WFOP sponsors four annual poetry contests and puts together an annual Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar with rotating editors. WFOP also publishes a triannual literary magazine Bramble:
Chapbook Contest for chapbooks published by Wisconsin poets (you do not need to be an WFOP member)
Muse Prize, open to all Wisconsin poets (you do not need to be an WFOP member)
An ekphrastic Student Contest for Wisconsin middle and high school students (you do not need to be an WFOP member)
Dyad Contest (Theme and Poet’s Choice), open only to WFOP members
Kay Saunders Emerging Poet Award, open to all Wisconsin poets (you do not need to be an WFOP member)
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar, open to to all all Wisconsin poets (you do not need to be an WFOP member)
Upcoming Contests
Chapbook Contest
Open to Members & Non-Member Wisconsin Poets
Submission Period: September 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025
Guidelines & How to Enter | Contest Judge
Kay Saunders Emerging Poet Award
Open to Member & Non-Member Wisconsin Poets
Submission Period: September 1, 2024 - Closes February 1, 2025
Guidelines & How to Enter | Contest Judge
Muse Prize
Open to Member & Non-Member Wisconsin Poets
Submission Period: November 1, 2024 - February 1, 2025
Guidelines & How to Enter | Contest Judge
Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar
Open to Member & Non-Member Wisconsin Poets (or with a Connection to Wisconsin)
Submission Period: November 1, 2024-February 9, 2025
Guidelines
Editors: Jenna Rindo and Katrina Serwe
Dyad Contest
Open to Members Only
Poet's Choice Award | Theme Award
Submission Period: June 1 - September 1, 2025
Theme: “Attractions”
Guidelines & How to Enter | Contest Judges
Student Contest (Ekphrastic)
Open to Students in Grades 9-12
Submission Period: October 1, 2025 - January 15, 2026
Details TBA
Buy Our Swag
Show your support for WFOP with a hat, long-sleeved T-shirt or field bag. Lots of other items, too! Go to our swag site. If you have other ideas for swag items please email Colleen at layersofmoments@yahoo.com.
