Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
| CATEGORIES | for U.S. Writers |
| DEADLINE | 1st April 2010 Thursday |
| ENTRY FEE | Free |
| PRIZE | $ 1,500 |
Submission Period Entries accepted August 15, 2009-April 1, 2010 How to Submit Your Entry New simplified procedure! Just click here to submit your entry online. There is no fee to submit to the Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest. Poets of all nations may enter. Your poem must be in English (inspired gibberish also accepted). Please submit only one poem per year. Your poem may be of any length. Both published and unpublished work are welcome. Prizes First Prize of $1,500 and publication on WinningWriters.com Second Prize of $800 and publication on WinningWriters.com Third Prize of $400 and publication on WinningWriters.com Twelve honorable mentions will receive $75 each and publication on WinningWriters.com The winners and honorable mentions will also all receive official Winning Writers polo shirts. Announcement of Results The winner and honorable mentions of the ninth contest will be announced in our free email newsletter and on WinningWriters.com on August 15, 2010. Simultaneous Submission Allowed You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest and to other contests and publishers. Privacy We respect your privacy. Winning Writers does not rent customer or contestant information to third parties. Please click here for our full privacy policy. Copyright You retain the copyright to your submission. If you place as finalist or better, Winning Writers only requests permission to publish your work on WinningWriters.com, in our email publications and in our press releases. Any other use will be negotiated with you. Final Judge of the Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest - Jendi Reiter Ms. Reiter is the editor of Poetry Contest Insider, an online database of poetry contests published by Winning Writers. Her first book, A Talent for Sadness, was published in 2003 by Turning Point Books. Her poetry chapbook Swallow won the 2008 Flip Kelly Poetry Prize and was published in 2009 by Amsterdam Press. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The New Criterion, Mudfish, American Fiction, The Adirondack Review, The Broome Review, FULCRUM, Juked, The Sow's Ear Poetry Review, Clackamas Literary Review, Alligator Juniper, MARGIE: The American Journal of Poetry, Best American Poetry 1990 and many other publications. Awards include first prize in the Chapter One Promotions 2008 International Short Story Contest, first prize for poetry in Alligator Juniper's 2006 National Writing Contest, first prize in the 2007 Elizabeth Simpson Smith Award for a Short Story (Charlotte Writers' Club), two awards from the Poetry Society of America, and a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for poetry criticism. Visit her blog at www.jendireiter.com. About Winning Writers Winning Writers finds and creates quality resources for poets and writers. Our expert online poetry contest guide, Poetry Contest Insider, profiles over 750 poetry contests. We directly sponsor the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest and the War Poetry Contest. We also assist the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest, the Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse and the Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest. Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2009) and a recipient of the Truly Useful Site Award (Preditors & Editors, March 2006). http://www.winningwriters.com/ http://www.winningwriters.com/contests/wergle/we_guidelines.php Click on the link above and go to the contest official site |
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| Submitter | admin |
| Last Modified | 12th February 2010 Friday |
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