Contest »

Poetry.com Contest Summary

The final results for the upcoming April 2024 contest will be announced here, including the winners for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place along with all nominated poems.

Winners By popular vote

500

1st Place

To be announced...
300

2nd Place

To be announced...
200

3rd Place

To be announced...


Nominees By random order

The Precious Ones
M.B.L.H
Ode to the Fallen
S.E
Concrete And Steel...
R.C
I walk away
J.Z
Tearless Kiss
T.G
Into Gramp's Wilderness
D
Bluebird
B.K.J
Keeper of my heart
M.B.L
Little Orange Monkey
V.F
EMPTY PROMISES
J.R.P
Choices
A.M.P
Rainy Remembrance
S.G
The Cherry Blossom Tree
K.H
Heartbroken
S
The Rapture is Coming
G.B
"forgiveness"
C.F
I HAVE WON
J.G
Last Dance
S.C
I Shall Not Be Small (5 syllable meter)
S.D
To the Mosquito
J.W.M
Sun Cloud
S.M.B
Danielle
S.H.(.S.A.T.P.W.T.R.A
MY LOVE IS REAL
A.G
Treading Water
C.A.D
A Thank You To My Father
N.T
Cruel Intentions
A.L
Be As You Are
J.P
Love Like A Cloud
C.K.H
Legendary Myths
M.B.L.H
Pussy Willow
G
The Beginnings Of Endings
A.M.M
Beyond Our Thoughts
G.B
February 17th, 2023/3rd Iteration
S.G
Camden Poplars
S.E
I Knock at Your Door
C.H.F.I
Spring Fever
M.R
God's Rainbow
M.M
Her Name
B.K.J
Grandmother
D.C
Here to Absolve
H.T.A
Beyond the Shelter
A.D
Leah
E.M
A Note for Myself
T.S
Silent Whale
D.U
My Babys Blue
M.B.B
Breathless Encounters
V.E
Does He Still Love Me, Does He Still Care?
T.H
The Inner Door
M.W
Friends In The Sky
T.M
On the Edge
S.E
Destroyed
S.R
Make It Count
M.B.L.H
Because I Feel
L.R
Questions From the Heart
T.H
When the road comes to a “Y”
L.A.P
Newer Version Available
A.P.J
My own minds hell
J.S
Fountain of Youth
M.B.L
A Small Act of Courage
R.W
I'm Possible
I.P
Battlegrounds
S.E
Moving Forward
T.B
Shark
S.E
Beneath the Maple Tree
D.H
Guardian of My Soul
M.B.L.H
Time
J.S
Turmoil
J.H.R
Belonging
S.E
Jealousy
P
The Promise
P.E.W
Tomorrow Disappears
M.M
God Is Not Religion
S.D
Keys
B.L
It’s Not Fair
D.L.C
Mindful Mary
L.J
Flower Vase
J.M
Hurricane A-Brewin
L.K.L
Ode to King of Pop
C.P
Lessons
A.K.L.(
Home
A.W
The Who You Barely Knew
T.W.W
Born of Magic
S.M.B
Brave Souls
M.B.L.H
mammon
K.S
Night Fire
L.B.M
Rhetorical Toolbox
R.".M
Heritage
P.S
The Strong Purple Iris
I.A
Eclipse
D.V
Pure Innocence
C.M
Success
N.S
The Ides of February/4th Iteration
S.G
I'm OK either way
B.C
Just Begun
S.A.J
Liberation
L
My mother's bed
E.B
ADHD
A.J.B
Losing My Son
K.E
A tribute to Robert Service. But not so fined tuned.
D
And That's the Hardest Way
B.S
Skinned Knees and Broken Bones
B.W.S
it’s alive
C.G
The Power of Creation
J.R.P
Blizzard in July
S.B
Toxic
A.K.H
Broken Wing of a Ladybug
D.M.H.
My secret friend
J.P
An April Snow
B.K
Ireland
K
The Gift
D.R
The Stray
J.E.W
The Art Box
K.F.(.F
What I miss
C.M
Ben and Me
N.C
A ‘Sweet’ Confession
S.A
World of Color
K.C
The Sound of an Old Chainsaw
M.P
Why Are We Shunn'd
A.K
The friend I never knew.
A.J.C
Brokenly Saved
D.S
Wardown Park
F.F
  

Share your thoughts about the April 2024 Contest with the community:

3 Comments
  • dougb.72572
    So far on 26th total of 114 poems competing.
    Have done this several times in the past. Stunned by the strangeness and low quality of many of the winning entries. Is there something other than quality cadence detail of description or adventure or humour to it all? And Haiku is usually unworthy of attention or time. Sorry. Doug Blair of Kitchener ON. 
    LikeReply21 hours ago
    • Vixility
      Respectfully and sincerely: I think the key is to remember that you’re reading poems that are being put forth in the style of that given poet. You may or may not like that style, but it doesn’t mean—just because of your preference—that that poem isn’t a good poem. Otherwise, why would those winning poem (that you deem inferior) be winning? 
      LikeReply 119 hours ago
    • dougb.72572
      I cannot fathom the criteria. reminds me of a one eyed dart thrower in a dizzy spell. Call me cranky but certainly not sweety pie. Nyuk nyuk.
      LikeReply17 hours ago
  • Caroline_courtney
    I’m trying to read them. Is there a reason I’m not able to open them? Thanks!
    LikeReply3 days ago
    • jasons8783
      I'm assuming maybe because voting hasn't started?
      LikeReply2 days ago
    • acronimous
      Reading and voting for the contest will start in 6 days on May 1st.
      LikeReply 12 days ago
    • Caroline_courtney
      thank you. First time on here.
      LikeReply2 days ago
    • Caroline_courtney
      thank you! Makes sense!
      LikeReply 12 days ago
    • jasons8783
      no problem I was on here years ago but can't remember any log in info so I created a new one and site has changed for sure
      LikeReply 11 day ago
  • judith_g
    Lots of Interesting Titles.
    LikeReply 315 days ago

Enter the competition

Submit your best poem to the contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and gain worldwide recognition for your talent!


Our monthly contest

In a nutshell…

Opens: 1st of every calendar month.
Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
Entry fee: 25 USD.
Max. participants: 150 entries.
Prizes:
First Place Badge + 500
Second Place Badge + 300
Third Place Badge + 200
5 Runners-up Personalized Mug
POTY Badge + 1,000

April 2024

Poetry Contest

Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
3
days
15
hours
51
minutes

Archive

Previous Contests

Here are direct links to our previous contests' summary pages.

 What people are saying

“Thank you for the wonderful gift that I received as a runner up for the January contest. The competition has inspired me to go and get my collection of poetry that I have written for my family — you are an amazing group!”

Janette Marais, South Africa

 Worldwide Recognition

We’re delighted to announce that we've been named one of best writing contests for 2022 and 2023 by Reedsy!

Reedsy Best Writing Contests 2022 Reedsy Best Writing Contests 2023