Inspirational Poetry Contest submissions are accepted Aug,15th 2006 through Nov 15th, 2006. Judges will choose one winner who will receive $500. And, voters will log on to poetry4jesus.org to choose second winner, who will also receive $500. The winners will be announced on Dec 15th.
San Bernardino, CA (PRWEB) August 7, 2006 — Poetry4Jesus will hold [...]

Last Friday, I wrote about Rick Lupert”s Poetry Superhighway, where Rick Lupert has been featuring some of the best poets in the world since 1997. At the time, I told you about his Great Poetry Exchange, and the Great E-book Free For All. I didn”t mention the annual Poetry Superhighway Poetry Contest, which has been [...]

Each year, the publishers of The Adirondack Review, highly regarded literary magazine, hold four major poetry competitions – one each in fall, winter, spring and summer. The summer competition is open to poets who have not yet published a full length book of poetry. Chapbooks are not considered full length books, and don”t count as [...]

Tennessee State Poetry Society Sonnet Contest
Deadline: August 21, 2006
Type: Sonnet
Theme: Any
Eligibility: International Open to all ages
Prizes: 50$, 30$, and 20$ plus three honorable mentions and publicaiton in the Tennessee State Poetry Society”s Annual Anthology.
Entry Fee: $6.00
Description:Sonnets must be Petrarchan, Elizabethan(Spensarian, or Shakespearean. Email poetunbarred@yahoo.com for registration form.
That announcement led me on a little [...]

One of the things that many of our past poets laureate have shared – not only among themselves but with the poets laureate of numerous states, cities and other nations – is an abiding passion for opening the world of poetry to children. Billy Collins created Poetry 180 to share a new poem every day [...]