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Poetry Contest Results and Status

This page provides access to PoetrySoup contest results and the status of closed contests that are currently being judged.

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See the results of poetry contests here. Click on the name of the poetry contest to go to that contest's winner's list.

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 Date JudgedContest NameSponsor
8/1/2025 SENSE OF TASTE Nette Onclaud
7/31/2025 Prior to intent Unseeking Seeker
7/31/2025 1399 Brian Strand
7/31/2025 < 7 Rob Carmack
7/30/2025 A Child of Light Suzette Richards
7/29/2025 Write Your Fave Song Crystol Woods
7/29/2025 My Song Jerry T Curtis
7/29/2025 Lost Craig Cornish
7/29/2025 Tricube Challenge Oliver Mckeithan
7/27/2025 1398 Brian Strand
7/27/2025 Half Past Summer, Two Months Till Fall Andrea Dietrich
7/27/2025 Three Options in I Constance La France
7/27/2025 Bite Size Contest no118 Line Gauthier
7/27/2025 USPS Stamps Robert James Liguori
7/26/2025 VIBRATIONS FROM A VERSO Nette Onclaud
7/25/2025 Kensington Avenue Anthony Biaanco
7/25/2025 Lubricant Kai Michael Neumann
7/25/2025 Premiere VII - Open Rob Carmack
7/25/2025 Body Possession Horror Michael Fulkerson
7/24/2025 THOSE WE LOVE Mystic Rose Rose
7/23/2025 1397 Brian Strand
7/23/2025 WHAT HAPPENED AFTER Nette Onclaud
7/21/2025 Original Song Lyrics Poem - Performed with Music John Anderson
7/21/2025 Heartbroken Constance La France
7/19/2025 Pick-A-Title, Vol 53 - Edward Ibeh
7/19/2025 Stones Poems Oliver Mckeithan
7/17/2025 1396 Brian Strand
7/17/2025 BiteSize Contest no117 Line Gauthier
7/17/2025 Choose One Image Prompt Mystic Rose Rose
7/17/2025 SOME KIND OF KALEIDOSCOPIC Nette Onclaud
7/16/2025 Black Hole Love Tom Woody
7/16/2025 Straight One-Rhymed Englyn Mark Toney
7/16/2025 Shaped Haiku 2 JCB Brul
7/13/2025 juxtaposition Regina Mcintosh
7/13/2025 1395 Brian Strand
7/13/2025 Summer Funny Limerick Tania Kitchin
7/12/2025 Kundalini Unseeking Seeker
7/11/2025 The World Is Bleeding Sara Jama
7/11/2025 SOME KIND OF MISTY Nette Onclaud
7/10/2025 Gate or Gates Constance La France
7/8/2025 volcanic eruption of the soul Kai Michael Neumann
7/7/2025 1394 Brian Strand
7/6/2025 One In Five Joseph May
7/4/2025 Spiritual Gem Inside Me Mystic Rose Rose
7/3/2025 PICK A PENSEE 2 Nette Onclaud
7/1/2025 1393 Brian Strand
7/1/2025 Shaped Haiku JCB Brul
7/1/2025 BiteSize Contest no116 Line Gauthier
6/30/2025 For the story Suzette Richards
6/29/2025 This or That, Vol 34 Edward Ibeh
6/29/2025 What Makes Me Smile 2 Karen Jones
6/28/2025 WHAT THE WORLD LOVES Nette Onclaud
6/27/2025 Ronnie James Dio Robert James Liguori
6/26/2025 Fantasy Constance La France
6/26/2025 VISIONS OF A VIGNETTE 2 Nette Onclaud
6/26/2025 Hidden Acrostic Crystol Woods
6/25/2025 1392 Brian Strand
6/24/2025 High Fives for June Andrea Dietrich
6/23/2025 Fulcrum of a rose Unseeking Seeker
6/23/2025 By Accident Kai Michael Neumann
6/22/2025 Screwed XXI Rob Carmack
6/21/2025 1391 Brian Strand
6/21/2025 Heaven Is For Real Mystic Rose Rose
6/21/2025 Etheree of your Heart Ink Empress
6/20/2025 LIGHT UP THE LANTERNE Nette Onclaud
6/19/2025 1390 Brian Strand
6/19/2025 Dylan Song Tribute Oliver Mckeithan
6/19/2025 BiteSize Contest no115 Line Gauthier
6/19/2025 Summertime Haiku Anthony Biaanco
6/18/2025 Your Best Audio Poem Tom Woody
6/18/2025 Prince Roger Nelson Songs Karen Jones
6/17/2025 YOUR CHOICE z Brian Strand
6/16/2025 CREATE A CRYSTALLINE - lines must rhyme Nette Onclaud
6/15/2025 Song II - Breaking Benjamin - Far Away - with Scooter Ward Rob Carmack
6/15/2025 Why I Abhor AI Generated Poems JCB Brul
6/14/2025 Pick-A-Title, Vol 52 - Edward Ibeh
6/14/2025 Echo, Enduring, Empty Constance La France
6/14/2025 YOUR CHOICE y Brian Strand
6/14/2025 Out on a Lim Joseph May
6/14/2025 Elements of Nature Suzette Richards
6/13/2025 ABECEDARIAN IN FIVE Nette Onclaud
6/13/2025 A fruity haiku Tania Kitchin
6/12/2025 The Sonnet Miranda Hawley
6/12/2025 Bite Size Contest no114 Line Gauthier
6/12/2025 Word Bank Sotto Poet
6/12/2025 YOUR CHOICE x Brian Strand
6/12/2025 as we metamorphose Unseeking Seeker
6/11/2025 Let's Do The chicken Splash Mystic Rose Rose
6/10/2025 SHOW ME A CHOKA Nette Onclaud
6/10/2025 Silence Listens Craig Cornish
6/10/2025 Decrepit Constance La France
6/9/2025 YOUR CHOICE w Brian Strand
6/9/2025 The Prismatic Self: A Gauntlet of Mirrors within the Arena Daniel Henry Rodgers
6/7/2025 YOUR CHOICE v Brian Strand
6/7/2025 Choose A Line 3 Joseph May
6/7/2025 Deprived of your love.... Anoucheka Gangabissoon
6/6/2025 SPIN A SHADORMA Nette Onclaud
6/6/2025 YOUR CHOICE u Brian Strand
6/5/2025 Point of No Return Kai Michael Neumann
6/5/2025 The Interview (3) Anthony Biaanco

These are the latest winners of our Premiere Contests. Premiere Contests have stricter guidelines for contest sponsors as determined by PoetrySoup.

Date JudgedWinning PoemPoetContest Name
7/31/2025 Prior to intent Sotto Poet Prior to intent
7/31/2025 Obsessions David Mohn < 7
7/30/2025 Inflame the Light Deep Within John Anderson A Child of Light
7/27/2025 sunflower sonatas Ink Empress USPS Stamps
7/25/2025 A Lubricant Chance Edward Ibeh Lubricant
7/25/2025 Breathing on Ashes Slope Sotto Poet Premiere VII - Open
7/24/2025 THOSE WE LOVE Sotto Poet THOSE WE LOVE
7/17/2025 Please Do Not Hurry To Grow Up Chetta Achara Choose One Image Prompt
7/16/2025 Black Hole Love Charlotte Puddifoot Black Hole Love
7/13/2025 A Life Juxtaposed Joanna Daniel juxtaposition
7/12/2025 Kundalini Ichha Ghosh Kundalini
7/11/2025 The Face of War, 1941, Salvador Dali Ink Empress The World Is Bleeding
7/8/2025 Hot Lava Lover Kim Rodrigues volcanic eruption of the soul
6/27/2025 Master of the Moon Ink Empress Ronnie James Dio
6/23/2025 Fulcrum of a Rose Ink Empress Fulcrum of a rose
6/23/2025 The accident was accidental Maclawrence Famuyiwa By Accident
6/21/2025 The Man Who Held His World In His Hands Nora Brand Heaven Is For Real
6/21/2025 Hymn of Heartbeats Hiya Sharma Etheree of your Heart
6/18/2025 Song Attached Because U Drink and Drive Repost Karen Jones Your Best Audio Poem
6/12/2025 As we Metamorphose Ink Empress as we metamorphose
6/11/2025 The Unexpected Plunge of Reginald Cluck Kobe D. Wleh Let's Do The chicken Splash
6/5/2025 I'm gonna do it like I've always done it Zoe Crout Point of No Return
5/30/2025 Rooted Aaliyah O'Neil Hair Composition
5/27/2025 Beauty and the Beast Ink Empress A Wicked Twist on Fairytales
5/27/2025 Conscious Uncoupling Tom Woody Divorced
5/27/2025 Shadows of the Valley Ink Empress Shadows of the Valley
5/25/2025 Ode to Aaliyah Aaliyah O'Neil Self Esteem Odes
5/21/2025 Unintended Innuendo Sotto Poet unintended innuendo
5/18/2025 What Makes Me Smile Speaks Volumes What Makes Me Smile
5/18/2025 Playing God Sara Jama Ghost of Frankenstein
5/14/2025 Cup Daniel DuBois The Duality of Motherhood
5/13/2025 The Now Continuum Hiba Junaid Premiere VI - Open
5/12/2025 The Radiologist Will See You Now Aaliyah O'Neil Emotional Shrapnel
5/8/2025 Discontent Stream Flows With Happy Memory Subimal Sinha-Roy happily discontent
5/6/2025 Tears of a Clown Ink Empress Tears of a Clown
5/6/2025 Poetry Dreams In Other Realms Contest Jeanine Dejesus Purple Dreams In Other Realms
5/3/2025 Casualty of your Cruelty Ink Empress Casualty of your Cruelty
4/30/2025 The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God John Anderson The Eternal Question: God, No God, Maybe God
4/25/2025 Plagued by Memories Sara Jama Plagued by Memories
4/22/2025 Mother Krish Radhakrishna MOTHER'S DAY
4/22/2025 Book of Souls Sara Jama The Book of Souls
4/22/2025 I am Ink Empress I am
4/21/2025 The Chaos in My Heart Lin Lane The Chaos in my Heart
4/16/2025 Butterfly on the Wing Lin Lane Finish My Poem
4/15/2025 The Now Continuum Ink Empress the now continuum
4/14/2025 Epitome Of Afterglow Subimal Sinha-Roy afterglow
4/9/2025 Dawn of Delirium Ink Empress Serpents, Scorpions, Owls
4/9/2025 What makes you feel Heidi Sands What makes you feel
4/9/2025 Banned Book Club VII- 1984 I Am Anaya 1984 -The Fall of Big Brother
4/9/2025 Shadows Craig Cornish Light or Shadows
4/4/2025 The Pattern of Stars, one and all John Anderson Each Star Has A Pattern Of Its Own
4/2/2025 Dance of Death Ink Empress Dance of Death
3/28/2025 Serene Meadow Sotto Poet mulberry trees and butterflies
3/27/2025 enough Constance La France Two Line Quote
3/23/2025 Swimming In Grief Susan Ashley Swimming In Grief
3/23/2025 A Tree Suzette Richards What Do You Feel
3/21/2025 Hallowed be Thy Name Ink Empress Iron Maiden
3/19/2025 Let The Words Joanna Daniel Let The Words of my Mouth 16 lines or less
3/17/2025 Tear Stained Music Regina Mcintosh Angels
3/16/2025 Memories Lost Within a Frozen Mist Lin Lane Memories Lost Within A Frozen Mist
3/15/2025 Clouds and Candy Raindrops Trina Layne I Choose To Dwell In The Clouds
3/14/2025 Lachrymose Lament Ink Empress if I could I would fetch you the moon on a spoon
3/9/2025 You Planted a Garden in me Hiba Junaid Open Poetry 11
3/9/2025 Echoes of the Silent Shore David Crandall Echoes Of The Silent Shore
3/5/2025 We Go 2 War -Living In The USA I Am Anaya First Underground Nuclear Kitchen (FUNK)
3/4/2025 Desolate Dynasty Billie Jama As The Last Petal Falls
3/2/2025 Cupid's Stand-in Does His Darndest David Crandall A Rose In The Garden Of Love
3/1/2025 Unity Rick Parise healing
2/28/2025 Mind of the Heart Constance La France Mind of the heart
2/24/2025 Claustrophobic Cave Ink Empress Skating Upon Saturns Rings
2/22/2025 Caught in a Snow Globe Joanna Daniel New Voices
2/20/2025 Dreamer and the Dreamed Ink Empress Dreamer and the dreamed
2/18/2025 Undergrowth with Two Figures, Van Gogh Ink Empress Undergrowth with Two Figures
2/16/2025 Raging Fire Hollow Hearts Sotto Poet Colonisation
2/14/2025 My Bloody Valentine Joel Hawksley My Bloody Valentine
2/12/2025 ARMGAUNT EFTES and RIBAUDRED Brian Strand Vogon Poetry
2/11/2025 Embodying the Light Lin Lane Embodying the light
2/5/2025 Heaven's missing an Angel Ink Empress Hughes Turner Project
2/3/2025 Righteous Sunday Greg Gaul Your Absolute Best Poem Ever
2/2/2025 When my Muse Came Knocking Valsa George Write On
2/1/2025 Humanity David Kavanagh Laws of Physics and Humanity
1/31/2025 A Glimpse into The Future Victor Buhagiar Serling vs Roddenberry vs Hitchcock
1/31/2025 Eternal Symphony of Hearts Thiyagarajan Narayanan Best Romantic Poem
1/30/2025 Tears of Time Ink Empress Time stops for no one
1/20/2025 Flakes of Faith in the Chill Sotto Poet Any Subject
1/19/2025 e e letter Joel Hawksley Letters to the Poets We Like
1/18/2025 Our natural state Ink Empress Our natural state
1/5/2025 Song of September Andrea Dietrich Happy Birthday
1/5/2025 Red Sun Ink Empress Glenn Hughes
1/4/2025 Manifesto Tom Woody Manifesto
1/4/2025 Recognition Valsa George Recognition
12/31/2024 December Dunes Ink Empress Ten lines from Ten poems
12/25/2024 Searching for love among the stars Silent One Poem of Your Heart
12/22/2024 The Duckling - Apologies to Edgar Allan Poe David Crandall Premiere V - Open
12/20/2024 Clover's In the Bottom Right-Hand Corner Doing the Best with What Circumstance Brought Her Jaymee Thomas Strayed Sheep
12/18/2024 Light that lights all lights Ink Empress Light that lights all lights
12/17/2024 Jay Pallen a Wonderful Sister and Friend Howard Kerr Making love
12/15/2024 The Casualness of Casualties Susan Ashley Haibun Heaven or Hell
12/11/2024 Moon is an Artist Ink Empress Alexandrine: UPDATE 12-12-24
12/10/2024 A New Day Dawns John Anderson Couplet Contest

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