The Ontario Poetry Society Presents

The Surrealistic Poetry Competition
Open to Everyone living in Canada

Awards
First Prize $100CAD, Second Prize $50CAD, Third Prize $25CAD, 16 Honourable Mention Awards
All prize winners receive an Award Certificate and one copy of the anthology

Subject Guidelines:
Poems to be in a surrealistic style about something that is strange, dreamlike, or seems unreal, 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.

Submission Rules:
Max length per poem is 32 lines, with spaces between stanzas counting as lines. Poem title is not counted.
Use Arial 12 font on 8.5 x 11" paper, single spaced, on individual pages. No author name to appear anywhere on the poem pages, back or front.

Blind Judging:
Poems may be previously published but not have won a contest prize. Cover page must be included 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.

Deadline, Entry Fee:
Entry Fee: $10 for the first three poems; $5 for each additional poem. Submissions 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. Mail, with entry fee payable to The Ontario Poetry Society, to Attn.: I.B. Iskov, Contest Coordinator, #710-65 Spring Garden Avenue, Toronto, ON M2N 6H9
Contest Judge: is Paul Edward Costa