Poetry Contests
Writer's Digest Poetry Awards
Calling all poets! We’re on the look out for poems of all styles–rhyming, free verse, haiku, and more for the Annual...
42 Miles Press Poetry Award
The 42 Miles Press Poetry Award was created in an effort to bring fresh and original voices to the poetry reading pub...
Acrostic Poetry Contest
To enter this poetry contest share an acrostic. That's a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word (...
Emerging Writer's Contest
In the spirit of the journal 's founding mission, the Ploughshares Emerging Writer's Contest recognizes work by an em...
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize
The competition is organised by Wasafiri, a quarterly British literary magazine. The prize is judged in three catego...
International Poetry Book Awards 2022
International contest looking for the best poetry books from Indies, small press and independent publishers. Prizes:...