Winona County History Center | 160 Johnson St.
sonnetcontest.org

The official end to the annual Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest is a celebration of the winners, hosted in person and online. The public is invited to attend this fun event on Saturday, July 15th at 11:00 am at the Winona County History Center. (It can also be viewed online on the Maria W. Faust Sonnet Contest’s Facebook page.) Winning sonnets will be read by the poets over Zoom and by the contest’s judges. Following the event, the winning sonnets will be published on the website: sonnetcontest.org.

What started as a local contest sponsored by Winona’s First Poet Laureate and the Great River Shakespeare Festival has grown into an international phenomenon with a reach far beyond our community. The 2023 contest saw entries from 16 countries and 43 states. Learn more.