​Each week's Winner will receive a $100 cash prize, sent via PayPal to the user's registered e-mail address. Entry is free.
 
There may occasionally be one or more additional poems that receive an Honorable Mention. This will not be awarded every week, but when awarded, the poet(s) will receive a $10 cash prize, sent via PayPal to the user's registered e-mail address. All Winners and Honorable Mentions will be eligible to be included in future anthologies.
 
Any type of poem is welcome! Formal or informal, long or short, rhyme or free verse—we like all kinds of poems. Results will be announced within three days of the contest end and posted in the contest winners' forum. 
 
Each week's winner will be selected by Poetry Nook's editorial staff. 
 
Rules
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1. Any length.
2. Any theme.
3. You must be a registered user of this site to post (registration is free).
4. By posting you certify that this is your own work, you hold the copyright, and you are granting us permission to publish it on our site and in a printed anthology.
5. Prior publication is fine, as long as you hold the rights to republish. Please credit the prior publication beneath the poem, in italics.
6. Posting on social media or other sites is encouraged. We actively follow user likes and insightful comments on the poems.
7. Non-English poems are welcome as long as you have an English translation beneath it.
8. Winners will be announced within three days of the contest end. For example, if the contest ends on Sunday, the winner will be announced by Wednesday.
9. Payments will be made only via Paypal, sent to your registered email address within one week after the winner is announced. The recipient is responsible for any Paypal fees. We will not send payment by any other method.
10. No feedback will be provided if your poem did not get chosen.
11. If your poem did not get chosen in a given week, you are welcome to resubmit it in a subsequent week.
12. Winners are welcome to enter subsequent contests with a different poem.
13. We recommend copying your poem into the editor from Notepad or some other program that does not add text markup for best formatting results. Please review your formatting after posting to make sure it looks how you want it to look. In the worst case scenario, if you can't get line breaks to work correctly, please disable rich text.
 
Thank you for participating! We look forward to reading your work. 

Press the blue "Compete" button below to participate (viewable to registered users). You can only participate in active contests, not "Upcoming" contests. Please check the date the contest begins before attempting to participate. The active contest can be found on the home page.

 
Monday, August 15, 2016 to Monday, August 22, 2016
Contest type: 
Poetry contest
Poem Name Submitted By Likes Commentssort ascending
On The Plague Year: London, 1665 dmlovic 2 5 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
WHEN A NEW LOVE IS BORN abubakarabdulra... 5 3 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Tracks and Trails frithar 2 2 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
All The While s.a.Morgan 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Kos, Greek Island Rebecca O'Bern 2 1 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Family Portrait John MacDonald 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Addictions Eyequeue012 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Worth By Different Standards Coco 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Just Another Night stanekattack 2 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
A Proud Maiden Sleeps tellastory 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Emotional Explosives Adam Levon Brown 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Transfigured Night (a reimagining) britny.cordera 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
After the Service AnnLardas 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Head trip Lee Nash 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Rehab Bird Havok21 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
You Missed Two Young Bald Eagles Practicing Flight at Dawn over our Cove Elisavietta Ritchie 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Playing With Fire seedison 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Cloud Company sara.jm 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Tomorrow Morning boladonline22 6 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Training: Stances Mary Soon Lee 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Accidents & Emergencies cartervance 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
My Wilderness Brookelouvier 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Coal Town Ryan Stone 5 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Golden Marvel Michael Noir 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
97’ Deville mirahhhhhhhh 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Arrogance Of A Writer jasbir_chatterj... 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Generations Unseparated by Time and Distance d.r.sanchez 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Flower Mirror ingridbruck 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Slipstream lyta 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Deliver Us SquidWaffle 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
on the loss of your husband, my good friend, Jodi Lowell 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
To Gina JBludd 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Please call! Oceania 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Sustenance Sarah Russell 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Billy Jack baggins404 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
These Eyes papagena58 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
ISLAND Ciarán Parkes 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Handmaid's Song kimabw 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Moving House rknester 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Last Man cannotc 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Thus Spoke The Leech Karthik Purusho... 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
WONDER WONDER Gabrielajiri 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
“It’s a remarkable apparatus.” orboh 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
not me kacperniburski 2 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
GAIA Abdul Malik Mandani 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Timeless Splendor Ken Allan Dronsfield 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Theos Protean1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
You will never be mine rachaelscott 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Orchard On Its Way lauradaviesfoley 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Red Money. synapselens 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Waltzing Miss Jeanie pdlyonz 2 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Love and Dust Hardeep 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
My heart is crying zhanglinyi 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Champagne in the Fridge LFHalt 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Karluv Most glenhswilson 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Cobwebs in the Sky P.E. Corbett 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Summer Showers Brandon Jordan Brown 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
She Shriharsha 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Guilty Tranquility ramonathompson 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Apprehension Bluehalcyon 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
A sonnet for plotting amateurs CARO71 2 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Poetry for Peace Lizzi 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
contrails j.lewis 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
All His Fancies Dancing Marge Simon 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
I Write Poetry tamilani 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Waiting Around (after Pablo Neruda) trishhopkinsonpoet 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Stuck in the Strings Susan Renee 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Just Me Roxana Nastase 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
I Dive BLUEK23 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
THE KING'S IN LOVE Nada 227 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Depths Cathy Bryant 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
My Mother on My Cousin's Wedding Day LynneViti 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Descent LokeWolfather 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
I am here dreaming settdigger 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
--Bum-- rattletrap99 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Pelicans piscespoet 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
A Formulaic Love Story mibar007 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Why the Window Washer Reads Poetry LauraEuphoria 3 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Letting go ... Mennasthoughts 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Unconscientious Objector jlandwehr 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Waiting Room Rachel Grimes 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
RAW WAR Cosmic Cat 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
lovely and true rickjstassi 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
On the Night They Took Your Life Trish Lindsey J... 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Losing Weight blicciardi 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
SIGHTED: Ephemeral Innocence aMAXiMINalist 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Sway QueenElizabeth 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Recycled Everlasting Love PrttyBrd 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Curse of the Werewolf's Wife Bruce Boston 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Emptiness MeL1979 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Eating Light Robertmcat 1 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Sky Goddess angeladawn 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Selection poet0926 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
The Secret Lives of Ornaments chrisconnolly 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
my heart fell out / an aftermath leslieg 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]
Half-Elegy for My Mother's Marriage saraborjas 0 [field_honorable_mention][field_winner]

Comments

Nada 227's picture
Hello, that is the message I have gotten too.. Compete You've been already submitted the THE KING'S IN LOVE before. You can submit only one work per contest. You might proceed and select another one. Or quit the contest.

LINDA NABASA

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LauraEuphoria's picture
I registered for the first time after clicking from Trish Hopkinson's post. Registered, added a poem "Why the Window Washer Reads Poetry" and got the same message other folks did. I took a screenshot but don't see how to attach it to a PM. Here it is: You've been already submitted the Why the Window Washer Reads Poetry before. You can submit only one work per contest

Laura Grace Weldon's poetry collection is titled Tending. Connect with her at lauragraceweldon.

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Frank Watson's picture
It's showing that your poem is in the list, so your poem did enter correctly. It must be some bug with showing an error message when there's no error. I've contacted the developers who should hopefully have a solution by tomorrow.

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