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January 15th, 2026
Wax Poetry and Art presents a network of contests and poetry magazines designed to scour the Earth for excellent poems in the English language. This also includes special opportunities for haiku, spoken word, and young poets.
You will also find opportunities to submit visual art, photography, playwriting, and fiction. Serious poets and artists from all walks of life and every level of experience are invited to submit. Scroll down to see all opportunities. Any questions, please email info@waxpoetryart.com.
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Poetry World Cup 2026 – January 2026
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(including haiku
and spoken word),
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play,
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submission opportunities.
Experience the thrills of the Weekly Poems Contest.
Contests are listed first, then publications. You can find all opportunities by scrolling down this page. To refine your search, click to view contests and geographically-grouped publications on separate webpages.
Wax Poetry and Art Magazine Contests
The following contests are open all year, divided into three submission periods with three cutoff dates – January 14th, May 14th, and September 14th.
Poetry Contest
– Submissions are open to everyone.
Over 50 Poetry Contest
– Submissions are open to all persons over 50 years of age.
25 to 50 Poetry Contest
– Submissions are open to all persons 25 to 50 years of age.
Under 25 Poetry Contest
– Submissions are open to all persons under 25 years of age.
Rhyming Poetry Contest
– Submissions of rhyming poems are open to everyone.
Socially Engaged Poetry Contest
– Submissions of socially engaged poems are open to everyone.
waxpoetryart.com Contests
To be published in the specified waxpoetryart.com publication.
Haiku Contest from
Haiku Imperium
– Submissions of haiku are open to everyone.
Spoken Word, Audio, and Video Poetry Contest from
SWAV Poetry
– Submissions of audio and audio visual poems are open to everyone.
Visual Art Contest from
Kirk Ramdath presents Visual Art
– Submissions of visual art are open to everyone.
Photography Contest from
Photographers from Earth
– Submissions of photography are open to everyone.
Short Plays Contest from
The Short Play's the Thing
– Submissions of short plays are open to everyone.
Flash Fiction Contest from
Flash Fiction Takeover
– Submissions of flash fiction are open to everyone.
Additional International Contests
These two poetry contests, Weekly Poems Contest and Young Poets Contest, "do their own thing" and are not cross-published into
Wax Poetry and Art Magazine.
Weekly Poems Contest
– Experience the thrills of the Weekly Poems Contest.
A weekly contest for brand new short poems.
Young Poets Contest
– A contest for poets 18 and under.
New publications, rules for promotion and relegation, and a new collection are coming soon. See the twelve Comet 2026 publications.
Publications in Alphabetical Order
Africa Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Africa.
Poetry Magazine of Alberta
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Alberta, Canada.
Poetry Magazine of the Americas
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Americas, outside of Canada and the United States.
Angela Poetry Magazine
Angela Poetry Magazine accepts poems that are curious, humorous, joyful, playful, and generally on the lighter side of life.
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone all over the world.
Arizona Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Arizona, United States.
Asia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Asia.
Atlantic Canada Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
Australia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Australia.
Axil Poetry and Art
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone under 25 years of age.
British Columbia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in British Columbia, Canada.
Bulgaria Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Bulgaria.
Calgary Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
California Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in California, United States.
Canada Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Canada.
Caribbean Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Caribbean.
Chicago Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living Chicago, Illinois, United States.
China Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
Commonwealth Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in a current or former Commonwealth nation.
Colorado Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Colorado, United States.
Dublin Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Dublin, Ireland.
Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Egypt Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Egypt.
Eleventh Transmission Eleventh Transmission publishes socially engaged poetry. Submissions accepted from everyone living all over the world.
England Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in England.
Europe Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Europe.
First Nations Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit Canadians; Native Americans;
and Indigenous people from around the world.
Florida Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Florida, United States.
France Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in France.
Georgia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Georgia, United States.
Ghana Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ghana.
Illinois Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Illinois, United States.
India Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in India.
Indiana Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Indiana, United States.
Indonesia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Indonesia.
Ireland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ireland.
Italy Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Italy.
Kenya Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Kenya.
London Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in London, England, United Kingdom.
Malawi Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Malawi.
Malaysia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Malaysia.
Manitoba Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Manitoba, Canada.
Maryland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Maryland, United States.
Massachusetts Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Massachusetts, United States.
Mexico Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Mexico.
Michigan Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Michigan, United States.
Minnesota Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Minnesota, United States.
Missouri Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Missouri, United States.
Montreal Poetry Magazine
Accepts submissions from everyone living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Netherlands Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Netherlands.
New Brunswick Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New Brunswick, Canada.
Newfoundland and Labrador Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
New Jersey Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New Jersey, United States.
New Zealand Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New Zealand.
New York Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New York State, United States.
Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Nigeria.
North Carolina Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in North Carolina, United States.
Northern Ireland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Northern Ireland.
Northwest Territories Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Northwest Territories, Canada.
Nova Scotia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Nova Scotia, Canada.
Nunavut Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Nunavut, Canada.
NYC Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New York City.
Oceania Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Oceania.
Ohio Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ohio, United States.
Ontario Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ontario, Canada.
Ottawa Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Pacific Northwest Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Pacific Northwest in USA and Canada.
Pakistan Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Pakistan.
Pennsylvania Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Pennsylvania, United States.
Philippines Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Philippines.
Poland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Poland.
Prince Edward Island Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Protest Poems
Publishes poems that speak truth to power and inspire us to keep fighting for a better world
Submissions are open to everyone living all over the world.
Quebec Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Quebec, Canada.
Romania Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Romania.
Russia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Russia.
San Francisco Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in San Francisco, California, United States.
Saskatchewan Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Saskatchewan, Canada.
Scotland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Scotland.
South Africa Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in South Africa.
Texas Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Texas, United States.
Thailand Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Thailand.
Toronto Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Uganda Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Uganda.
Ukraine Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ukraine.
United Kingdom Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the United Kingdom.
United States Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the United States of America.
Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Virginia Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Virginia, United States.
Wales Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Wales.
Washington Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Washington, United States.
Wax International
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Wax Poetry and Art Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Wisconsin Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Wisconsin, United States.
Yukon Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Yukon, Canada.
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