P – Gulf Stream Fall Poetry Contest 2025 is Now Open. The Theme: Wet

The Gulf Stream Contest is back! It offers emerging writers a great opportunity to have their work read by published poets and authors, plus the chance to earn some money.

Theme: WET!

We want to know what makes you wet. Show us writing that breaks form like ice melting into water. Show us poetry that drips off the page. Think of rain, oil, blood, wet cement.

The Prize

The winner will receive a cash prize of $100 plus publication in Issue #37 (in print and online!). Please read over the theme description before submitting.

Two runner-ups from each category will be published in Issue #37 and reimbursed their entry fee.

The Details

Poetry submissions of up to 5 poems.

Submissions will be judged blindly. Our poetry readers will choose the top ten to fifteen poems to send to our final judge. The judge will then choose the first place winner and two runner-ups.

All submissions will be considered for publication. If you submit to the contest, you do not need to submit separately to our regular poetry submissions.

Entry conditions

-Entry fee is $10

-Submit via Submittable. No submissions through email or mail

-Poetry submissions no more than 5 poems per submission

-Submitted work must be original and previously unpublished

-Do not include any identifying features on your submission, only on the cover letter

-Include a cover letter with a short bio of up to 50 words

-International submissions welcomed

-Simultaneous submissions are fine as long as you notify us if it’s accepted elsewhere

-Please direct questions or comments to gulfstreamlitmag@gmail.com

-Submissions from current FIU students not accepted. Submissions accepted from alums 2 or more years after graduation

-By submitting, you agree to receive email marketing updates about the contest & general submissions.

Entry fee: $10