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

~ ANTHOLOGIES ~

The EnCompass Anthology Series - Read about EnCompass I, II & III

By the Wishing Tree - A Canadian Poetry Anthology

Anniversary Poetry Anthology 2021

~ CURRENT CONTESTS ~
Go to Contest page for more contests

Contest Rule for Prize Winning Poems

The World Around Us 2020 - Closed Sept 30, 2020

Pandemic Poetry Contest - 2020 - Closes Nov 30, 2020

The Spring Peepers Poetry Competition - Closes February 28, 2021

The Love-Lies-Bleeding Anthology Contest - Closes April 30, 2021

The Ultra Short Poem Competition 2021 - Closes June 30, 2021

~ AWARDS ~
Go to Awards page for more awards

Mark Gorman School Award

~ COMPLETED CONTESTS / ANTHOLOGIES ~

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