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Wednesday, March 15, 2006


2006 Poetry Contests


TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID POETRY CONTEST

Postmark deadline: September 30, 2006
$3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in any style or genre. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and online publication rights. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad.
Submit online or mail to:

Winning Writers
Attn: Tom Howard Poetry Contest
351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060

For more information, go to:
http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry


MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST FOR TRADITIONAL VERSE

Postmark deadline: June 30, 2006
$3,500 in prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Winning entries will be published. Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and haiku. You may submit work that has been published or won prizes elsewhere, as long as you own the anthology and online publication rights. Entry fee is $6 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning Writers.
Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad.
Submit online or mail to:
Winning Writers
Attn: Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060

For more information, go to:
http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret


WAR POETRY CONTEST

Postmark deadline: May 31, 2006
Now in its 5th year. Prizes of $1,500, $500, $250 and 10 honorable mentions of $75 each. Submit 1-3 original, unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in all. $12 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers.
Judge: Jendi Reiter.
Submit online or mail to:
Winning Writers
Attn: War Poetry Contest
351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060

For more information, go to:
http://www.winningwriters.com/war


WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST - NO FEE

Online submission deadline: April 1, 2006
Now in its 5th year. Prizes of $1,190, $169, $60 and 5 honorable mentions of $38 each. No fee to enter. A humor contest with a special twist. Sponsored by Winning Writers, one of the "101 Best Web Sites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005). Judge: Jendi Reiter. Submit one poem online at:
http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle



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