2025-2026 Very Small Verse contest

Cold Moon Contests: Very Small Verse contest submission form

Use this form to submit one or more poems to the Very Small Verse contest!
Deadline: January 20, 2026

The winning poems will be designed as either a t-shirt or tote bag, as well as published in the 2025 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection and published on Poets.ca with audio. The winning poet will receive a $300 cash prize.
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Very Small Verse contest submissions
The Very Small Verse Contest invites and challenges poets to submit a poem at least six (6) words in length but no more than two hundred (200) characters, excluding spaces and titles.

The winner will receive $300, publication in the 2026 Poem In Your Pocket Day Booklet, as well as have their poem designed and printed on a T-Shirt or tote bag.

Submissions guidelines:
- Poems must be previously unpublished and at least 6 words in length to a maximum of 200 characters
- You may submit one poem per submission/submission fee.
- Fees are $2.50 for League members and $5 for non-members.
- You may submit multiple times, but please note the submission fee applies to each submission
- Eligible to Canadian poets and poets living and working in Canada
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If submitting multiple poems, please upload each poem as a separate document.

Please save the file(s) with the title of your poem, and do not include your name or email address anywhere in the document(s).
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Select the number of poems you have submitted per contest, whether you are a League member or non-member, and complete your submission with payment. Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S+, and disabled poets are welcome to use the coupon code IDEA2024 for 50% off submission fees.

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Cold Moon Contests: Very Small Verse contest submission form

Very Small Verse contest submissions

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