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Wax Poetry and Art presents the poetic breath of humanity. Contests can be entered for free, and submissions in English are welcome from everywhere on Earth.

Wax Poetry and Art free poetry and art contests and publishes the winners, including the World's Best Poem.

11/13/2025

ATTN Flash Fiction writers!

Flash Fiction Contest
from Flash Fiction Takeover

(non-paying, 250 words)

Flash Fiction Takeover invites all fiction writers in all genres from around the world to submit to the Flash Fiction Contest. Literary, mystery, science fiction, action, western – whatever your style, submit your work here. Micro fiction, postcard stories, short stories, or very short stories – whatever you call flash fiction, submit them here.

Serious writers from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to submit to this free international contest for flash fiction up to 250 words in length.

Flash Fiction Takeover is an international network of fiction magazines and the home of the Flash Fiction World Cup. Read guidelines for the Flash Fiction Contest.

11/11/2025

Weekly Poems Contest #20 is open!

Poets around the world are invited to write a brand new poem (20 lines or less) and submit by Saturday, November 15th, for publication on Sunday, November 16th!

Experience the thrills of the Weekly Poems Contest. Non-paying. Read guidelines to submit.

Weekly Poems is home of the poetic concept of the weeklypoem, a short poem written, edited, and submitted or published within seven days. Read submission guidelines on this page.

11/09/2025

I see the ferry lights slip past my window,
like your breath across my skin – brief, electric.

From "Return With the Tide", poem by Theresa Shaw from New Zealand. Read the full poem on the website.

https://waxpoetryart.com/weekly/library/2025/019-theresashaw.html

https://waxpoetryart.com/weekly/library/2025/019-theresashaw.html

Weekly Poems #19, 'Return With the Tide' by Theresa Shaw, poet from Wellington, New Zealand.

11/09/2025

Attn AURAL POETS!!

Spoken Word, Audio, and Video (SWAV) Poetry Contest

SWAV Poetry invites everyone on Earth to participate in the Spoken Word, Audio, and Video (SWAV) Poetry Contest. All poets, all styles.

Serious poets from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to submit to this free international poetry contest. All styles of poetry and all topics are welcome.

SWAV Poetry recognizes that poetry originated in the oral tradition. Nowadays, at poetry open mics, poetry readings and performances, poetry slams, and in online audio and video, the aural performance of poems is a way that people connect deeply with poetry. The SWAV Poetry Contest showcases poets striving to connect with their audience using spoken word, audio, and video poetry.

Non-paying. Read guidelines to submit.

SWAV Poetry is an international network of poetry magazines for spoken word, audio, and video poetry, and the home of the SWAV Poetry World Cup. Presenting the SWAV Poetry Contest. Read submission guidelines on this page.

11/06/2025

Attn POETS EVERYWHERE!

Socially Engaged Poetry Contest

Wax Poetry and Art invites everyone to submit to the Socially Engaged Poetry Contest.

Submit poetry that explores challenges facing humanity, other living creatures, and the planet Earth. Submissions are open to everyone living everywhere. All poets, all styles.

Non-paying. Qualifies for the Poetry World Cup. Read guidelines to submit.

Wax Poetry and Art's Socially Engaged Poetry Contest is open to submissions from everyone on Earth. Follow the guidelines to submit.

11/05/2025

Photography Contest
from Photographers from Earth.

Serious photographers from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to submit to this free international photo contest. Professional, amateur, travel, landscape, portrait, photojournalism, artistic, realist, animals, nature, still life, abstract, and other – all genres and photographers are welcome. Please note, this is a non-paying contest.

All published photo submissions qualify for the Photography World Cup, a new competition idea based on the Poetry World Cup. Read guidelines to submit. Submit three photos.

Photographers from Earth is a network of international magazines for photographers around the world and the home of the Photography World Cup. Read guidelines for the Photography Contest. Read submission guidelines on this page.

11/04/2025

CALLING ALL POETS!

Weekly Poems Contest #19 is OPEN.

Write a brand new poem 20 lines or less and submit by Saturday, November 8th, for publication on Sunday, November 9th!

Experience the thrills of the Weekly Poems Contest. Add a poem to your body of work and to the universe.

Non-paying, but qualifies for some annual prizes. Read the submission guidelines to participate.

Weekly Poems is home of the poetic concept of the weeklypoem, a short poem written, edited, and submitted or published within seven days. Read submission guidelines on this page.

11/02/2025

Sincerity
Poem by Ethan McNew

Not many people really know what happens out here in the dark,
Where the roads are empty and
The great oaks stretch impossibly as you speed by

Excerpt shown. Read the full poem in Weekly Poems.

Weekly Poems #18, 'Sincerity' by Ethan McNew, poet from Dallas, Texas, United States.

10/30/2025

Attn ARTISTS!

Visual Art Contest

KRP Visual Art invites everyone on Earth to participate in the Visual Art Contest. All artists, all styles.

Serious artists from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to submit to this free international visual art contest. Drawing, painting, sculpture, digital art, mixed media, and other – all mediums and genres are welcome.

Submit three images by January 14th, 2026. Non-paying. Qualifies for the Visual Art World Cup. Read guidelines to submit.

Kirk Ramdath presents Visual Art is a network of international visual art magazines for artists around the world and the home of the Visual Art World Cup. Read submission guidelines for the Visual Art Contest.

10/26/2025

Winner: Weekly Poems Contest #17

"After the Light Left"
by Susan Sim

Read this impactful poem by Nunavut poet, Susan Sim.

Weekly Poems #17, 'After the Light Left' by Susan Sim, poet from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada.

10/26/2025

Calling all Poets!

Experience the THRILLS of the Weekly Poems Contest.

Write a BRAND NEW POEM. Submit by SATURDAY for publication on SUNDAY.

All the highs and lows of writing and submitting poetry are wrapped up in one neat contest for poems 20 lines of text or less.

Non-paying, but qualify for the Weekly Poem Pennant and the Readers Choice Festival. Read guidelines to submit.

Have fun and write poetry!

Weekly Poems is home of the poetic concept of the weeklypoem, a short poem written, edited, and submitted or published within seven days. Read submission guidelines on this page.

10/24/2025

Attn HAIKU lovers!

The Haiku Contest

Haiku Imperium invites everyone on Earth to participate in the Haiku Contest. (This Haiku Contest was previously hosted by Wax Poetry and Art).

Haiku Imperium welcomes submissions of traditional and non-traditional haiku. All topics are welcome as long as the 5/7/5 syllable format is used.

Serious poets from all backgrounds and levels of experience are invited to submit to this free international poetry contest.

Non-paying. Read guidelines to submit. Submissions close January 14th, 2026 for publication on May 15th, 2026.

Haiku Imperium is an international network of haiku magazines and the home of the Haiku World Cup. Presenting the Haiku Contest.

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