Nature Poetry Contest 2026, Nature Poem Competition
Quick answer: Enter Writory's monthly nature poetry contest 2026. Poems of landscape, seasons and the wild judged on five criteria, cash prizes, results monthly on the 30th.
From a mountain range to the moss on one stone, nature has always given poets their sharpest images. Writory's monthly contest welcomes nature poetry of every kind: landscape and seasons, ecopoetry and climate grief, birdsong and city trees. 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. Pastoral or unsettling, haiku or long free verse, all styles are welcome, and you compete alongside poets from more than 50 countries.
Every entry is answered within the month: a blind human reading, a score out of 100 on five published criteria, and a certificate in your name. The judges read the poem, not the poet; a river poem from Kerala and one from Oregon stand on the same bank.
Writory's monthly international poetry contest welcomes nature poems, from pastoral verse to ecopoetry, with cash prizes and a five-criteria score for every entry.
Why enter
- Precise observation is rewarded: judges score the named bird and the exact light over the generic sunset.
- The whole tradition is welcome, pastoral lyric, ecopoetry, climate elegy, garden poems, and wilderness verse.
- A fresh contest every month means your poem can follow the seasons through the year.
- No theme restrictions within nature itself: oceans, deserts, back gardens, house plants, and everything that grows.
- An international stage with poets from 50+ countries writing their own landscapes beside yours.
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.
Pastoral lyrics, ecopoetry, seasonal haiku, georgics, and long meditative free verse about the natural world are all 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 a nature poem have to be about wilderness?
No. A window box, a city park, or a single houseplant can carry a nature poem. Judges look at what your poem sees and how truly it sees it, not how remote the setting is.
How is nature poetry judged fairly?
Every poem is scored on five criteria: creativity, emotion, structure, language, and theme. Fresh imagery and exact observation lift the creativity and language scores, and you see the full breakdown in your profile.
What does it cost to enter the nature 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.
Does a nature poem need to be about wilderness?
No. A balcony plant, a city crow, monsoon on a tin roof, all of it counts. The criteria reward how truly the poem sees, not how remote its landscape is.
By the Writory editorial team. Updated July 2026.
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