To submit a poem to our Quarterly VoicesNet Anthology International Poetry Competition, just scroll down this page.

Here is basically how our contest works, step by step:

(1) Submit your poem below and wait to hear from us. You are required to provide a valid email address and it is important that you keep it active because that is how we communicate with you.

(2) Your poem will be evaluated by our judges and either selected or declined for publication.

(3) If declined, you will receive a DECLINE email informing you that your poem has been declined for the current quarter. You must then wait until the next quarter until you submit another poem again to our contest.

(4) If your poem is Selected, you will receive a SELECTED email informing you that your poem has been selected for publication in our contest publication for the current quarter.

(5) If your poem is SELECTED and you want it to be included for FREE in our current quarter contest publication, then you must fill out the Permission Slip that was included with your SELECTED email and return it to us by regular (snail) mail.

(6) After our Permission Slip Deadline passes, we will email proofs to the selected poets. The Selected poets are instructed to go to a web page on our site where they can provide any modifications that are needed. Poets usually will have about two weeks to provide any modifications.

(7) Next, from all of the poems SELECTED to be in the current quarter contest publication, our judges choose the best ones and they are designated as FINALISTS. Finalists' names and poem titles are listed on our site forever once chosen and all FINALIST poems are designated as such in the actual publication, too.

(8) From all of the poems chosen as FINALISTS, the Top 3 poems are then chosen. These are the top award winners. The Top 3 winners are then announced on our web site, in our forum, and to thousands in our monthly newsletter. The Top 3 are also, of course, denoted as such in our contest publication.

Additional Contest Information

All Contest Correspondence is accomplished via email, so if you enter, please use an email address that you plan to keep active.

Special Note: Only your first poem submitted each quarter will be judged.

Cash Prizes!!!!!

We will choose one poem and poet from all poems submitted to be awarded a 1st place certificate and $100 in cash.

We will choose one poem and poet from all poems submitted to be awarded a 2nd place certificate and $50 in cash.

We will choose one poem and poet from all poems submitted to be awarded a 3rd place certificate and $25 in cash.

All other selectees will be notified by email of their selection into the Voices Anthology.

Who is Eligible?

Poets of all ages are eligible and all styles of poetry are acceptable.

How and When to Submit

We would like to thank you in advance for your devotion to the development of creative writing endeavors. We ask that you submit your poems and haiku by March 1st, June 1st, September 1st, and December 1st of each calendar year.

Submission Requirements
We have these basic requirements for poems to be considered for publication in the Voices Anthologies®.

Poems must be original works.
Please submit only one poem per poet per quarterly contest.
The poet's full name and email address must be provided.
The poet must be able to be notified via email if their poem has been selected for publication.

There are several criteria used for acceptance of the writing.

First, the poems are divided by age. The younger children are judged by less stringent requirements, as the age of the poet goes up so do the standards for selection.

The editors who read the poems look for originality, rhythmic sounds, rhymes, and audience appeal.

The editors also look for poems where the authors really care about the subjects or trivial subjects approached in a novel way.