Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards
DEADLINE: OCTOBER 1, 2018
Calling all poets! We’re on the look out for poems of all styles–rhyming, free verse, haiku, and more–for the 11th Annual Writer’s Digest Poetry Awards! This is the only Writer’s Digest competition exclusively for poets. Enter any poem 32 lines or less for your chance to win $1,000 in cash.
One First Place Winner will receive:
- $1,000 in cash
- Their poem published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2019 issue and to a worldwide readership on WritersDigest.com
- A 20-minute consultation with Poet’s Market Editor, Robert Brewer
- A copy of the 2019 Poet’s Market
The Second Place Winner will receive:
- $250 in cash
- Their poem’s title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2019 issue
- A copy of the 2019 Poet’s Market
- Promotion on WritersDigest.com
The Third Place Winner will receive:
- $100 in cash
- Their poem’s title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2019 issue
- A copy of the 2019 Poet’s Market
- Promotion on WritersDigest.com
Fourth through Tenth Place Winners will receive:
- $100 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop
- Their poem’s title published in Writer’s Digest magazine’s July/August 2019 issue
- A copy of the 2019 Poet’s Market
- Promotion on WritersDigest.com
Eleventh through Twenty-Fifth Place Winners will receive:
- $50 off a purchase from the Writer’s Digest Shop
- A copy of the 2019 Poet’s Market
- Promotion on WritersDigest.com
How to Enter
- All entries must be submitted online. Entries must be accompanied by the required entry fee (credit card information, check or money order made payable to F+W Media, Inc.). All checks will be cashed within 60 days of the competition final deadline. Entry fees are non-refundable.
- Your entry must be original, in English, unpublished and unproduced, not accepted by any other publisher or producer at the time of submission. Writer’s Digest retains one-time nonexclusive publication rights to the winning entries to be published in a Writer’s Digest publication. Any piece posted anywhere online is considered published.
- Entries must be typed and formatted to 8-1/2 x 11 or A4 pages. Poems may be single or double-spaced. Your name, address, email and phone number should not appear on the entry file since that information is collected on the entry form.
- BE SURE OF YOUR LINE COUNT! Entries exceeding the line limits will be disqualified. Type the exact line count (counting every single line, except the title and contact information) at the top of the manuscript.
- Due to U.S. Government restrictions we are unable to accept entries from Syria, Iran, North Korea, or Crimea.
- For more information visit our Preparing Your Entry Page or our FAQ page.