Contests

UTSPS 2025 Annual Poetry Contest

The contest rules and guidelines for the 2025 UTSPS annual poetry contest are available in this PDF file. It includes the details for the 36 categories, rules, and instructions on how to submit. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2025, postmarked.

UTSPS 2024 Annual Poetry Contest

The UTSPS 2024 poetry contest winners are available as a PDF download here. The contest rules and guidelines for the 2024 UTSPS annual poetry contest are available on this PDF file. It includes the details for the 38 categories, rules, and instructions on how to submit. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2024, postmarked.

UTSPS 2023 Annual Poetry Contest

The UTSPS 2023 poetry contest winners are available as a PDF download here. The contest rules and guidelines for the 2023 UTSPS annual poetry contest are available on this PDF file.

UTSPS 2022 Annual Contest

The UTSPS 2022 poetry contest winners and honorable mentions are available as a PDF download: UTSPS_2022_Winners_List.pdf. The contest rules for the 2022 UTSPS annual contest are available on this PDF download: UTSPS_2022_Guidelines.pdf. It includes the details for the 40 categories, rules, and instructions on how to submit. Deadline for submissions was Feb 1st postmarked or emailed.

UTSPS 2021 Annual Contest

The UTSPS 2021 poetry contest winners and honorable mentions are now available as a PDF download: UTSPS_2021_Winners_List.pdfUTSPS 2021 Guidelines.pdf included 21 categories open to all poets while 15 were for UTSPS members only. This PDF contains details on contest categories, rules, and how to submit (deadline for submissions was Feb 1st postmark or emailed).

Chaparral Poetry Contest

Sponsored by UTSPS’ chapters, Redrock Writers and Dixie Poets, both of St. George, Utah. Entries for the 2022 Chaparral Poetry Adult Contest must be postmarked September 1 through December 1, 2022.

National Federation of State Poetry Societies

See the NFSPS Website’s Contest page for current contests.