Congratulations to the winners of the Poetry.com April 2024 monthly contest. There were 150 poems submitted to the contest — thank you to everyone who entered and participated!
hi so I received a few votes for my piece, but only one showed up when the results of the competition were posted. I received more votes than the winner of the competition did, and id like to know what happened? was i supposed to approve the votes or something? i noticed that 1st and 2nd place each got 2 votes, while 3rd place got 4?? how does this competitions voting system work?more »
The stars scorings on your poem page represent votes made by members after the contest concluded, they are not the official contest votes. Contest votes are those received during the contest voting period, and winners are notified via email for every contest vote received. Your poem received two contest votes, unfortunately falling short of placing among the winners this time.
For the full contest rules and guidelines, please visit: https://www.poetry.com/contest Wishing you the best of luck in our upcoming contests!more »
awesome, thank you so much! I wasn't expecting to receive any votes, so the fact that I got some makes me a winner in my book! I'm trying to build the courage to put my work out there, so this little encouragement has been more than I could of asked for! thank you for your time and understanding. This time next month.. I'll have a mug with my name on it!! Lolmore »
The contest is officially underway, and nominations are now open for reading and voting. An email containing voting instructions has been sent to all nominees. Best of luck to all participants!
Can’t wait to read everyone’s poems! It’s fun to see all the different styles of writing. There’s no right way to write a poem and no one should be judged for the way they choose to present theirs.
So far on 26th total of 114 poems competing. Have done this several times in the past. Stunned by the strangeness and low quality of many of the winning entries. Is there something other than quality cadence detail of description or adventure or humour to it all? And Haiku is usually unworthy of attention or time. Sorry. Doug Blair of Kitchener ON.more »
Respectfully and sincerely: I think the key is to remember that you’re reading poems that are being put forth in the style of that given poet. You may or may not like that style, but it doesn’t mean—just because of your preference—that that poem isn’t a good poem. Otherwise, why would those winning poem (that you deem inferior) be winning?more »
I can say that just because the name of the poem isn't pleasing doesn't mean it's not meaningful I have written a few here but had to create a new profile and everything I have written is when I'm going through major life altering things One poem I wrote so many didn't like the name which was bang bang but went deep into veitnam veteransmore »
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