PST Contests

Monthly Contests (Deadline: 15th of preceding month)

Annual Contests (2026 Contest Brochure – hot off the presses!)
UPDATE 2/17/2026: There was an error in Contest #65 – the topic should have been “a pilot or pilots”. This has been corrected. on closer review, a number of small errors appear to have crept in, so I’m going to pull the brochure for a few days while those are corrected. If you grabbed a copy of the brochure prior to 2/17/2026, please keep an eye out here for another update when it is reposted. Our apologies for the ovesight.

Annual Student Contests (2025 Winners Announced!)

Catherine Case Lubbe Manuscript Contest (Current contest deadline has passed.)

The William D. Barney Memorial Chapbook Contest (Submission period: January 1st to March 1st, 2026)

Guidelines for Judging PST Poetry Competitions

NFSPS Contests

NFSPS 2025 Barbara Stevens Poetry Book Manuscript Competition (Current contest deadline has passed.)

NFSPS Manningham Trust Student Poetry Contest (Current contest deadline has passed.)

NFSPS 36th Annual College Undergraduate Poetry Contest (Submission period: December 1, 2025 – January 31, 2026)

BlackBerry Peach Spoken and Written Word Contest (Submission period: January 1 – March 15, 2026)

Annual NFSPS Poetry Contests (Submission period: January 1 – March 15)