The Ontario Poetry Society - The Surrealistic Poetry Competition

The Ontario Poetry Society Presents
The Surrealistic Poetry Competition
Open to Everyone living in Canada

First Prize $100 -- Second Prize $50 -- Third Prize $25
16 Honourable Mention Awards
All prize winners receive an Award Certificate
& one copy of the anthology
All cash prizes paid in Canadian dollars

Rules & Guidelines
Poems to be in the surrealistic style about something that is very strange, dreamlike, or not seeming real, often by incorporating concrete visual imagery and creating startling, illogical contrasts. Poems should integrate experiences or images that express the bizarre, illogical, and unexpected quality of a dream. There is no limit to the number of submissions.

Blind Judging
Poems must be no longer than 32 lines,
with spaces between stanzas counting as lines.
Poem title and author name do not count in the line total.
Must be submitted on 8.5 x 11 letter size paper, single spaced,
on one side of the page only.
No author name to appear anywhere on the poem pages, back or front. Preferred fonts are Arial 11 or Times New Roman 11

Poems may be previously published but not have previously won a contest prize. Cover page must be included with submission, providing author's name, complete mailing address, phone number, and e-mail,
along with a list of poem titles or first lines if the poem is untitled.
Entry Fee: $10 for the first three poems, $5 for each additional poem.
Deadline: Poems to be post-marked on or before October 31, 2026.
Enclose a #10 self-addressed, stamped envelope for the winners' list and receive a gift of a $2 off coupon for another T.O.P.S. contest
Submissions: Send with entry fee payable to
The Ontario Poetry Society
and mail to Attn.: I.B. Iskov, Contest Coordinator
#710-65 Spring Garden Avenue
Toronto, ON M2N 6H9

Contest Judge: is Paul Edward Costa