Our Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest. $3,750 in prizes. No fee.
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Deadline April 1 (must be received by this date). Neutral free contest gives prizes up to $500 and online publicity for full-length poetry collections that were published or self-published in the previous calendar year. Contest sponsor Woodrow Hall Editions is a project of Poetry Jumps Off the Shelf, a Wisconsin-based literary organization founded in 2004.
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Published: December 9, 2024
Prizes: $3,750
Deadline: Apr 1, 2025
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