Short Stories Unlimited Poetry Competition

Competition Information

Short Stories Unlimited is open to poetry submissions as of 1st June, 2025.

Submission Guidelines

  • Open to international entries.
  • Poems must be entrants’ original work and previously unpublished, including self-published.
  • Open to poetry submissions, on the theme ‘fresh water’.
  • No page or line limit (within reason).

Entry fee: $5 per poem. Multiple entries are allowed, but will also require a $5 fee. Members of their mailing list may submit three poems for a single $5 entry fee (eg 3 for the price of 1).

Prizes:

  • 1st prize: $100 + publication. 2nd prize: $50 + publication. 3rd prize: $25.
  • Highly commended (two only) – $10 + publication. Commended (unlimited number) – publication only.
  • Prize-winning entries will be published in an end-of-competition anthology, and writers will receive a free copy of the ebook.

Deadline: July 31st, 2025.

All details, all submissions via their website.

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