[Crwt-undergrad-info] The Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association

[Allison Hedge Coke]

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2024 winning poems! here <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/24contest.html>
*Our contest is intended to raise funds for SFPA, as well as to draw more
attention to speculative poetry and reward writers of good speculative
poems. An *eligibility survey
<https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/15survey.html>* was taken following the
2015 contest.*

Contest Update:

*The 2024 Contest winners have now been announced. Congratulations to the
winners!*

[image: contest qr]The 2025 SFPA Speculative Poetry Contest will open for
entries on *June 1*, 2025. The deadline will be *August 31*.[image: Best
Writing Contests of 2022, recommended by Reedsy]
<https://blog.reedsy.com/writing-contests/>

Contest Rules: The SFPA speculative poetry contest is open to all poets,
including non-SFPA-members. Prizes will be awarded for best unpublished
poem in 3 categories: Dwarf (poems 1–10 lines [prose poems 0–100 words]);
Short (11–49 lines [prose poems 101–499 words]); Long (50 lines and more
[prose 500 words and up]). Line count does not include title or stanza
breaks. All sub-genres of speculative poetry allowed in any form. Entries
are read blind; friends/family/students of the judge may not enter.

Prizes: In each category (Dwarf, Short, Long): $150 First Prize, $75 Second
Prize, $25 Third Prize. Publication on the SFPA website for first through
third places.

2025 Judge: TBA

2025 Contest Chair: TBA

Submission guidelines:

   - *The 2025 contest will open June 1. The deadline will be August 31*. A
   submission link will be provided below when the contest is open.
   - Unpublished poems only. Per SFPA's Statement on AI
   <https://www.sfpoetry.com/ai-statement.html>, *the submission of AI
   generated poetry is prohibited.*
   - Author retains all rights, except that first through third place
   winners will be published on our website.
   - Enter as many poems as you like, but an entry fee of $3 per poem must
   be paid via PayPal at entry (credit card can be used without a PayPal
   account, and those unable to use PayPal may mail a check). Simultaneous
   submissions are permitted, but must be immediately withdrawn if accepted
   elsewhere.
   - Entries will be read anonymously. Please do not include any
   identifying information in the file (file name can be anything); enter your
   name only in the form. The form can take a submission with multiple poems
   in the same category (dwarf, short, or long). Use a separate documents to
   submit poems from different categories. .rtf preferred.

Confirmation of receipt of your submission should follow within 3 days.
Announcement of winners will be posted on the SFPA website.

Previous SFPA Contests
2023 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/23contest.html>
2022 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/22contest.html>
2021 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/21contest.html>
2020 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/20contest.html>
2019 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/19contest.html>
2018 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/18contest.html>
2017 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/17contest.html>
2016 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/16contest.html>
2015 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/15contest.html>
2014 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/14contest.html>
2013 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/13contest.html>
2012 winning poems <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/12contest.html>
2010 New Poets Contest <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/10contest.html>:
*Ekphrasis*
2008 Poetry Contest <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/08contest.html>:
*Energy*
2007 Poetry Contest <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/07contest.html>:
*Sonnets*
2006 Poetry Contest <https://www.sfpoetry.com/contests/06contest.html> SFPA
has published anthologies of past selected contest poems.

[image: 2008 SFPA Energy contest anthology]

[image: 2007 SFPA sonnet contest anthology]
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