Contests by ea, by newest first

• Star Light, Star Bright

  Reserve your spot by choosing a constellation shown on the background.

  by ea 600 points, ended November 20, 20 entries In Classical, Creative, Langston hughes, Love, Nature, Spiritual, Stars, Thoughts
• Old Hat

  Reserve a spot by choosing a hat from this list and using it as the title of your poem.

  by ea 500 points, ended November 14, 19 entries In Boater, Bowler, Chullo, Deerstalker, Panama, Porkpie, Snood, Trucker's hat, Tuque
• Pick a character from The Book of Love

  Reserve your spot by choosing one of the (ten) names and using it as the title of your poem. See Waterhouse painting inside.

  by ea 700 points, ended November 12, 10 entries In Allegory, Bawdy, Boccaccio, Characters, Emotion, Love, Medieval, Quickie, Waterhouse
• A Token for Lena

  Robert Creeley poem and Playboy centerfold prompt

  by ea 1500 points, ended November 10, 8 entries In Big points, Black mountain, Lena, Lena söderberg, Lenna, Robert creeley
• Gathering Bone Fragments with Chopsticks

  November is here and in Japan, when there has been a death in the family, notices are sent out at this time of year to say that no New Year's card will be coming...

  by ea 800 points, ended November 18, 12 entries In Cultural, Death, Free verse, Memoir, Narrative, Personal, Spiritual, Traditions
• Stick Season

  My sister just wrote from our Adirondack homestead, "Our fall is over and it's officially stick season now." Give me Robert Frost; give me Mary Oliver on "Stick Season."

  by ea 1500 points, ended November 2, 19 entries In Big points, Memories, Nature, Spiritual
• For Halloween, I'm going as an Oil Derrick. How 'Bout You?

  Vintage photo has to be seen to be believed.

  by ea 700 points, ended November 1, 6 entries In Costumes, Creative, Environmental, Halloween, Lotsa fun, Memories, Oil
• Photobooth

  picture inspired

  by ea 700 points, ended October 22, 9 entries In Quickie
• Laugh at All Poetry

  a poem from Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Stephen Dunn

  by ea 700 points, ended October 20, 4 entries In Lotsa fun
• When an Old Man Dies, A Library Burns Down

  -

  by ea 700 points, ended October 20, 14 entries
• Your Most Underappreciated Piece

  Ever had a contest host absolutely disrespect a poem you wrote for their specific prompt? If you have less than 30 gold trophies, enter that poem here.

  by ea 700 points, ended October 12, 7 entries
• Because I really want to give you your twentieth GOLD!

  Only for people with under (20) golds.

  by ea 700 points, ended October 10, 5 entries In Quickie
• Flat White

  for all us doodlers and dabblers

  by ea 400 points, ended September 27, 5 entries
• Widow's Weeds

  the term is poetic so let it summon whatever it will for you.

  by ea 400 points, ended September 27, 10 entries
• Apple Pickin' Time

  New Apples theme extended here so if you were writing a new poem for my last contest, this is where it goes...

  by ea 700 points, ended September 24, 11 entries
• New Apples

  The first apples are in and i'm in the mood for anything to do with apples or apple trees. Two poems per poet/ one prewrite allowed.

  by ea 700 points, ended September 16, 21 entries In Feelings, Lotsa fun, Memories, Nature, Spiritual
• HEMA is a Dutch Department Store

  Going Dutch!

  by ea 700 points, ended September 21, 6 entries In Lotsa fun
• AUTOEROTICISM

  nuff said.

  by ea 600 points, ended September 13, 4 entries In Lotsa fun
• Now That's Italian!

  Back again with another hit from my new fave website: http://peopleofwalmart.com/

  by ea 400 points, ended September 8, 9 entries In Lotsa fun
• What goes on this shelf?

  Seriously, what could this possibly be for? This image comes from my new favorite website: http://peopleofwalmart.com/ Have fun!

  by ea 700 points, ended September 6, 15 entries In Lotsa fun
• Rowdy Girl

  photo prompt

  by ea 400 points, ended September 4, 6 entries In Lotsa fun
• Planning Your Funeral

  Tell me how you see it going down.

  by ea 700 points, ended September 1, 24 entries
• Come Glosa (using Federico Garcia Lorca's Ode to Salvador Dali)

  pick out one stanza from this poem and try out an easy old Spanish style...

  by ea 400 points, ended September 9, 12 entries In Glosa, Old spanish form, Victorian parlor game
• Found Cat!!!

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  by ea 700 points, ended September 2, 11 entries In Humor, Lotsa fun, Wild things
• Where Bad Vegetables Go

  Black Forest, Black Humor

  by ea 400 points, ended September 1, 12 entries In Black forest, Black humor
• Top Two

  This is a chance for you to review old work and to thematically get your poems together. The backgrounds of your collection of poems must match.

  by ea 400 points, ended August 3, 26 entries
• Best Four in a Series

  Change the backgrounds so that all four of your entries match. There should be a central theme. Winner will receive all four trophies!

  by ea 400 points, ended August 3, 23 entries
• Three of a Kind

  Enter three writes all on the same theme. This contest is to win, place and show. In other words, the winning collection of three will win gold, silver and bronze.

  by ea 400 points, ended August 2, 19 entries
• The Time You Heard Your Parents Doing It

  personal narratives, understated, satirical, serious, bewildered, shameful, squalid, traumatic, cozy?

  by ea 400 points, ended August 1, 4 entries In Angst, Dark, Funny, Lotsa fun, Love, Memories, Personal, Sad
• Shiftless

  Raymond Carver

  by ea 800 points, ended August 8, 9 entries
• Hot Plates in Flop Houses

  what the title says Think Raymond Carver...

  by ea 400 points, ended July 24, 8 entries In Bukowski, Carver, Jack, Who the hell else
• "And that's the way it is."

  Walter Cronkite

  by ea 400 points, ended August 1, 10 entries
• Ask Me How It Feels

  poem by Lucille Clifton prompt

  by ea 1500 points, ended July 20, 5 entries In Big points
• The Boy Who Stood on One Finger

  a Tribute to Michael McNamara

  by ea 1500 points, ended July 16, 7 entries In Americana, Big points, Children, Tribute
• Pasquino

  the talking statue of Rome.

  by ea 1500 points, ended July 1, 11 entries In Big points, Lotsa fun
• The Cult of the Tag

  How does it make you feel? Like the kid in class who didn't get a Valentine?

  by ea 1500 points, ended June 24, 5 entries In Big points
• And the Last Shall Be First

  unloading points here

  by ea 3500 points, ended June 18, 2 entries In Big points
• Their Finest Art

  in light of recent updates

  by ea 1500 points, ended June 21, 11 entries In Big points
• Durance en Provence

  French soap

  by ea 1200 points, ended June 19, 8 entries
• Black Swans

  The Black Swan, by Randall Jarrell When the swans turned my sister into a swan i would go to the lake, at night, from milking:

  by ea 700 points, ended June 17, 13 entries

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