Creative Writing Contests

POETRY CONTEST FOR ROMANCE WRITERS

  ROMANTIC POETS: 

Romance Poetry Contest

Inamorata Romance Books (an imprint of Stony Meadow Publishing) is sponsoring it's first romantic poetry contest. The contest is open to all writers, whether published or unpublished, and we are looking forward to reading some great short romantic poetry!

LIST OF RULES FOR SUBMISSION:

• All poems must be submitted by the author holding the copyright. (If your short story is not copyrighted, don't worry. Copyright laws protect your work from the moment you started writing it.)

• THIS IS A MONTHLY CONTEST!

• Contest Deadlines: The 1st of every month for the following month's contest.

• Your romantic poem must be previously unpublished in print format. (Online publication is okay as long as you hold the copyright and are not bound by exclusivity to any person, party or website.)

• By submitting your romantic poem, you are authorizing us to reprint the poem on one or more of our websites. These sisters websites include (but are not limited to) the following: www.StonyMeadowPublishing.com, www.WritersEdgeBook.com and/or www.InamorataRomanceBooks.com. You also give Stony Meadow Publishing and Inamorata Romance Books First North American Serial Rights if we decide to publish your poem in an anthology series. (Check here for more information on copyrights.) All other rights remain yours. We only desire single time use rights.

• Submitted romantic poems can be of any length or romantic style.

• Once again, all poems need to be romance oriented.

• Please submit no more than two poems per monthly contest.

• You may withdraw your poem from consideration at any point, but this request must be made in writing.

• Winners will be notified within 30 days of the contest's end.

• Submit all entries via e-mail to StonyMeadowPublishing@gmail.com. You can either copy your poem into the e-mail of send it as an attachment in either in Word (.doc) format or (.rtf) rich text format.

• Include your name, address and e-mail address.

• Please use a serif type to format your short story. (i.e. Times Roman, Georgia, Courier).

Monthly Prize is as follows:

• Monthly Winner: $5 and e-publication as the winning entry in the current month's contest. (Monthly winners may also be considered for eventual inclusion in an upcoming Anthology of Romantic Poetry Collection.)

All prize money will be awarded within 30 days of each contest end.

Please send all entires, questions and inquiries to StonyMeadowPublishing@gmail.com. We will also accept questions and queries by snail mail (Stony Meadow Publishing, 1690 Dunn Avenue #619, Daytona Beach, FL 32114), but all manuscripts must be in either .doc or rich text format.

DEADLINE: The First of Every Month