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 by July 31 from Aug 1 in the previous year will compete in the same contest year.

Winners will be announced before September.

Poems awarded will be posted online.

Click here to submit your poems

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