Only members of PSC may submit to Member-Only Contests, which are held in September, November, January and March. Best of all First, Second, and Third Place winners of the Members-Only Contests of the year are eligible for the Daisie E. Robinson Sweepstakes which is announced each June.
Some contests will have a supplemental file that contains additional information regarding what the submission "must & should" contain. If required, the information will be found here. Click the options below to download the appropriate file(s).
PSC now offers an online payment option to submit poems. Please select the number of poems you will be submitting below, then "add to cart" to pay using PayPal.
Don't forget to send your contest poems, using the criteria on this page, to the appropriate Contest Director by the published submission deadline.
If you'd prefer to mail a check vs. paying via Paypal, please mail checks to:
Poetry Society of Colorado
1410 Clayton Street
Denver, CO 80206
July 2023 - Open Contest
Theme: Keys Open Doors Winners
1 st Pl - Open Soul, Susan Harman
2 nd Pl - They Say, Justine Hoke
3 rd Pl - Her Garden, Jean Sidinger
1 st hm - Untitled, Daniel A. Martinez
2 nd hm - Keys, Jean Sidinger
3 rd hm - Remember, Amie Duclos
June 2023 - Contest Canceled
May 2023 - Open Contest
Theme: Prompt Picture
1 st Place - The Long November Dark, Olivia Rissland
2 nd Place - The Moment, Marcel A Duclos
3 rd Place - Broken, Charles Rakay
1 st HM - The Voice, Charles Rakay
2 nd HM - Karma, Gloria Vigilone
2rd HM - The Moon Is Calling, Aime E. Duclos
April 2023 - Open Contest
Theme: Tanka
1 st Place - Anticipation, Cheryl L. Wilkie
2 nd Place - Sunshine so welcome, Jean E. Sidinger
3 rd Place - Healer, Canna O’Carroll
1 st H.M. - I wait for your call, Marcel A. Duclos
2 nd H.M. - Omnipotent Oak, Jean E. Sidinger
3 rd H.M. - Snowfall In, April Cheryl L. Wilkie
March 2023 - Members Only
Theme: Trees
1 st Place - To My Dear Linden, Marcel Duclos
2 nd Place - Aspen Sisters, Tracy Mitchell
3 rd Place - Trees for High Places, Pandora Wilson
1 st H.M. - Birch Trees, Tracy Mitchell
2 nd H.M. - Under the Trees, Charles Rakay
3 rd H.M. - Haiku-Water, Marcel Duclos
February 2023 - Open Contest
Theme: Both Sides
1 st Place - Ya Cain’t Have One Side “Thout the Other,Cheryl Miller
2 nd Place - In Memoriam, Nancy Bierman
3 rd Place - What I Want to Know, Martin Postma
1 st HM - How quietly we forget, Charles Rakay
2 nd HM - Pen Palinode, Nancy Bierman
3 rd HM - Pending Susan, Harman
January 2023 - Members Only
Theme: Before
1 st Pl - “I saw your messages with him”, Olivia Rissland
2 nd Pl - Cast Shadow, Cheryl Wilkie
3 rd Pl - b c, Cheryl Miller
1 st HM - In Words, Gloria Viglione
2 nd HM - On the Perception of Time, II Olivia Rissland
3 rd HM - This is how I begin to say good-bye to you, Oliva Rissland
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