Limerick Contest 2026, Funny Limericks
Quick answer: Enter Writory's monthly limerick contest online. Witty AABBA verse wins cash prizes, every entrant gets a certificate, and each poem earns a full score.
Five lines, one bounce, and a punchline that lands, the limerick is small but ruthless, and writing a great one is harder than it looks. Writory's monthly international poetry contest takes limericks seriously as comic craft. Entries open on the 1st and close on the 25th of every month, results arrive on the 30th, winners take cash prizes, and every entrant receives a participation certificate for their wit.
Even a five line poem gets a full reading. Every poet sees a five criteria score breakdown in their profile covering creativity, emotion, structure, language, and impact and resonance, and your limerick competes alongside poets from 40 countries.
Writory's monthly poetry contest welcomes limericks and light verse, awarding cash prizes and certificates with a transparent five criteria score for every entry.
Why enter
- Humor and light verse are judged with the same respect as serious poetry
- A new contest every month means your best limerick never waits long
- No theme restrictions, be silly, sharp, satirical, or sweet
- Comic forms are welcome by name, including the limerick, clerihew, double dactyl, and nonsense verse
- An international audience, with poets from 40 countries entering monthly
What winners and entrants receive
- Cash prizes for the winners every month
- Winners receive free entry into next month's contest
- A participation certificate for every entrant
- The top 10 poems land on the public leaderboard
Limericks in classic AABBA form, clerihews, double dactyls, and every flavor of nonsense and light verse are welcome here.
Key facts
- Entries open the 1st, close the 25th at 11:59 PM IST, results on the 30th.
- One poem costs $5, two $8 and five $15. In India: Rs 150, Rs 220 and Rs 450. Optional add-ons are shown separately before payment.
- Every poem scored by human judges on five criteria: creativity, emotion, structure, language and impact and resonance.
- A participation certificate for every entrant, not only winners, and the score is visible in your profile.
- Cash prizes for winners, free entry the following month for winners, open worldwide from age 13, any language.
Questions
Can I really win a poetry contest with a limerick?
Yes. Writory accepts any style and any theme, and a brilliantly turned limerick competes on equal terms with longer, more serious poems. Comic timing, tight meter, and a killer final line are genuine poetic skills, and they are scored as such.
How is a five line comic poem judged fairly?
Every entry receives a five criteria score covering creativity, emotion, structure, language, and impact and resonance, visible in your profile. For a limerick, structure and language reward your meter and rhyme, while creativity rewards the joke itself.
What does entry cost?
The fee is small and shown in your local currency on the submit page before you pay. Winners get free entry the next month, and three consecutive months of participation earns a free entry as well.
When are limerick contest results announced?
Entries open on the 1st and close on the 25th of every month, and results are announced on the 30th. Your score breakdown appears in your profile alongside the announcement.
By the Writory editorial team. Updated September 2026.
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