Poets of all Nations Welcomed:12th Wergle FlompHumor Poetry Contest($1,000 top prize | no entry fee)28Feb2013Deadline: 1 April 2013The 12th annual Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest will award $2,000 for the best humor poems. This contest is free to enter and open to all poets. The winning poem will earn $1,000. Ten honorable mentions will receive $100 each. Submit entries online at WinningWriters.com by April 1. The winning entries will be published online at WinningWriters.com.
Jendi Reiter is the final judge of the contest. She is the author of the poetry collection 'A Talent for Sadness' (Turning Point Books, 2003) and the award-winning poetry chapbooks 'Swallow' (Amsterdam Press, 2009) and Barbie at 50 (Cervena Barva Press, 2010). She recently received a Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists' Grant for Poetry, the OSA Enizagam Award for Fiction, and the Anderbo Poetry Prize.
GUIDELINES:
Now in its twelfth year. We seek today's best humor poems. Total cash prizes of $2,000 will be awarded, with a top prize of $1,000. This contest is free to enter.
We accept entries online. Poets of all nations may enter. Your poem must be in English (inspired gibberish also accepted). Please enter only one poem during the submission period. Your poem may be of any length. Both published and unpublished work are welcome. You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest and to other contests and publishers.
Prizes: First Prize of $1,000 and publication on WinningWriters.com (over one million page views per year)
Ten honorable mentions will receive $100 each and publication on WinningWriters.comAnnouncement of Results: The winners of the twelfth contest will be announced in our free email newsletter and on WinningWriters.com on August 15, 2013.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For submissions: via the online submission form
Website: http://winningwriters.com/