To submit a poem to our Semi-Annual VoicesNet International Online Poetry Contest, just scroll down this page.

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

(1) Submit your poem on our poem submission page 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. You can also look up your results at anytime using our new Contest Results feature at our website.

(2) Your poem will be evaluated by our amateur judges and rated in various categories. Your poem will be given a score and then you will receive an email notifying you of the score and included in the email will be a link that you can click to allow us to display your poem in our online Poetry Database.

(3) If declined due to content, you will receive a DECLINE email informing you that your poem has been declined. If you are declined, you can submit another poem RIGHT AWAY. You can continue doing this as time allows in the contest.

(4) At the end of each 6 month contest period, all of the poems that have been selected and confirmed for displaying on our website will have the top poems recognized as Special Recognition Poems. These poem authors' names and poem titles are listed on our site forever once chosen.

(5) The Top 3 Poems are then chosen from all of the poems designated as Special Recognition Poems. 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 Visions Literary Journal.

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.

Cash Prizes!!!!!

We do not provide cash prizes and mainly provide the recognition provided by having poems displayed on our website.

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 by June 1st and January 1st of each calendar year.

Submission Requirements

We have these basic requirements for poems to be considered for publication on our Voices Net Website.

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.