Free Poetry Contests
Enter free online poetry contests which are managed by PoetrySoup Premium Members. Poetry. Poetry contests are held every day and anyone can enter. All competitions are free and you can enter as many contests as you want. You keep copyrights on all of your poems. Some poetry contests even have prizes! See Contest Submission Guidelines and more.
List of Current Contests
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Ottava rima poetry form only.
Deadline:
Sunday, October 2, 2022
33 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
L MILTON HANKINS
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Quatrain poetry form only.
Deadline:
Thursday, October 20, 2022
29 poems of the maximum
45
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Emile Pinet
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Deadline:
Friday, October 21, 2022
1 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Robert James Liguori
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Deadline:
Sunday, October 23, 2022
25 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Unseeking Seeker
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Deadline:
Monday, October 24, 2022
12 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Mystic Rose Rose
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Deadline:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
33 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Mark Toney
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Deadline:
Friday, October 28, 2022
27 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Brian Strand
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Verse poetry form only.
Deadline:
Sunday, October 2, 2022
19 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Joseph May
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Deadline:
Monday, October 3, 2022
14 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Joe Maverick
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Deadline:
Tuesday, October 4, 2022
28 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Edward Ibeh
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Deadline:
Saturday, October 15, 2022
25 poems of the maximum
50
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Sara Kendrick
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Deadline:
Saturday, October 15, 2022
29 poems of the maximum
40
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Julia Ward
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Narrative poetry form only.
Deadline:
Saturday, October 15, 2022
14 poems of the maximum
55
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Matt Caliri
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Deadline:
Sunday, October 16, 2022
28 poems of the maximum
45
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Sotto Poet
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Haiku poetry form only.
Deadline:
Tuesday, October 18, 2022
31 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Tania Kitchin
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Rhyme poetry form only.
Deadline:
Thursday, October 20, 2022
24 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Suzanne Delaney
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Deadline:
Sunday, October 23, 2022
14 poems of the maximum
50
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Andrea Dietrich
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Monoku poetry form only.
Deadline:
Thursday, October 27, 2022
26 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
JCB Brul
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Deadline:
Tuesday, November 1, 2022
3 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Constance La France
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Deadline:
Wednesday, November 30, 2022
19 poems of the maximum
35
allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by:
Anoucheka Gangabissoon
Contest Submission Guidelines
- Submit your poems to PoetrySoup using the Submit Poems link at the top of any PoetrySoup page
- Return to the poetry contest page
- Select a contest to enter and then click the Enter Contest button associated with the poetry contest you want to enter.
- Select your poem to enter by clicking the Enter Contest button (You may need to scroll see more of your poems).
- Entrant’s name, address, e-mail, and phone number must not appear in the poems.
- Do not identify yourself in your contest entries.
- The poet’s name should not appear anywhere in the poem field.
How to Win
- Enter the contest early. A contest closes when either the number of allowed entries is reached or the contest deadline passes.
Study the past winners of a contest sponsored by that member
- Prior to entering a contest, have your poem critiqued in the High Critique Forum
- Objectively and critically review your poem
- Enter a lot of contests. Hey, the more contests you enter, the better chance you have of winning one.
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Types of Contests Available
Cash or Prize Contests
Premiere Contests
- Stricter guidelines for contest sponsors as determined by PoetrySoup
- One poem per place in a contest
- 1st place winners will have a trophy next to their poem on the website
Standard Contest
- Rules determined by the contest sponsor
- The number of winners and how they place are determined by the contest sponsor
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