​Each week's Winner will receive a $100 cash prize, sent via PayPal to the user's registered e-mail address. Entry is free.
 
There may occasionally be one or more additional poems that receive an Honorary Mention. This will not be awarded every week, but when awarded, the poet(s) will receive a $10 cash prize, sent via PayPal to the user's registered e-mail address. All Winners and Honorary Mentions will be eligible to be included in future anthologies.
 
Any type of poem is welcome! Formal or informal, long or short, rhyme or free verse—we like all kinds of poems. Results will be announced within three days of the contest end and posted in the contest winners' forum. 
 
Each week's winner will be selected by Poetry Nook's editorial staff. 
 
Rules
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1. Any length.
2. Any theme.
3. You must be a registered user of this site to post (registration is free).
4. By posting you certify that this is your own work, you hold the copyright, and you are granting us permission to publish it on our site and in a printed anthology.
5. Prior publication is fine, as long as you hold the rights to republish. Please credit the prior publication beneath the poem, in italics.
6. Posting on social media or other sites is encouraged. We actively follow user likes and insightful comments on the poems.
7. Non-English poems are welcome as long as you have an English translation beneath it.
8. Winners will be announced within three days of the contest end. For example, if the contest ends on Sunday, the winner will be announced by Wednesday.
9. Payments will be made only via Paypal, sent to your registered email address within one week after the winner is announced. The recipient is responsible for any Paypal fees. We will not send payment by any other method.
10. No feedback will be provided if your poem did not get chosen.
11. If your poem did not get chosen in a given week, you are welcome to resubmit it in a subsequent week.
12. Winners are welcome to enter subsequent contests with a different poem.
 
Thank you for participating! We look forward to reading your work. 
 

Monday, July 4, 2016 to Monday, July 11, 2016
Contest type: 
Poetry contest
Poem Name Submitted By Likes Comments
Ghulam's Ghazals Fabiyas M V 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Summoning the Night Jamie Nicol 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Random Acts of Silence nabanavas 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Music of the Stars Bruce Boston 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Matter of the Horses Mary Soon Lee 1 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Fool's hope Simeon du Toit 2 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
O Holy Night frithar 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Deathbed Confessional Lizzi 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Dreams of Love Mike Riley Lindsey 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
To my sister Jennifer, while I’m in Ithaca Jonathan May 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
There Are Ruins Mark Evans 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
the story of the kid archer 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Two Stairways piscespoet 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
A Poetic Exorcism Adina 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
How Do I Say I Love You? Arondai6 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
math lesson sburch 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Fellow Snorers Rebecca O'Bern 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Don't Play After Dark ritika 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Solitude Is Bliss Aparna Reddy 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Lord and Lady Johann F. Potgieter 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Ideology Jesikay 1 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Refugee's Roots Hardeep 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Why flames are dangerous pattynieberg 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Wounded Woods, Healing Trees Thom 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Citizen Coma Sara Backer 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
falling in love with the night. holdenlyric 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Girl on the Train with the Dragon Tattoo Kentsbike 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Responsibilities Fourfone141@gma... 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]

Comments

Fabiyas M V's picture
...minds molt mundane emotions, and become fresh again... ...music creates blue moonlight, when a youth enjoys black hair-falls amidst the fragrance of jasmine blooms... ...men in diverse creeds die; human beings rise.

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