Welcome to the Monthly Poetry Championship, the elite tier of competition at The Poetry Soul. This month’s Monthly Poetry Championship focuses on the theme of Love, inviting poets...
In addition to guaranteed cash disbursements, winners earn permanent profile badges, editorial feature interviews, and homepage immortality.
Cash payout + Gold Laureate Badge + Platform Grand Feature + Permanent Homepage Spotlight.
Cash payout + Silver Laureate Badge + Digital Anthology Feature + Profile Spotlight.
Cash payout + Bronze Laureate Badge + Official Digital Certificate.
Awarded to the verse that garners the highest combined community engagement and votes.
Select an original poem from your published portfolio to submit. Ensure your piece strictly complies with the competition guidelines.
All verses must be your own original creation. Plagiarism or uncredited borrowing results in instant disqualification.
Poems must adhere to the 10 to 40 line range. Lyrical, free verse, sonnets, and classical meters are all accepted.
Poems must be saved to your platform profile before they can be chosen for this competition.
All submissions are evaluated on literary merit, with final rankings and official results decided by our judging team. Community support plays an active role—the most loved and most shared poems gain high visibility, greatly boosting your chances to win prizes!
Questions? Read the Official Contest Terms & Conditions.
The entry window for this competition has expired. You can view the live community rankings on the leaderboard.
View Championship LeaderboardLive rankings of submitted entries calculated by reader engagement, community votes, and peer appreciation. The most loved and most shared poems earn vital visibility that helps increase your chances of winning prizes with the judging team!
Review the judging rubric, eligibility standards, copyright policies, and payout terms.
Submissions are evaluated on creative and technical excellence, with final rankings and results determined by our official judging team. Core evaluation criteria include:
All poems must be entirely original works written by the entrant. No plagiarism, automated text generation (AI writing), or unauthorized copying is permitted. Once entered, submissions are locked against edits to preserve contest integrity.
You retain 100% full copyright ownership of your work. By entering, you grant The Poetry Soul a non-exclusive license to publish your poem on our website, social features, and digital anthologies with permanent author attribution.
Cash prizes are distributed via PayPal or direct Stripe transfer within 7 to 14 business days following winner certification. Winners are contacted via their registered account email address for verification.