California State Poetry Society Monthly Contest: July
CSPS Monthly contests are open to all poets, whether or not they are members of the CSPS. Reading fees are $1.50 per poem with a $3.00 minimum for members and $3.00 per poem with a $6.00 minimum for non-members. Entries must be submitted through this website, our blogsite, or postmarked during the month of the contest in which they are entered.
All contests are judged by Alice Pero, the CSPS Monthly Contest Chair and Judge. The 1st place winner each month receives half of the prize pool for pools less than $100. For pools of $100 or more, the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners receive $50, $10 and $5, respectively. There are no exceptions to the prize disbursement rules. The monthly contest winners are announced on this website as they are awarded and all of the winners for the year are listed in the first CSPS Newsbriefs of the following year. The 1st-prize winners are also published in the CSPS Poetry Letter.
The current monthly contest topics for July are: Childhood, Memoirs
Deadline: July 31, 2022.