.msstate.edu/nationalpoetrymonth/2021poetrywinners.

For more on MSU’s National Poetry Month celebration, visit https://guides.library.msstate.edu/nationalpoetrymonth.

For more information on MSU Libraries, visit www.library.msstate.edu.

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