An annual contest for poems in any style, theme or genre.
The Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest is sponsored by Tom Howard Books. Submit poems in any style, theme or genre.
First prize: $3,000. Second prize: $1,000. Third prize: $400. Fourth prize: $250. Bonus prize for humorous verse: $250. There will also be six Most Highly Commended Awards of $150 each. The top 11 entries will be published on the Winning Writers website (over one million page views per year) and announced in Tom Howard Contest News and the Winning Writers Newsletter, a combined audience of over 40,000 readers.
Deadline: September 30.
http://winningwriters.com/contests/tompoetry/tp_guidelines.php
From the Guidelines
Submit poems on any theme, up to 250 lines each. We will award the Tom Howard Prize of $3,500 for a poem in any style or genre, and the Margaret Reid Prize of $3,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. Ten Honorable Mentions will receive $500 each (any style). The top 12 entries will be published online. This contest is proudly co-sponsored by Duotrope, which will award two-year gift certificates to the top two winners, a $100 value.
You may submit published or unpublished work. Each submission may contain up to three poems. You may make multiple submissions. Please omit your name from your entries. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy, hard-to-read fonts. No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions).
For the purpose of the Margaret Reid Prize, a poem in a traditional style employs regular meter and/or rhyme, or is written in a recognized poetic form. This includes traditional Western forms such as ballads, sonnets, and blank verse, Asian forms such as tanka and haiku, and other traditional forms.
Use of AI: You may solicit feedback on your poems from an AI. However, if your poems quote text generated by an AI, you must disclose this in your submission.