Please submit once during August 15, 2018-April 1, 2019.

Prizes:

First Prize: $1,000 plus a one-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $50 value)
Second Prize: $250
Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each
Top 12 entries published online
Enter via Submittable

No fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer Ledoux. Length limit: 250 lines maximum. No restrictions on age or country. Click the Submittable button below for full details. Read the winning poems from our 17th contest. The results of our 18th contest will be announced on August 15, 2019.

Submit one humor poem, up to 250 lines. First prize of $1,000 plus a one-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $50 value). Second prize of $250. Ten Honorable Mentions will receive $100 each. The top 12 entries will be published online. There is no fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer Ledoux.

In addition to English, your poem may contain inspired gibberish. You may submit published or unpublished work. Please omit your name from your entries. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy, hard-to-read fonts.

Please submit only one poem to this contest.