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Below is a list of free online poetry contests for 2019. Poetry contests are held every week and anyone can enter. All competitions are free and you can enter as many contests as you want. You keep copyrights on all of your poems. Some poetry contests even have prizes!
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List of Poetry Contests
Rhyme poetry form only.
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
5 poems of the maximum 36 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Kevin Shaw
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
5 poems of the maximum 36 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Kevin Shaw
Free verse poetry form only.
Deadline: Wednesday, February 6, 2019
33 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy
Villanelle poetry form only.
Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2019
31 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Nina Parmenter
Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2019
31 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Nina Parmenter
Deadline: Friday, February 8, 2019
25 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Anthony Slausin
25 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Anthony Slausin
Enclosed Rhyme poetry form only.
Deadline: Thursday, February 28, 2019
4 poems of the maximum 50 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Emile Pinet
Deadline: Monday, January 28, 2019
15 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Line Gauthier
Sonnet poetry form only.
Deadline: Thursday, January 31, 2019
30 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden
Deadline: Thursday, January 31, 2019
30 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Gregory R Barden
Rhyme poetry form only.
Deadline: Saturday, February 2, 2019
22 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
Deadline: Saturday, February 2, 2019
22 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Julia Ward
Deadline: Monday, February 4, 2019
37 poems of the maximum 40 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: John lawless
Deadline: Tuesday, February 5, 2019
22 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Caren Krutsinger
Rhyme poetry form only.
Deadline: Tuesday, February 5, 2019
7 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Faraz Ajmal
Deadline: Wednesday, February 6, 2019
47 poems of the maximum 50 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Julie Leigh Rodeheaver
Bio poetry form only.
Deadline: Tuesday, February 12, 2019
11 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Dear Heart
Sapphic stanza poetry form only.
Deadline: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
13 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: craig cornish
Free verse poetry form only.
Deadline: Thursday, February 14, 2019
33 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Lu Loo
Free verse poetry form only.
Deadline: Saturday, February 16, 2019
9 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: John Hamilton
Deadline: Saturday, February 16, 2019
9 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: John Hamilton
Diminished Hexaverse poetry form only.
Deadline: Saturday, February 16, 2019
28 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: charles messina
Deadline: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
12 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Mark Massey
Acrostic poetry form only.
Deadline: Tuesday, February 19, 2019
17 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Bobby May
Clerihew poetry form only.
Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2019
26 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich
Deadline: Friday, February 22, 2019
7 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Chantelle Anne Cooke
Free verse poetry form only.
Deadline: Saturday, February 23, 2019
3 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Eve Roper
Monoku poetry form only.
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
6 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Kim Rodrigues
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
13 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Brian Strand
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
1 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Michelle Faulkner
Free verse poetry form only.
Deadline: Sunday, February 24, 2019
0 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
Sponsored by: Edward Ibeh
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