Poetry Competition 2025/26

The Literary Loft Poetry Awards – Winter Edition

This winter, your words take center stage.📖💜✨️

Enter the Literary Loft Poetry Awards Winter Edition and share your unique voice with our creative community.

The theme for this season is “Between the Lines”

Interpret it in your own way. Any style, any mood, any story your heart wants to tell.

How It Works:

💜 Pay the €10 entry fee here on this page.

💜 After payment, you’ll receive an email with a submission link.

💜 Read the theme and guidelines, then fill out the form and upload one poem (In English or German) (PDF).

💜 Once submitted, you’ll get a confirmation email.

💜 Winners will be announced in January 2026.

Prizes

1st Place: €100 + Official Winner Certificate

2nd Place: €50 + Official Winner Certificate

3rd Place: €20 + Official Winner Certificate

💜The first 10 participants will also receive a Participation Certificate

Important Dates

Submissions open: November 15, 2025

Deadline: December 31, 2025 (23:59 CET)

Results: January 20, 2026

Guidelines

Theme: “Between the Lines”

Language: English or German

One poem per entry (you can enter more than once but you have to pay for each one)

File format: PDF

Language: English or German

Original work only! Unpublished poems only! (No AI allowed for the writing.)

All entries are judged anonymously

Prize Payments

Winners can receive prizes via PayPal or bank transfer.

All prize amounts are listed in euros (€).

Bank or payment details are collected only after winners are announced.

Fair Judging

This competition is not based on luck. All poems will be carefully read and evaluate by the Literary Loft Team based on:

Creativity and originality

Emotional Impact

Language and flow

Connection to the theme: "Between the Lines"

Every entry is judged anonymously to ensure fairness and authenticity.

By submitting your entry, you confirm that you:

• Wrote the poem yourself and hold all rights to it

• Agree to these Terms & Conditions

• Are aware that the competition results are based on skill, not chance