In the realm of once-a-year (or less) Twitter posts, the Best New Poets Open Competition for 2026 is taking submissions through June 10 on Submittable at bestnewpoets.submittable.com.
Best New Poets
@BestNewPoets
An annual anthology of 50 poems from emerging writers. Open competition from April 10 to May 20, 2018. Tweets from series editor Jeb Livingood.
Joined April 2011
- Our Best New Poets 2024 Open Competition is running now through June 1. Send in work at bestnewpoets.submittable.com
- Our 50 selections for 2023's edition of Best New Poets now appear at bestnewpoets.org/finalists.php
- Our Best New Poets Open Competition for 2023 is accepting entries through June 1. See bestnewpoets.submittable.com
- We've posted our fifty selections for Best New Poets 2022 at bestnewpoets.org/finalists.php. Special thanks to guest editor Paula Bohince. Please join us in congratulating these wonderful poets!
