Poetry Contests

  Poetry Challenge: Dictionary Delights Look through a good dictionary and pick 5 to 10 words based purely on the...

. The Best Haiku of 2026 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2026 Haiku Competition Judged...

First Prize: $2,000. Publication on the Society's website and Journal.   Submission Fee: $20 (The fee comes with a free...

. First Prize: $250. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $10...

. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required). Among members of...

  WINNERS & RANKINGS The Great American Poetry Competition Judged by Andrew Benson Brown, Joseph Bottum, Margaret Coats, Evan Mantyk,...

  FIRST PLACE   Her Matted Hair Based on “Daughter Dies Three Days After Admission to Prison for Practicing Falun...

  NOTE: Winners and rankings now available here: https://www.classicalpoets.org/winners-and-rankings-of-the-great-american-poetry-competition/ In partnership with the White House's Freedom 250 initiative. Submit Email...

. The Contest Today in China peaceful Falun Gong practitioners are imprisoned, tortured, and killed by the communist regime simply...

. The Best Poems of 2025: Winners of the 14th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis...

. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Color True" Advika Asthana, 10th grade, Davidson High School, Ohio . Second Place "Refrigerator...

. First Prize: $2,000. Publication on the Society's website and Journal. . Submission Fee: $20 (The fee comes with a...

. First Prize: $200. Publication in the Society's website and The Society of Classical Poets Journal. . Submission Fee: $5...

. The Best Haiku of 2025 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2025 Haiku Competition Judged...

. Radio New Zealand's Culture 101 sat down with SCP Editor Evan Mantyk to talk about the SCP's Haiku Competition,...

. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate (SCP Membership not required). Among members of...

. FIRST PLACE . Captured Souls by Twila Brase Seized by force, a mighty throng The captured souls of the...

. The Contest Know nothing or next to nothing about Falun Gong? Perfect! This poetry competition is for you! The...

. The Best Poems of 2024: Winners of the 13th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges C.B. Anderson, Susan Jarvis...

. First Place ($200 Prize) "The Shepherd God" Jane Schulert, 11th grade student at Redeemer Classical School in Indiana ....

. The Best Haiku of 2024 The Winner and Runners-Up of the Society of Classical Poets 2024 Haiku Competition Judged...

. "Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument." ---John Milton, "On Shakespeare" First Prize: $2,000....

. “Thou, in our wonder and astonishment, Hast built thyself a livelong monument.” —John Milton, “On Shakespeare” First Prize: $200....

. The Winner and Runner-ups are listed HERE. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate...

. FIRST PLACE . Free to Be the PRC by James A. Tweedie According to the PRC’s unwritten protocol,To be...

. When Less Is More An SCP Poetry Challenge by James A. Tweedie In a recent email exchange with a...

. Epic poet and poetry video maker Andrew Benson Brown created a bit of excitement with his invented sonnet-haiku or...

. The Best Poems of 2023: Winners of the 12th Annual SCP International Poetry Competition Judges Joseph S. Salemi, James...

. First Place ($200 Prize) "A Star" John Freeborn, Logos Online School, 12th grade student in Concordia, Kansas. . Second...

. Poet Paul A. Freeman challenges you to write a nursery rhyme in the style of the Mother Goose classic...

. One of England’s best-known poems, “Kubla Khan,” was written by Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834). Waking from an...

. The 23 Best Haiku of 2023 Winner and Runners-up of the Society of Classical Poets 2023 Haiku Competition Judged...

. Poets create marvels of linguistic delights about anything and everything… but what about nothing?  Can your Muse capture the...

. Phil S. Rogers captured these photos of a roadrunner seeking relief in his sprinkler during drought-like conditions in Texas....

. But the great Master said, "I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift...

. But the great Master said, “I see No best in kind, but in degree; I gave a various gift...

. Scenes of passion in literature, on the stage, and on the silver screen, have captivated audiences for years. How...

. WHO Anyone in the world, of any age or background, may participate. Among members of the Society of Classical...

. SCP Poet Cynthia Erlandson of Michigan has won the 2023 Maria W. Faust Sonnet Competition.  Her sonnet, "Fire and...

. Congratulations to SCP Poet Monika Cooper who took First Place in the 2023 Annual Sacred Poetry Contest held by...