You can also elect to publish your content and allow others to read it while it is being judged. This does not impact your chances of winning. You can keep any of your entries private if you only want the contest judge to read the submission. To edit your entry, login to Booksie, go to your Portfolio, click on the title of the entry, and then choose the Content sub-tab.Ĭan I keep my entry private and does that hurt my chances of winning? Yes, you can edit your entry up until the contest deadline. If you are not a member, you can easily become one as part of the entry process. Yes, you must be a Booksie member but membership is free. Yes, you can enter an unlimited number of poemsĭo I have to be a member of Booksie to enter? Any profit derived from the contest fees will be donated to the literacy non-profit Reading is Fundamental. This covers administrative costs, judging fees, marketing, and prize awards. There is a fee of $6.95 per entry ($3.50 for Premium members). Writers may submit as many entries as they like. Winner round: One grand prize winner and two runners-up will be chosen by the Booksie Editorial team from the six finalists approximately two weeks after the Finalist Round is announced. The exact timing will depend on how many contest entries are submitted and need to be judged. The names of the six finalists will be announced approximately eight weeks after the contest has closed. Two runners-up (Booksie Silver Poet Laureates).įinalist round: We will select six finalists.

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Grand prize winner (Booksie Gold Poet Laureate).

You may submit as many entries as you like. We're looking for poems that say something and make a reader sit up and think. The poetry can be of any type, length, or content, but it must be your own. The poetry can be serious or whimsical, fact or fiction, but it should strike a chord that makes us sit up and take notice. Get your poems out and submit them to the contest. Booksie is looking to crown its 2023 Poet Laureate.

Screaming in the Silence by Lydia Kelly