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.
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Poetry World Cup 2026 – January 2026
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Newest Publications:
See the Canada page: New dedicated publications for every province and territory in Canada.
Ireland Poetry Magazine
Northern Ireland Poetry Magazine
Scotland Poetry Magazine
Contests are listed first, then publications.
Wax Poetry and Art Magazine Contests
The following contests close on May 14th, 2026, with the winners to be published on September 15th, 2026. These are all international contests open to every region on Earth.
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.
Geographical Grouping of Publications
Some publications accept submissions from everyone, while others have a regional or topical focus.
Use these geographically sorted lists to help narrow your search.
Scroll down the page to see the alphabetical list of publications.
Africa
Australia & New Zealand
Canada
China & Taiwan
Europe
India
South America & Caribbean
United States
International
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.
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.
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 and other regions of Oceania except for New Zealand.
Persons from New Zealand may submit to New Zealand Poetry Magazine, see below.
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 Western Canada and the Territories.
This includes the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba and the Territories of Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.
California Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Western United States.
This includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
Canada Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Canada.
Caribbean Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.
Chicago Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in the Midwestern United States.
This includes the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
China Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau.
Dublin Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Edinburgh Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Scotland.
Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in North and South America.
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.
India Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in India.
Ireland Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ireland.
London Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in a current or former Commonwealth nation.
Manitoba Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Manitoba, Canada.
Montreal Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from residents of Quebec and from bilingual and multilingual people living all over the world.
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 Zealand Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in New Zealand and other regions in Oceania except for Australia.
Persons in Australia may submit to Australia Poetry Magazine, see above.
Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Nigeria.
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 the Northeastern United States.
This includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
Ontario Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Ontario, Canada.
Ottawa Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in a National Capital Region in any country in the world.
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.
San Francisco Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in California.
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 the Southern United States.
This includes the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Toronto Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Eastern Canada.
This includes the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
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 the Pacific Northwest.
This includes Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington in the United States, and British Columbia and the Yukon in Canada.
Vancouver Island Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Wales Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Wales.
Wax International
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Wax Poetry and Art Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone.
Yukon Poetry Magazine
Accepts poetry submissions from everyone living in Yukon, Canada.
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