Contest »

Poetry.com Contest Summary

The final results for the upcoming May 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

Pink Earrings
B.L
Guiding Wings
A.E
At Home With My Eyes Closed
H.M
Passing Moments
D.R.S
Proud Supporter
C.R.B.L
Loving Mothers
M.M
Alexa Snooze
E.T
My Final Bow
L.K.L
Losing My Son
K.E
In My Life
M.T
The rose
F.F
Miracle of Malachy, my spirit animal
S.M.B
Tikkun Olam (Repair the World)
A.C
Who Knew
L.H
As He walks through Sea Pines
B.C
Innocent Suffer
M.F
Ode to Parthenon
F.F
Suppose
K.M
My Nan
D.R
never be
C.F
Mom
B.B
Introduction
M.R
The Ultimate Religion?
N.S
To Honor Us
G.B
Conversations With Luna
A.L.L
Know That I Too
T
PANDORA'S BOX
L.A.L
Agnosticism
S.W
Tomorrow
M.A.K
My Children
T.R.T
When I leave The Darkness
R.R
He is good
L.M.S
Ballad of the dead mind poet
B
Trigger Warning
L
Yellow Rose
H
The Poet
S.D
Wishful thinking
R.C
Spanish Bluebells
K.H
Found
K.E
Love Encounters Fear
A.K
Lapis l’azzuri
B.R
Don't leave me Debt
R
My Loneliness
G.B
Untold Love
N.G
Auspice
E.S
The Soldier
A.C
Waiting For The Statues To Move
W
The whispering of the leaves.
A.J.C
Alive on This Earth
D.H
Dripping Red
D.C
The Preacher
I.K
I'm ready to go
V.P
The Golden Galley
G.K
water & stones
P.M
Forge Ahead
R.W
Adult on the Monkey Bar (5 syllable meter)
C.W
Dream On
T.S
Stand Against the Wind
P.E.W
Mr. Moon
J.E
Near Death Experience (9/8 meter)
S.D
George Floyd
C.T.P
The Dopeness
Q.S
Verse City
D.P
Fragmented
P.K.M
Shame is a word
T.M.B
Whispers of hope amidst oppressive darkness
A.N
Shades Of Becoming
A.E
I don’t know anyone who doesn’t need anything
L.A.P
First Love
M.W
Wreckless
S.B
The Poet and the Painter
C.M
Depths of despair
T.A.N
Heart Beat
P.S
Afraid of the dark
A.O
Begs of Forgiveness
K.F
My Best Poem
B.P.P
  

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

0 Comments

    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

    May 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    13
    days
    22
    hours
    29
    minutes
    76 entries submitted — 74 remaining

    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

    Our awesome collection of

    Promoted Poems

    »