...you should send out, today, the best work you are capable of doing today. Of course you'll do better a year from now. But a year from now you should be writing the story that you care about and believe in at that time--not reworking this year's story.
Writer's Digest Poetry Awards We're pleased to announce the only Writer's Digest competition exclusively for poets! Regardless of style—rhyming, free verse, haiku and more—if your poems are 32 lines or fewer, we want them all.
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, December 20, 2006.
For entrants paying with a credit card, we will accept entries submitted online.
Prizes:
First Place: $500 Second Place: $250 Third Place: $100 Fourth Through Tenth Place: $25
Eleventh Through Twenty-Fifth Place: $50 gift certificate for Writer's Digest Books.
* The names and poem titles of the First through Tenth-Place winners will be printed in the August 2007 Writer's Digest, and winners will receive the 2007 Poet's Market.
For entrants paying with a credit card, we will accept entries submitted online.
Entry Deadline: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
I think entries cost $10 first the first poem, $5 for each additional.