Hey poets! @ashlandpoetrypress.bsky.social is still reading for our 2026 Broadside Contest (due: Nov 1).

Have a look at past winners!

2026 judge: Janine Joseph
Designer: Lindsay Lusby
Guidelines here: ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com

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PHIL LIT will be awarding $450 in cash prizes for its PHIL LIT Poetry Prize. First place receives $300, publication in PARAGON 2027, a contributor copy, and opportunity to serve as future prize judge. $9 fee. Deadline: December 1.

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The Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest closes to entries of both published & unpublished poems in any style including traditional and rhyming on October 1 (tomorrow!).$25 fee to enter up to 3 poems. Two $3,500 grand prizes.

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PHIL LIT is accepting submissions to its Poetry Prize. Winner receives $300, publication in PARAGON 2027, and more. Deadline to enter poems with precision, defamiliarization, musicality, emotional intelligence, & intellectual courage is December 1. $9 fee.

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Tomorrow is the deadline to entry your best three line poem of approximately 45 syllables combining concise expression with lyrical beauty and thoughtful reflection to the International Sijo Competition from Sejong Cultural Society. No entry free. Winner receives $500.

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My poem, newly published by the Empyrean, "Elegy for a Flashback of Feathered Creatures​." 2nd Place in the Poetry Writing Contest. #PoetryLovers #PublishedPoetry #PoetryContest
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Don't forget October 1 is the deadline to enter your best in poetry, any subject, any style ie rhyming or traditional, to Winning Writers' Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest. Final Judge: Michal 'MJ' Jones. Two $3,500 grand prizes to be awarded.

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Next week, September 30, is the deadline to submit your best attempt at writing Sijo, a 3-line traditional form of Korean poetry, to the Sejong Cultural Society's International Sijo Competition. Free to enter. $500 grand prize.

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For the equinox, let's have a poem about balance & equilibrium? & who better for that than Whitman?

It's officially fall. Don't forget to submit to Ashland Broadside Contest (due 11/1).

Submit: ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com

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Calling all #poets! The Word Works announces a new book contest: the Bartow Prize for Ecopoetry. One winner will receive $1,000, book publication, and 30 author copies for a full-length collection of ecopoetry. Deadline: December 15. $25 fee or purchase of book from catalog.

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Did you know Winning Writers' Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest accepts both unpublished and published work? $25 fee for 1–3 poems. Two $3,500 grand prizes. Poems can be in any style, including rhyming or formal. Deadline: October 1.

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15 days remain to take on the challenge of writing your best sijo, a Korean poem with syllabic guidelines, a more forgiving cousin of the haiku, and entering the International Sijo Competition from Sejong Cultural Society. No reading fee. $500 top prize.

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The world could use more poems in public, right? Good news: Ashland Poetry Press is reading for our broadside contest!

2026 Judge: @j9joseph.bsky.social
Design: @lindsaylusby.bsky.social

Deadline: 11/1
ashlandpoetrypress.submittable.com/submit

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Don't forget to enter your best in verse to the Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest, now in its 24 year. Open to poems in all styles, including traditional and rhyming. $25 fee to enter up to 3 poems. Two $3.5k grand prizes awarded. Deadline: October 1.

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Try your hand at the traditional three-line Korean poetic form Sijo. This form is organized technically and thematically by line and syllable count. Check out past winners and consider entering Sejong Cultural Society's International Sijo Competition. No fee. $500 grand prize.

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New interview is live with Christopher Morgan of Garden Party Collective. Their Mental Health Poetry Contest opens Sept 6–12 — free to enter, $100 prizes.
Send your strongest work. buff.ly/fgrLLZY

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