These contests are only open to PRA members. To become a member, mail your annual dues to Rick Houston, Membership Coordinator.
CONTEST RULES:
1. Poems must be postmarked by the first Saturday of the month.
2. Members may enter one poem per month with a limit of 36 lines unless directions are otherwise.
3. Entries must be mailed to: Renee Ramsey, 249 Garden Lane, Floral, AR 72534.
4. Poem must be original, unpublished.
5. Two copies; place contest month and contest subject in the upper left corner; place name and address on one copy only in the upper right corner.
6. Winners receive a check for $15, $10, $5 and are listed on the website.
7. Three HMs may or may not be awarded. Contest results are to be announced by the end of the month.
8. If a different website is not listed, poetry form should be found at shadowpoetry.com.
9. Titles and blank lines are not counted in line limits.
ENTRIES SHOULD BE MAILED TO:
Renee Ramsey
249 Garden Lane
Floral, AR 72534
Winners receive a check of $15, $10, or $5.
For previous Monthly Member Contest winners, see here:
https://poetsroundtableofarkansas.org/contests/monthlycontestwinners/
MONTHLY MEMBERS’ CONTESTS
- September ’25: Subject — An unusual pet
Form: Elizabethan-Shakespearean sonnet | Line-Limit: 14 - November ’25: Subject — Home
Form: Rispetto| Line-limit: 8 - December ’25: Subject — Empty Boxes
Form: Any | Line-Limit: Any - January ’26: Subject — Trapped Inside
Form: Minute | Line-Limit: 12 - February ’26: Subject — Any
Form: Free Verse | Line-Limit: Any - March ’26: Subject —Ekphrastic poem inspired by a Norman Rockwell painting (include copy of painting with poem)
Form: Any | Line-Limit: Any - May ’26: Subject — River
Form: Any | Line-Limit: 24 - June ’26: Subject — Lake
Form: Any | Line-Limit: Any - July ’26: Subject — Failing
Form: Free Verse | Line-Limit: Any - August ’26: Subject — Rhyming couplets
Form: Any | Line-Limit: 16
Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas 