Category: Contests (No Entry Fee)

5 FREE POETRY CONTESTS – Deadlines February and March

Below are the details for five free poetry contests in the order of the upcoming deadlines in February and March. Also listed are links to other sites who list creative writing contests on a regular basis. Prospero Prizes DEADLINE: February 15, 2016 ELIGIBILITY: “This contest is open to everyone. However, […]

FREE Poetry Contest – $500 Prize, DEADLINE: Feb. 5, 2016

Zócalo Public Square is currently running a free poetry contest with the theme of “Place.” Poets may send up to three poems to poetry@zocalopublicsquare.org. Since 2012, the Zócalo Public Square Poetry Prize has been awarded annually to the U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place. "Place" […]

5 FREE POETRY CONTESTS – Deadlines December and January

Below are the details for five free poetry contests in the order of the upcoming deadlines in December and January. Also listed are links to other sites who list creative writing contests on a regular basis. Amazon's Little A Poetry Contest DEADLINE: December 20, 2015 ELIGIBILITY: Open to legal […]

FREE Poetry Contest from Mothers Always Write – DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2015

Mothers Always Write is currently running a free poetry contest with a holiday theme: Home for the Holidays. “Share your favorite (or most frustrating) holiday memories and family traditions. Send us your best holiday poems between November 1st and November 30th via Submittable, noting "Home for the Holidays […]

Poetry Chapbook Contest w/ $200 prize + 25 copies – DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2015

This contest slides in just at my $5 fee rule for low/no fee opportunities. The winner takes home up $200 plus 25 copies of their winning chapbook. This contest is sponsored by the up and coming online lit mag Yellow Chair Review and the judge is a fine poet and friend […]

FREE short memoir contest ($200 prize!) – Split Lip, DEADLINE: Nov 16, 2015

Split Lip Magazine “is an online journal driven to help literature mingle with pop culture and to allow art to serve as an alternative means to mainstream journalism, which is filtered and reveals only surface-level truth. Split Lip is a punk rock publishing collective, and we are unfiltered, unrefined, […]

Poetry Super Highway 2015 Contest Winners Announced!

If you missed the live broadcast yesterday, you can still listen to it and hear all the poets that placed in the top ten spots. You may recognize several of the names, and some called in to read their poems as well. I’m honored to have received the […]

$1/Poem Poetry Super Highway Contest (non-profit), DEADLINE: Oct. 3, 2015

This contest from Poetry Super Highway is a great opportunity for only $1 per poem to enter, especially since you can enter as many poems as you like! The best part is results will be announced and the winners will be published by the end of October. This […]

FREE Contest, $50 Cash Prize – Cahoodaloodaling Collaboration Writing, DEADLINE: Oct. 1, 2015

Poets, don’t miss this opportunity to submit your collaborative poetry to Cahoodaloodaling! The winners will receive a $50 cash prize. There’s no specific theme, but this contest is specifically for literary projects created by two or more people. “All submissions must include a literary component but may include or […]

$5 Poetry/Prose Contest – Soul Making Keats Literary Competition, DEADLINE: Nov. 30, 2015

This contest slides in just under my $5 fee rule for low/no fee opportunities. Winners take home up to $100 for 1st place, $50 for 2nd, and $25 for third. This contest is sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women and features a prompt: The annual Soul-Making […]

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