​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 Honorable 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 Honorable 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.
13. We recommend copying your poem into the editor from Notepad or some other program that does not add text markup for best formatting results. Please review your formatting after posting to make sure it looks how you want it to look. In the worst case scenario, if you can't get line breaks to work correctly, please disable rich text.
 
Thank you for participating! We look forward to reading your work. 

Press the blue "Compete" button below to participate (viewable to registered users). You can only participate in active contests, not "Upcoming" contests. Please check the date the contest begins before attempting to participate. The active contest can be found on the home page.

 
Monday, August 1, 2016 to Monday, August 8, 2016
Contest type: 
Poetry contest
Poem Name Submitted By Likes Comments
Candyhouse to Gretl frithar 2 2 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Who killed cock robin? Immanuel 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Waiting WC Roberts 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Ortolan leomadigow 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Training: Horse Mary Soon Lee 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Dry Counties cartervance 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Inevitability of Light Bruce Boston 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
tigermoths stephanie roberts 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Comfort of Contradiction braininajar 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
All lives matter glenski1978 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
It Was the Diet Coke Coco 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Paper Anniversary bekeathley 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
HELP ME REMEMBER TO FORGET YOU maria s.a. 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
“period of life 24 to 34 years” justverde 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Hinges Molly Murray 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
“MY GRANDMOTHER (DAADIMAA)” ShaziyaBegum 2 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
AMBROSIA DEBASREE BANERJEE 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Quantum Theory Mandalorian Grey 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Like Unsweetened Coffee daniellaa222 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Corridor of Song Laura Taylor 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
poem Maheshwor Dhital 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
See I am floating Ester Nkala 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Dancing Diggers Fiona Pitt-kethley 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
After Reading "Krapp's Last Tape" Tina Barnt 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Fellow Snorers Rebecca O'Bern 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Axe with Mirrors Sara Backer 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Fearless Are Faking It maxwell.blue 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
write the world duhhh26 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
i tried to write a happy song isabellasims 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Her Days of Bliss If words were cake 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Keep Walking Manisha 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
City Nights Michael Noir 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Musings on Mars Lee Nash 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Eating Crow SWGordon 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]

Comments

Coco's picture
When I submitted a poem *for the first time* after registering, I was told I had submitted that title before. Then it said I could proceed and submit another poem or quit. So, I submitted another poem, but it was not the one I wanted to submit. Then, at the top, I was again told I had submitted the second poem before. Very frustrating.

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