The Ontario Poetry Society

Our Mission Statement: To provide a poetry-friendly place for everyone.

Membership in TOPS
carries many benefits which include:

Verse Afire our bi-annual newsletter, includes members’ poems,
articles on the craft, contests, markets, member news, chapbook reviews,
event information, plus a whole lot more. Deadline for the June issue is April 15th.

TOPS hosts poetry reading events around the province,
contests, poetry anthology projects and lots of opportunities
to meet and get to know more about your fellow poets.

Get to know us
Just click around this site using the navigation bar on the left

~ CURRENT EVENTS ~
Go to Events page for more events

Ellen S. Jaffe Dedication

~ ANTHOLOGIES ~

The Alchemy of Tears - A Canadian Poetry Anthology

Phantom Parade - A Canadian Poetry Anthology - Closed

The EnCompass Anthology Series - Discontinued

~ CURRENT CONTESTS ~
Go to Contest page for more contests

Contest Rule for Prize Winning Poems

The Love-Lies-Bleeding Anthology Contest - Closes April 30, 2022

The Ultra Short Poem Competition 2022 - Closes June 30, 2022

The Members' Only Postage Stamp Contest - Closes July 31, 2022

The Ghastly Gruesome Poetry Contest - Closes August 31, 2022

The Provoked-By-Places Contest - Closes November 30, 2022

Across The Universe Contest - Closes January 31, 2023

The $1000 Ellen S. Jaffe Humanist Award for Poetry - Closes March 15, 2023

The World Around Us 2022 - Closes March 31, 2023

The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition - Closes May 31, 2023

Translating the Cosmos Poetry Competition - Closes September 30, 2023

~ AWARDS ~
David Brydges - TOPS Poet Emissary
Go to Awards page for more awards

~ COMPLETED CONTESTS / ANTHOLOGIES ~

The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition - 2022 - Winners

The World Around Us - 2021 - Winners

The Ultra Short Poem Competition 2021 - Winners

The Love-Lies-Bleeding Anthology Contest - 2021 - Winners

The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition - 2021 - Winners

Pandemic Poetry Contest - 2020 - Winners

The World Around Us 2020 - Winners

The Ultra Short Poem Competition 2020 - Winners

Dippity Doo Dah Poetry Chapbook Contest - March 31, 2020 - Winners

Rain on the Brain Contest -Winners

The World Around Us - Sept. 30, 2019 - Winners

The Ultra Short Poem Competition, June 30, 2019 - Winners

Golden Grassroots Contest April 30, 2019 -Winners

Awesome Onyms Poetry Contest - March 31, 2019 - Winners

The Mystical, Whimsical Poetry Chapbook Competition - Feb. 28, 2019 - Winners

I.B. Iskov Receives Honorary Life Membership in TOPS
Bunny Iskov Wins Rave Award
TOPS Member Opens Writer's Retreat

Platinum Poet Tree Series
Perfect Bound Books by Beret Days Press