We are accepting submissions for our very first poetry contest.
Entry Guidelines
Deadline
August 26, 2025
Anyone is welcome to submit
- Email your submissions in a Word/PDF document to [email protected] with the subject line “First Light Fall 2025 Poetry Contest”
- Entry fee is $5 for up to three poems. $3 for each additional poem. Send your payment using Paypal to [email protected].
Do not
- include your name in the document containing your poems
Do
- give each poem a title if it has one. If no title is provided, we will use the first line of the poem as its title
- include your full name or preferred pseudonym in the body of the email
- include a brief biography (2 – 3 lines) that will be included with your poem if selected for publication
Prizes
- Cash prize of $50 for the First Place winner
- Second and Third place winners will receive (TBD)
- Ten additional poems will be selected as Honorable Mentions
- All 13 selections will be eligible for publication in the forthcoming Fall issue of First Light, our soon-to-be biannual poetry journal
Results
- Results will be available in the first week of October
- Authors of winning entries will be notified by email
- All 13 selections will be eligible for publication in the forthcoming Fall issue of First Light, our soon-to-be biannual poetry journal
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