The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone! And welcome to all having the ability to dream… Write a poem or short story for a chance to win cash prizes. All works must be original. http://www.dreamquestone.com Guidelines: Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, style, or...

KNIGHTVILLE POETRY CONTEST $1,000 for an exceptional poem in any form. Three poems per entry. Up to 150 lines per poem.  Judged by National Book Award Finalist and author of Fast Animal, Tim Seibles.  Accepts .doc or similar files, no pdf files. Accepts previously unpublished work only. Any size print run or online publication including blogs and/or social networking disqualify an entry. Simultaneous submissions accepted, with notification of...

$1,000 & Publication    Deadline: March 31, 2014 Judge: Kazim Ali.  Open to all writers with no limitations on the amount of poetry a writer has published. Submissions should be 20–40 pages of poetry, not including front and back matter. Keep in mind that this is intended to fit in a 5.5 x 7 inch published chapbook of approximately 60 pages or less) Colleagues, students, and close friends of the judge not eligible. Postal and online poetry...

POCATALIGO POETRY CONTESThttp://yemasseejournalonline.org/contests/poetry-contest/Yemassee now accepting entries for Spring 2014 Pocataligo Poetry Contest. Author of winning poem receives $250 and publication in Yemassee. Two runners-up also receive publication, and list of ten finalists will be named.Guest Judge = Tyehimba Jess.Deadline: March 31, 2014Submit in a single document, 3-5 unpublished poems of any line length. Entry fee of $5 must...

AGAVE MAGAZINE http://www.agavemag.com/submit.html Submit by email or by using online submissions manager.  Submit up to 5 poems.  Submit original, unpublished work that has not been published elsewhere.  Submit documents as .doc or .docx files in easy to read fonts such as Times New Roman, Helvetica, etc. Include valid email address.  Sim subs okay with notification of work acceptance elsewhere.  Read publication agreement on website as by...

13th annual free contest. $2,000 in cash prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. No fee to enter. Submit one humor poem online by April 1, 2014 deadline. Both published and unpublished work welcome. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com (nearly one million page views per year) and announced in the Winning Writers Newsletter, with over 50,000 subscribers. Final judge: Jendi Reiter. Sponsored by Winning...