Poetry Contest

Poetry is a beautiful way to express your thoughts and feelings every day.

Share your poems and connect with others through words and creativity!

Age: 7 to 17 years old

Original Work: Your poem must be your own and not shared or published anywhere else.

Format: Typed or handwritten poems are welcome. You may also include a hand-drawn or digital illustration 

  • Please submit as a JPEG or PNG file (scan or photo)
  • Each poem should fit on one A4 page or less.

Optional: You may include a voice recording of your poem (MP3 format only)

Submissions: You can send up to 10 files in one form.

File names: Put your name and submission date on there.

Copyright: You keep full copyrights to your poems

  • By entering, you allow us to post your poems on our website and/or YouTube channel for contest purposes.

Privacy: If you wish not to have your name displayed, please do not include your name on the poem file itself. 

Future Publication: Selected poems may be published in a book with your permission. 

Your poems (scanned or in digital format – JPEG or PNG)

Your name, city/state/country, school name and age

Email address for future communication 

We accept poems year-round.

Poems submitted between July 1 and June 30 will compete in the same contest year.

Winners will be announced by September.

Poems will be posted online and voted on by the public.

Click here to submit your poems

  • File size limit: 10MB per file 
  • Up to 10 files per submission