Category: Contest

Annual Children’s Poetry Contest We are now accepting submissions for our very first annual Children’s Poetry Contest. Deadline: August 26. See entry guidelines below. Meet Contest Judge, Maryam Chida Maryam Chida works in the children’s department at a public library. She also serves as the Chief Editor at Starboard Press, perusing submissions and improving the…

Deadline: August 26, 2025; Entry Fee: $5 for up to three poems, $3 for each additional poem; Cash prize for winner. Publication in First Light Fall 2025 Issue for all winners.