The contest is organized by Winning Writers located in Western Massachusetts, United States of America. Now in its 24th year, this contest seeks today’s best humor poems. Authors from all countries eligible except Syria, Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). There is no age limit.

You may submit one humor poem, in English. Your poem should not exceed 250 lines in length.

You may submit published or unpublished work.

The competition is free to enter.

Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer.

We are keen to encourage quality, so suggest writers to check their stories before submitting using Prowritingaid. They have free and paid versions and are the best writing software we know to help improve grammar, readability and check for repetition, ‘sticky’ sentences and suggest alternatives.