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October 2026 Poetry Competition
Accepting SubmissionsSubmission Deadline
October 20, 2026 at 23:59 PM
Voting Deadline
October 31, 2026 at 23:59 PM
Submitted Poems
WHAT MORE CAN I DO?!?!
by Marie Bare · Oct 02, 2026
Blue, half sparkly bead, on the seventh stair of the studio stairs. I freeze, right foot in the air. It’s the…
Single Tears Down My Left Cheek
by Marie Bare · Oct 06, 2026
“Are you okay?” No. My best friend of 13 weeks has refused to talk to me, refused to look at me, refused to watch me…
Blood Pouring
by Marie Bare · Oct 07, 2026
I can picture her on her grey carpet floor in her 11x10 bedroom. I see her body, cold to the touch. She’s in h…
Paralyzed
by Marie Bare · Oct 08, 2026
I’m struggling to stand on my own two legs. I’m struggling to spell the word “me” as it’s been the only thing I’ve …
40 Years Late
by Daniel Poland · Oct 06, 2026
I'm a big proponent of Rowe v/s Wade I want to be aborted but I'm 40 years late Time seems to stand still, but it nev…
Here's my story..as a Stand-out..
by Stephanie Rice · Oct 08, 2026
The kind heart girl that everyone knows But only in public is when the kindness shows She's burnt out, eyes heavy, sh…
The Grass When Never Greener
by Ava Ramirez · Oct 09, 2026
The Grass Was Never Greener They told me “the grass is greener on the other side” But what side? I searched for…
Five. Four. Three. Two. One.
by Marie Bare · Oct 09, 2026
My pink, almost velvet pajamas that I haven’t washed in two weeks. My different-shaded blue comb that I’ve used to scr…
A Child by the Stone
by Leyla Melis Çetin · Oct 09, 2026
My father, in his checkered shirt and striped trousers, sits every morning upon the same warm stone beside the narrow…
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
by T. Walker · Oct 11, 2026
Who will you be today? What will you decide? The good doctor, kind, sweet and fair. The other man careless and unaw…
INSIDE ME
by Rameshwar Yadav · Oct 08, 2026
INSIDE ME Not Just in My Heart, but Within My Soul Sometimes, someone enters our life who does not simply become a…
Past Competitions
September 2026 Poetry Competition
September 2026
Winner:
i’m the problem.
by Marie Bare
August 2026 Poetry Competition
August 2026
Winner:
No Longer Home, but Rather Belonging
by Marie Bare
July 2026 Poetry Competition
July 2026
Monthly poetry competition for July 2026.
Winner:
All Around
by Fatema Mohamed Abdelsamad
June 2026 Poetry Competition
June 2026
Monthly poetry competition for June 2026.
Winner:
Dr. Know-No
by Stephanie Maslin
May 2026 Poetry Competition
May 2026
Submit your poem for the May 2026 community competition. Voting is open through the end of the month.
Winner:
Jack
by Victoria Mort
March 2026 Poetry Competition
March 2026
The March 2026 Poetry Competition is part of the Alumniyat Poetry Community’s monthly literary events celebrating creat…
Winner:
Knock at my window
by Jo Webb
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