Category: Contests (No Entry Fee)

Poetry contest to help women in need–$500 prize value!/$8 fee, DEADLINE: May 1, 2017

This is such an amazing prize package for a low $8 entry fee! $6.61 from each entry goes directly to a woman in need. All proceeds from the entry fees benefit the Live Your Dream Award, sponsored by SI of Rittenhouse Square, PA, typically given to a single mother […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview – Lunch Ticket, DEADLINE: April 30, 2017

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Check out the details below […]

NO FEE Submission call & editor interview – Lunch Ticket, DEADLINE: April 30, 2017

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Check out the details below […]

FREE Contest/FREE Poetry! – Origami Poems Project, DEADLINE: March 5, 2017

This is such an amazing project! “The mission of the Origami Poems Projectâ„¢ is the encouragement of literature & the arts by bringing Free Poetry to everyone through the printing and distribution (world-wide) of free Origami micro-chapbooks as well as through poetry events, both of which engender increasing […]

Free Writing Contests

Big thanks to Creative Talents Unleashed for including my blog as a reference for free writing contests. There are some other great resources listed as well.

2 FREE writing contests, submission call, and interview! Lunch Ticket DEADLINES: Feb. 28 & April 30, 2017

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Including two free writing contests […]

2 FREE writing contests, submission call, and interview! Lunch Ticket DEADLINES: Feb. 28 & April 30, 2017

I really can’t say enough great things about the staff at Lunch Ticket. They are kind, responsive, and organized. I wanted to know a little bit more about what they have going on and they are up to a lot of amazing things! Including two free writing contests […]

FREE Poetry Contest – $500 Prize, DEADLINE: Feb. 3, 2017

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" […]

FREE Chapbook contest & editor interview–Honeysuckle Press, DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2017

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31, 2017 Honeysuckle Press is the sister organization of Winter Tangerine and has a similar aesthetic with absolutely stunning artwork and clean, readable website design.  It is “a literary press committed to expanding and redefining human truths by prioritizing the narratives of unsung communities.” […]

FREE Chapbook contest & editor interview–Honeysuckle Press, DEADLINE: Jan. 31, 2017

DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 31, 2017 Honeysuckle Press is the sister organization of Winter Tangerine and has a similar aesthetic with absolutely stunning artwork and clean, readable website design.  It is “a literary press committed to expanding and redefining human truths by prioritizing the narratives of unsung communities.” […]