Judge: Rodrigo Toscano

Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides  

Deadline: March 1 to April 16th 11:59 pm Pacific

Guidelines:  See below, or 

https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/

Fee:  3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #1)  

Suggested poem length: 

Any poem that fits on one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Show us what you can do!

Previous winners:

https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/ 

Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes.

 The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter. 

For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":                 

"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia                 

Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.      

1. Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
2. There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions will be accepted.
3. If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
4. Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
5. Poem submissions for all contests must be original. If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.
6. Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. Please notify us if your poem is taken elsewhere.
7. Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
8. If you include photographs or other graphic images, they must only be created by you. No collages are allowed.
9. This contest is Identity-Hidden. If you include your name, or identifying information, your submission may be disqualified. You may use a pseudonym, including within a poem as needed, but please indicate that this is one.
10. Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest. 
11. NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
12. NOT ELIGIBLE: Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Rodrigo Toscano.
13. NOT ELIGIBLE: Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. 
14. Note that if you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's full book or chapbook contests.
15. No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.

Judge: Rodrigo Toscano

Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides  

Deadline: March 1 to April 16th 11:59 pm Pacific

Guidelines:  See below, or see

https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/

Fee:  3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #2)  

Suggested poem length: 

Any poem that fits on one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Show us what you can do!

Previous winners:

https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/ 

Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes. 

 The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter. 

For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":                 

"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia                 

Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.      

1. Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
2. There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions will be accepted.
3. If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
4. Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
5. Poem submissions for all contests must be original. If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.
6. Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. Please notify us if your poem is taken elsewhere.
7. Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
8. If you include photographs or other graphic images, they must only be created by you. No collages are allowed.
9. This contest is Identity-Hidden. If you include your name, or identifying information, your submission may be disqualified. You may use a pseudonym, including within a poem as needed, but please indicate that this is one.
10. Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest. 
11. NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
12. NOT ELIGIBLE: Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Rodrigo Toscano.
13. NOT ELIGIBLE: Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. 
14. Note that if you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's full book or chapbook contests.
15. No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.

Judge: Rodrigo Toscano

Prize: $1000 and 20 printed, framable Broadsides  

Deadline: March 1 to April 16th 11:59 pm Pacific

Guidelines:  See below, or see

https://www.omnidawn.com/poetry-contest-guidelines-single-poem-broadside/

Fee:  3 options: 1) $14 for one poem or 2) $17 for two poems 3) $30 for up to 5 poems (This form is for option #3)  

Suggested poem length: 

Any poem that fits on one 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of paper. Show us what you can do!

Previous winners:

https://www.omnidawn.com/winners-of-omnidawn-broadside-contests/ 

Everyone who sends a contest submission to Omnidawn in 2025 will also receive a 20% off discount code to all Omnidawn books sold through our distributor, the University of Chicago, and 20% off all Omnidawn classes.

 The winner of the Omnidawn Single Poem Broadside Poetry Contest wins a cash prize of $1,000, publication of the broadside by Omnidawn, 20 free copies of the broadside, and publication of the winning poem in the Omnidawn newsletter. 

For those of you who are not familiar with "Broadsides" here is the Wikipedia definition for the term "Broadside (printing)":                  

"A broadside is a large sheet of paper printed on one side only. Historically, broadsides were posters, announcing events or proclamations, or simply advertisements. Today, broadside printing is done by many smaller printers and publishers as a fine art variant, with poems often being available as broadsides, intended to be framed and hung on the wall."—Wikipedia                  

Omnidawn will use a local printer who will use high quality paper, suitable for framing.      

1. Omnidawn seeks a wide range of styles, approaches, forms, diversities, and aesthetics to send to the judge (for example: lyric, prose poems, experimental, etc.).
2. There are no citizenship requirements or limitations. Online submissions are accepted from around the world. No postal submissions will be accepted.
3. If you submit more than one poem we recommend that you begin each poem at the top of a new page and precede each poem with the words "POEM 1," "POEM 2," "POEM 3," and so on to make it very clear to our editors where one poem ends and another begins.
4. Poems must be in English, although it is perfectly acceptable to include some text in other languages.
5. Poem submissions for all contests must be original. If you include quotes from other works in your poem, please be sure they are clearly attributed to the author at the bottom of the poem.
6. Simultaneous submissions to other contests and multiple submissions to this or other Omnidawn contests are perfectly acceptable. Please notify us if your poem is taken elsewhere.
7. Poems must be previously unpublished in any form. Therefore, poems that have been previously published in print or online web magazines, journals, or books (including self-published books) are ineligible.
8. If you include photographs or other graphic images, they must only be created by you. No collages are allowed.
9. This contest is Identity-Hidden. If you include your name, or identifying information, your submission may be disqualified. You may use a pseudonym, including within a poem as needed, but please indicate that this is one.
10. Revisions are not allowed to a poem after it has been submitted to the contest. 
11. NOT ELIGIBLE: translations, or collaborations by more than one author.
12. NOT ELIGIBLE: Students, colleagues, or close friends of the judge, Rodrigo Toscano.
13. NOT ELIGIBLE: Omnidawn past and present staff and interns; and authors of books or broadsides Omnidawn has published. 
14. Note that if you win this contest you are still eligible to enter and win one of Omnidawn's full book or chapbook contests.
15. No postal entries. We can only accept submissions via Submittable.

Online workshop! “Prosody & Revision” led by David Koehn!

the grammars of desire sanctify the secular ground of poemmaking... - Donald Revell

Each year, Omnidawn offers a class/workshop unlike any other. Prosody is the study and application of poetic techniques that heighten the power of one’s writing. We have our own take on prosody. David Koehn’s astute methods of instruction offer the opportunity to experience what Donald Revell in Compendium's introduction describes as “the grammars of desire [which] sanctify the secular ground of poemmaking…”

Writers taking this online course will benefit from having a poem of theirs discussed each week by David Koehn with input from Rusty Morrison. This online course will educate attendees on prosody using the syllabus of Donald Justice, Compendium. On the weekly calls, attendees will meet some of the finest writers in poetry. Each week, we will feature a short talk by a guest poet, followed by a Q&A; each poet will share with candor the creative directions, the risks, the challenges, they each face in their own work. 

We meet every Sunday, 10 AM - Noon PST, for 6 weeks, from April 12th through May 17th, 2026. The schedule of guest poets participating in the 2023 Prosody Class/Workshop (check our website to click through to their bios: https://www.omnidawn.com/prosody-online-workshop/ )

 April 12th: Maria Nazos

April 19h:  Rick Barot

April 26th: jason b. crawford

May 3rd:    Major Jackson

May 10th:   Kazim Ali

May 17th:   Annie Finch

To apply for this class:

VERY IMPORTANT: Please send us 5 page sample of finished poems. These poems will give us an evaluative appreciation of your work & a sense of your approach to writing. These are not poems that you would then need to bring to the weekly workshop (unless that is what you'd want to do; it's always up to you to decide what poem to bring to workshop).

Tuition: Sliding Scale: $600 - $800 (any amount from $600 to $800. it's your choice.)

(90% of which is tax-deductible, donated to Omnidawn Publishing, a fiscally sponsored 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization).

Everyone who has submitted to an Omnidawn Contest in the past year is eligible for an additional 20% off the class fees.

Space is limited; enrollment decisions will be made on a "first come, first served" basis. Last day to apply: Saturday, April 5, but this class usually fills before the deadline.

SOME PARTIAL SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE: write to Rusty Morrison (rusty@omnidawn.com) for scholarship information, and to let us know why you need one.