Please submit once during
August 15, 2019-April 1, 2020
Prizes:
- First Prize: $1,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value)
- Second Prize: $250
- Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each
- Top 12 entries published online
- Enter via Submittable
No fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer Ledoux. Length limit: 250 lines maximum. No restriction on age of author. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, and Crimea (due to US government restrictions). Click the Submittable button below for full details. Read the winning poems from our 18th contest. The results of our 19th contest will be announced on August 15, 2020.