Contests
UTSPS 2025 Annual Poetry Contest
The UTSPS 2025 poetry contest winners, whom we celebrated at the Spring Poetry Awards Festival on April 25th and 26th, are available as a PDF download here. Some of the judges sent us comments about the poems in the categories they judged. The judges’ comments can be viewed in this PDF. The contest rules and guidelines for the 2023 UTSPS annual poetry contest are available to be read in this PDF file.
UTSPS 2024 Annual Poetry Contest
The UTSPS 2024 poetry contest winners are available as a PDF download here. The contest rules and guidelines for the 2024 UTSPS annual poetry contest were available in this PDF file. It included the details for the 38 categories, rules, and instructions on how to submit.
UTSPS 2022 Annual Contest
The UTSPS 2022 poetry contest winners and honorable mentions are available as a PDF download: UTSPS_2022_Winners_List.pdf. The contest rules for the 2022 UTSPS annual contest are available on this PDF download: UTSPS_2022_Guidelines.pdf. It includes the details for the 40 categories, rules, and instructions on how to submit. Deadline for submissions was Feb 1st postmarked or emailed.
UTSPS 2021 Annual Contest
The UTSPS 2021 poetry contest winners and honorable mentions are now available as a PDF download: UTSPS_2021_Winners_List.pdf. UTSPS 2021 Guidelines.pdf included 21 categories open to all poets while 15 were for UTSPS members only. This PDF contains details on contest categories, rules, and how to submit (deadline for submissions was Feb 1st postmark or emailed).
Chaparral Poetry Contest
Sponsored by UTSPS’ chapters, Redrock Writers and Dixie Poets, both of St. George, Utah. Entries for the 2022 Chaparral Poetry Adult Contest must be postmarked September 1 through December 1, 2022.
National Federation of State Poetry Societies
See the NFSPS Website’s Contest page for current contests.
Other UTSPS Annual Contest Winners
Here are the annual contest winner lists dating back to 2015: UTSPS 2020 Contest Winners List , UTSPS 2019 Contest Winners List, UTSPS 2018 Contest Winners List, UTSPS 2017 Contest Winners List, UTSPS 2016 Contest Winners List, and UTSPS 2015 Contest Winners List.