2023 WyoPoets Members-Only Contest
The WyoPoets Members-Only Contest is open!
Check out the details below:
The WyoPoets Members-Only Contest is open!
Check out the details below:
OPENS: January 1, 2023
POSTMARK DEADLINE: February 18, 2023
Eligibility: All WyoPoets members in good standing
are eligible to enter. Poets may join WyoPoets at
the time of submission by including $20.00 dues
with their contest fees.
Rules
• Any subject, any form. Limit 40 lines.
• Limit: Up to 3 poems only.
• Entry fee: $2 per poem. Make checks payable to WyoPoets
• Prizes: $50, $35, and $20 with certificates given for Honorable Mentions.
Submission Guidelines
• Deadline: Only poems that meet the February 18th postmark deadline will be considered.
No poems will be returned, so please keep your own copies.
• ENTRIES MUST CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES OR THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
• SEND ALL ENTRIES AND CHECKS (payable to WyoPoets) T0:
CONTEST ENTRY
John Roedel
218 West 7th Ave, Cheyenne, WY, 82001.
Do not send entries that require a signature upon receiving.
POSTMARK DEADLINE: February 18, 2023
Eligibility: All WyoPoets members in good standing
are eligible to enter. Poets may join WyoPoets at
the time of submission by including $20.00 dues
with their contest fees.
Rules
• Any subject, any form. Limit 40 lines.
• Limit: Up to 3 poems only.
• Entry fee: $2 per poem. Make checks payable to WyoPoets
• Prizes: $50, $35, and $20 with certificates given for Honorable Mentions.
Submission Guidelines
- Send two copies of each poem
- One copy with your name, address, phone number, and email address in the upper right-hand corner
- Once copy without identifying information
- Name the form, such as sonnet, free verse, haiku, in upper left-hand corner of both copies.
- No graphics with any poem.
• Deadline: Only poems that meet the February 18th postmark deadline will be considered.
No poems will be returned, so please keep your own copies.
• ENTRIES MUST CONFORM TO THESE GUIDELINES OR THEY WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.
• SEND ALL ENTRIES AND CHECKS (payable to WyoPoets) T0:
CONTEST ENTRY
John Roedel
218 West 7th Ave, Cheyenne, WY, 82001.
Do not send entries that require a signature upon receiving.
2021 WyoPoets Members-Only Contest Winners
First Place: Mandie Hines for “Revelation of a Murmuration”
Second Place: Rose Hill for “Camp Weather”
Third Place: Art Elser for “The Ancient Call of Sandhill Cranes”
Honorable Mentions:
Carol L. Deering for “Grief”
Phil Flott for “Roller Skater”
Renee Meador for “Astrolabe”
Kathleen Smith for “Drought”
Eowyn Vesper for “Howling at the Moon”
Eowyn Vesper for “Rainbow Trout Symphony”
We are very pleased that Veronica Golos, the esteemed New Mexico poet and author, was our contest judge. Veronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: A Bell Buried Deep (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize), Vocabulary of Silence (2011 New Mexico Book Award), Rootwork, and GIRL (Naji Naaman Honor Prize for Poetry.) She is the co-founding editor of the Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.
Second Place: Rose Hill for “Camp Weather”
Third Place: Art Elser for “The Ancient Call of Sandhill Cranes”
Honorable Mentions:
Carol L. Deering for “Grief”
Phil Flott for “Roller Skater”
Renee Meador for “Astrolabe”
Kathleen Smith for “Drought”
Eowyn Vesper for “Howling at the Moon”
Eowyn Vesper for “Rainbow Trout Symphony”
We are very pleased that Veronica Golos, the esteemed New Mexico poet and author, was our contest judge. Veronica Golos is the author of four poetry books: A Bell Buried Deep (Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize), Vocabulary of Silence (2011 New Mexico Book Award), Rootwork, and GIRL (Naji Naaman Honor Prize for Poetry.) She is the co-founding editor of the Taos Journal of International Poetry & Art. She lives in Taos, New Mexico.
