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Our current competition: New Writers 100-Word Writing Competition 2026 – Deadline: 30th Apr 2026. Prizes: 1st: £1,000; 4x Runners-up: £100.
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Run by Winning Writers (with co-sponsor, Duotrope), The Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest has been running for a quarter of a century, and this highly regarded competition offers generous prizes (£3,750 in total) AND is free to enter.
Note that the contest is for humorous poems only – serious poems will not stand a chance of winning so save them for a different contest.
The results for the contest will be announced on 15th August 2026.
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