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	Date Judged	Contest Name	Sponsor
	9/17/2026	Boulevard of the Beloved	Ink Empress
	9/14/2026	Inward Journey	Nayda Ivette Negron Flores
	9/13/2026	Humorous or Bawdy Limerick	Tania Kitchin
	9/12/2026	Syncopated Cinqopet	Gregory Richard Barden
	9/12/2026	Stars or Fireflies Fibonacci	Hiya Sharma
	9/12/2026	1499 sept part 2	Brian Strand
	9/12/2026	THE SIMPLE POETRY	Sotto Poet
	9/11/2026	Epiphany	Constance La France
	9/10/2026	Shakespearean Sonnet	Craig Cornish
	9/9/2026	I Am That I Am	Unseeking Seeker
	9/7/2026	In the Stars by The Rolling Stones	Robert James Liguori
	9/6/2026	Infill with Attitude	John Anderson
	9/6/2026	1498 sept no:1	Brian Strand
	9/6/2026	This Or That, Vol. 40	Edward Ibeh
	9/5/2026	A Parent's Love	Matt Caliri
	9/5/2026	Autumn's Breath	Regina Mcintosh
	9/2/2026	Wake Me Up When September Ends	Daniel Henry Rodgers
	9/2/2026	Bite Size Contest no 151	Line Gauthier
	9/2/2026	The Beautiful Impossible	Sotto Poet
	9/2/2026	Silent Letters and Oxymorons	Natasha L Scragg
	9/1/2026	Pleiades Please	Rob Carmack
	8/31/2026	1497 Aug -Sep no 2	Brian Strand
	8/29/2026	Pyramid	Joseph May
	8/28/2026	My Worst Enemy Is…	Margarita Lillico
	8/28/2026	Kaleidoscope of Emotional Suffering	Sara Jama
	8/28/2026	When the Toilet Paper Roll Is Almost Empty	Sara Kendrick
	8/28/2026	The Logic of Longing	Ink Empress
	8/28/2026	Deviants and Divine	Silent One
	8/28/2026	1496 Aug -Sep no 1	Brian Strand
	8/28/2026	A One-liner	Suzette Richards
	8/27/2026	End of Summer, Beginning of Fall Tanka	Tania Kitchin
	8/25/2026	Skeletons	Seth Pina
	8/25/2026	BEAUTIFUL WORDS ARE HERE !	Nette Onclaud
	8/20/2026	Illusion of solidity	Unseeking Seeker
	8/18/2026	1495	Brian Strand
	8/17/2026	Tie Dye in July	Anthony Bianco
	8/17/2026	Thousand Watt Smile	Miranda Hawley
	8/15/2026	A Gospel Song	Regina Mcintosh
	8/15/2026	Where do teardrops go	John Lawless
	8/15/2026	Ode To Cat 2	JC Brul
	8/15/2026	LET'S DO IT !	Nette Onclaud
	8/14/2026	BiteSize Contest no150	Line Gauthier
	8/13/2026	Get a Room	Margarita Lillico
	8/12/2026	1494	Brian Strand
	8/12/2026	Diabolical Dialectical Contrapuntal	Daniel Henry Rodgers
	8/12/2026	A trip I'm glad I took	Mark Springer
	8/11/2026	The Pensive Poet	Constance La France
	8/9/2026	The Stoner Collaboration	Charles Messina
	8/7/2026	Voice in my Head by Glenn Hughes	Robert James Liguori
	8/5/2026	EIGHT BY EIGHT	Nette Onclaud
	8/4/2026	Pick-A-Title, Vol 58	Edward Ibeh
	8/4/2026	1493	Brian Strand
	8/3/2026	Criss-Cross Pivot Poems -	John Anderson
	8/2/2026	Nature haiku - Ocean, Lake or River	Tania Kitchin
	8/2/2026	The Good Old Days	Suzette Richards
	8/2/2026	Inspirational Phrases and What They Mean To Us	Natasha L Scragg
	8/1/2026	Disrobing ego	Unseeking Seeker
	8/1/2026	Mend the Fences or Burn the Bridges	Margarita Lillico
	8/1/2026	Issa Kobayashi inspired poetry	Sotto Poet
	8/1/2026	Hymn of the Heart	Hiya Sharma
	8/1/2026	Screwed XXII	Rob Carmack
	7/31/2026	Pyramid of Peace	Ink Empress
	7/31/2026	1492	Brian Strand
	7/30/2026	Tribute- To A PoetrySoup Poet Who Has Passed or A Missing Poet	Constance La France
	7/30/2026	LIGHT A PENSEE	Nette Onclaud
	7/29/2026	When words speak for the silence of art	Silent One
	7/29/2026	Ceraunophilia	Craig Cornish
	7/28/2026	Bite Size no.149	Line Gauthier
	7/27/2026	Double The Swap	Joseph May
	7/26/2026	1491	Brian Strand
	7/26/2026	Your Favorite #6	Seth Pina
	7/25/2026	Black Cat Moan by Glenn Hughes	Robert James Liguori
	7/24/2026	We Celebrate 250 Years	William Kelii Kekaula
	7/24/2026	THROUGH AESTHETICA	Nette Onclaud
	7/22/2026	1490	Brian Strand
	7/22/2026	Pattern	Sara Kendrick
	7/20/2026	1489	Brian Strand
	7/19/2026	Let's Write A Tercet	Joanna Daniel
	7/19/2026	A summer bawdy or humorous limerick	Tania Kitchin
	7/18/2026	Bite Size Contest no.148	Line Gauthier
	7/18/2026	Sales Pitch	Margarita Lillico
	7/18/2026	ZODIAC SIGNS AS INSPIRATION	Nette Onclaud
	7/17/2026	Venom and Stardust: A Birthday Prompt Contest	Sara Jama
	7/16/2026	1488	Brian Strand
	7/15/2026	Phoenix Sixain only	Suzette Richards
	7/14/2026	Favorites Footle	Karen Jones
	7/13/2026	1487	Brian Strand
	7/13/2026	This Or That, Vol 39	Edward Ibeh
	7/13/2026	Your favorite #5	Seth Pina
	7/10/2026	Keeping God-search simple	Unseeking Seeker
	7/10/2026	Secrets of the Soul	Ink Empress
	7/10/2026	Best 2026	Sotto Poet
	7/10/2026	Moon	Seth Pina
	7/9/2026	1486	Brian Strand
	7/9/2026	The "Worst Verse in the Universe" Grand Slam	Jami Patterson
	7/7/2026	Broken Promises	Silent One
	7/7/2026	Ambition Or Hope	Sotto Poet
	7/5/2026	1485	Brian Strand
	7/5/2026	FINISH IN TEN	Nette Onclaud
	7/5/2026	Lighthouse	Sara Kendrick

Premier Contest Winners

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

Date Judged	Winning Poem	Poet	Contest Name
9/12/2026	Rhythm of Wind and Lavender and Inspiration	Susan Ashley	Syncopated Cinqopet
9/12/2026	Before the Door	Andrea Dietrich	1499 sept part 2
9/9/2026	I Am that I Am	Hiya Sharma	I Am That I Am
9/7/2026	The Bath of Psyche, Frederic Leighton	Ink Empress	In the Stars by The Rolling Stones
9/6/2026	Wind and Wave, Franz von Stuck	Ink Empress	1498 sept no:1
9/5/2026	Inhaling Autumn's Breath	Lin Lane	Autumn's Breath
9/2/2026	Back to School (DHR)	David Crandall	Wake Me Up When September Ends
9/1/2026	Reverence	MOHIT MITRA	Pleiades Please
8/31/2026	The Nightingale's Song at Midnight and the Morning Rain - Miro	Laurentine G	1497 Aug -Sep no 2
8/28/2026	The Enemy at My Table	Jennifer Wallace	My Worst Enemy Is…
8/28/2026	Kaleidoscope of Suffering	Ink Empress	Kaleidoscope of Emotional Suffering
8/28/2026	Mural Matrix: Ekphrasis - After Egon Schiele’s Dead Mother	Sotto Poet	1496 Aug -Sep no 1
8/25/2026	Bleakness Suffocates	Sara Jama	Skeletons
8/20/2026	Illusion of Solidity	MOHIT MITRA	Illusion of solidity
8/18/2026	Seven Footles of the Ancient World	David Crandall	1495
8/15/2026	Delivered by His Grace	Robin Brown	A Gospel Song
8/15/2026	TINY PILGRIMS	sara Etgen-Baker	Where do teardrops go
8/13/2026	Get a Room?	Jesse Rowe	Get a Room
8/12/2026	L'etoile Matinale	Laurentine G	1494
8/7/2026	Voice in my Head	Ink Empress	Voice in my Head by Glenn Hughes
8/4/2026	Unstitching the Canvas - Grief in Oil Ekphrasis - The Dead Mother	Sotto Poet	1493
8/1/2026	Disrobing Ego	Sotto Poet	Disrobing ego
8/1/2026	The Timber's Memory	MOHIT MITRA	Mend the Fences or Burn the Bridges
8/1/2026	Paradigm Of Contrast	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Screwed XXII
7/31/2026	Sacred-Kuhlmann Sonnet	Sotto Poet	1492
7/26/2026	Venom and Stardust	Ink Empress	Your Favorite #6
7/25/2026	Black Cat Moan	Ink Empress	Black Cat Moan by Glenn Hughes
7/24/2026	Aurora of the Republic - 250 Years in One Breath	Sotto Poet	We Celebrate 250 Years
7/22/2026	To Dust	Ink Empress	1490
7/20/2026	Pyjamas Instead	Mark West	1489
7/16/2026	Reflection	Paul Marc	1488
7/15/2026	Magdalena Droplets	Ghairo Daniels	Phoenix Sixain only
7/13/2026	Flaming June, Frederic Leighton	Ink Empress	1487
7/13/2026	Moonlight Ghost Resemblance	Howard Kerr	Your favorite #5
7/10/2026	Keeping God-search simple	MOHIT MITRA	Keeping God-search simple
7/10/2026	Written In The Stars	Constance La France	Best 2026
7/10/2026	The Only Way To Make A Star	Chetta Achara	Moon
7/9/2026	Kindness Footles	Beata Agustin	1486
7/5/2026	He'll Make Us Whole	Regina Mcintosh	1485
7/4/2026	Cartography of Meliorism	Sotto Poet	Polarity
7/2/2026	where do teardrops go	Ink Empress	Any New Poem
7/2/2026	Wake of the Willow	Sotto Poet	Tree
6/30/2026	The Lovers II, 1928 by Rene Magritte	Ink Empress	Any New Poem
6/30/2026	Bouquet Of Belonging	Subimal Sinha-Roy	1484
6/28/2026	Zoltar Spoke to Me	Lin Lane	Zoltar Speaks
6/25/2026	Remember Me	Joanna Daniel	Remember me
6/24/2026	So Spake Simple Simon	Lin Lane	So spake simple Simon
6/22/2026	Around Noon	Pascal Borg	1482
6/21/2026	Ode to Suadade	John Anderson	Ode To Cat
6/17/2026	After the Sunset	Ron VanHooser	1481
6/14/2026	Cher	Singled Out	Obsession #2
6/14/2026	WISDOM TAKING FLIGHT	sara Etgen-Baker	1480
6/14/2026	Flat Earth Ruminations	David Crandall	Conspiracy Theories - FINAL CALL
6/12/2026	curtains of your soul	Karen Croft	1479
6/7/2026	On Vincent’s Starry Night	Andrea Dietrich	1478
6/5/2026	Mantis, the Celestial Madonna	Ink Empress	Mantis as the Celestial Madonna
6/3/2026	Eruption	I Am Anaya	1477
6/2/2026	Avalanche	Jonathan Bellmann	Haiku
5/31/2026	POEM INGREDIENTS	CayCay Godwin	Your Favorite #4
5/31/2026	Night Dance	Ron VanHooser	1476
5/29/2026	Insomnia	Paul Marc	Your Favorite #3
5/29/2026	Sky and Ocean Blue	Ken Allan Dronsfield	Charlieku 4 x 3 x 4
5/26/2026	Inspired by Encounter by Varo	Laurentine G	1475
5/26/2026	The pathless path	Ink Empress	The pathless path
5/25/2026	EMBRACE THE VOID	sara Etgen-Baker	Embrace The Void
5/24/2026	Aristo-Cat?	Jim Healey	Raining Cats & Dogs
5/22/2026	Ekphrasis on Monalisa	JC Brul	1474
5/19/2026	Relentless Is My Urge	Sandra Haight	Obsession
5/19/2026	Localization of Graphic Mobiles I	Laurentine G	1473
5/17/2026	A Family Affair	Nette Onclaud	All About Family
5/16/2026	Octaves of Love	Frederic Parker	Octaves of love
5/15/2026	The kiss of the Sphinx	Ink Empress	1472
5/14/2026	Just As A Butterfly	Sandra Haight	A Mother Figure - Picture Prompt
5/13/2026	The Match	Laurentine G	1471
5/10/2026	CONVOLUTED ESSENCE-:-	Subimal Sinha-Roy	1470
5/9/2026	Beachworld	Charlotte Puddifoot	Beach
5/6/2026	Prodigious Prodigies	Howard Kerr	1469
5/5/2026	Cafe Terrace at Night, Vincent van Gogh	Ink Empress	Written in the Stars
5/2/2026	Gatekeeper, Flame Seeker	Sotto Poet	1468
4/30/2026	Dora Maar with Green Fingernails, Pablo Picasso	Ink Empress	Dora Maar with Green Fingernails
4/30/2026	Pleasure	Subimal Sinha-Roy	Let's Minichu on Pleasure
4/28/2026	Serendipity Sublime	Howard Kerr	1467
4/26/2026	Tater Footles	Andrea Dietrich	1466
4/23/2026	Muscatine, IA	Andrea Dietrich	Your City
4/21/2026	The Gatekeeper’s Pen	Derani Blackburn	1465
4/21/2026	An Apple a Day	Tania Kitchin	Nailing Jell-O to a Wall
4/19/2026	On the Porch Swing	Susan Ashley	Fortuitous
4/18/2026	A Midnight Romance	Sandra Haight	Romanticism
4/17/2026	SOBER-:-	I Am Anaya	1464
4/15/2026	Epitome Of Emptiness	Subimal Sinha-Roy	1463
4/12/2026	The Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles, at Night -Vincent Van Gogh 1888	susan silver	1462
4/11/2026	Skating Upon Saturn's Rings	Sandra Haight	Planetary
4/9/2026	FAMILIUS -:-	I Am Anaya	1461
4/8/2026	Eye of the eye	John Lawless	Eye of the eye
4/8/2026	Awakening Hope	Nette Onclaud	Venting or Redemption
4/6/2026	Whispers	Sara Kendrick	1460 SHORT FORM
4/3/2026	Couple sous l’arbre ou Les amoureux, Lovers, 1887-1985, Marc Chagall	Ink Empress	1459 NEW POEM
4/3/2026	Girl And Monster	Ana Solomon	How are you feeling?
4/2/2026	Tides - Metaphor	Sandra Haight	The Metaphor Cup
4/1/2026	Inspired by Raphaelesque Head Exploding by Salvador Dali	Laurentine G	1458

Contest Status

Check the status of a closed poetry contest whose judging is not finished. Click on the name of the contest to go to that contest's details and poetry contest status update.

Note: Poetry contests that have not been judged by the contest sponsor within 6 months of the contest deadline are deleted by the system.

	Contest Deadline	Contest Name	Sponsor
	10/3/2026	King of Terrors	Rob Carmack
	9/30/2026	THE NUMBERS GAME	Nette Onclaud
	9/28/2026	Dear Poetry	Silent One
	9/12/2026	Lento Soup	Charles Messina
	8/31/2026	Faced with monsters	Anoucheka Gangabissoon
	8/9/2026	Rhythm and Rubble	Kerry Bernatchez