Prompt
Inscape Journal is looking for submissions for the first annual 2025 Valentine’s Day Poetry Contest! The theme is “An Ode to Anything But a Person.” Poems should be no longer than 1,000 words in length (feel free to write less) and should express a love for someTHING. Examples might be a love poem to cheeseburgers, a car, or junk mail, etc. Creative submissions are encouraged and should follow Inscape’s guidelines.
Dates
January 15th to February 5th, 2025
Winner
Ode to Edges by Karen George
Runner-up
Ode to an Electric Guitar by Neah DePoe
Honorable Mentions
Ode to My Pulmonary Emboli by Jennifer Saunders
Ode to Showers by Molly Smith
Love Poem to a Heartbroken Zombie by Hollie Dugas
