Love Poetry Contest 2026, Love Poem Competition
Quick answer: Enter Writory's monthly love poetry contest 2026. Romantic poems in any style judged on five criteria, cash prizes, certificates for all, results monthly.
Love is the oldest subject in poetry and still the hardest to write well. Writory's monthly contest welcomes love poems of every kind: new love, long marriage, unrequited longing, love for a parent, a child, a city, a life. Entries open on the 1st of every month and close on the 25th, results arrive on the 30th, winners take cash prizes, and every poet receives a participation certificate.
Every poem you submit earns a five-criteria score breakdown in your profile: creativity, emotion, structure, language, and theme. Sonnet or free verse, tender or furious, whispered or declared, all styles are welcome, and you compete alongside poets from more than 50 countries.
Writory's monthly international poetry contest welcomes love poems in any style, with cash prizes and a five-criteria score for every entry.
Why enter
- The emotion criterion rewards love poems that earn their feeling: judges look for the specific, lived detail over the greeting-card phrase.
- Every kind of love qualifies, romantic, familial, platonic, lost, found, and complicated.
- A fresh contest every month, twelve chances a year, and no waiting for February.
- Any form works: love sonnets, ghazals, free verse letters, and villanelles have all placed well.
- An international stage with poets from 50+ countries writing about the one thing everyone understands.
What winners and entrants receive
- Cash prizes for the monthly winners.
- Winners receive free entry into next month's contest.
- A participation certificate for every single entrant.
- The top 10 poems feature on the monthly leaderboard.
Love sonnets, ghazals, free verse, letter poems, villanelles, and every romantic form in between are welcome.
Key facts
- Entries open the 1st, close the 25th at 11:59 PM IST, results on the 30th.
- One poem $5, two poems $8, five poems $15 (Rs 150 / Rs 220 / Rs 450 in India).
- Every poem scored by human judges on five criteria: creativity, emotion, structure, language and theme.
- 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
Does my love poem have to be romantic?
No. Love for a partner, a parent, a friend, a place, or a version of yourself all belong here. Judges care about the truth of the feeling, not the category of the relationship.
How are love poems judged fairly?
Every poem is scored on five criteria: creativity, emotion, structure, language, and theme. A love poem that finds a fresh image for an old feeling scores high, and you see the full breakdown in your profile.
What does it cost to enter the love poetry contest?
The entry fee is small and is shown in your local currency on the submit page. Every entrant receives a participation certificate, and three consecutive months of participation earns a free entry.
When are the results announced?
Entries open on the 1st of each month and close on the 25th. Results are announced on the 30th, and winners receive free entry into the next month's contest.
By the Writory editorial team. Updated July 2026.
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