Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest 2026-2027 (no fee)
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Submit one humor poem, up to 250 lines. There is no fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer. Sponsored by Winning Writers, co-sponsored by Duotrope and Chill Subs.
- First Prize: $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from Duotrope (a $100 value) and five years of Chill Subs' Best plan (a $1,000 value)
- Second Prize: $750 plus two years of Chill Subs' Best plan (a $400 value)
- Third Prize: $350 plus two years of Chill Subs' Best plan (a $400 value)
- Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $200 each plus one year of Chill Subs' Best plan (a $200 value)
- Top 13 entries published online
No restriction on age of author. All countries eligible except Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions). Your poem should be in English. Also accepted: inspired gibberish; cartoons that incorporate a humor poem. You may submit published or unpublished work. Please omit your name from your entry. We prefer 12-point type or larger. Please avoid fancy, hard-to-read fonts.
Please submit only one poem to this contest.
Any writing that you submit to a Winning Writers contest must be composed using your own words, and may not contain any AI-generated text. The text, narrative voice, characterization, and imagery must come entirely from the writer. Any use of AI in the creation of your entry must be specifically described at the time of submission.
Writers may consult AI to find grammatical and technical errors, or to point out passages in a first draft that need clarification or rearranging, but may not use generative AI to rewrite those passages. AI should do no more for you than a human beta-reader or a style manual would do.
AI guidelines inspired by Columbia Fiction Foundry