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WERGLE FLOMP HUMOR POETRY CONTEST

Application Deadline: April 1, 2026

LOCATION: USA

Now in its 25th year, this contest seeks today’s best humor poems. No fee to enter. Submit published or unpublished work.

ELIGIBILITY:

No fee to enter. Judge: Jendi Reiter, assisted by Lauren Singer. One poem only, please. Length limit: 250 lines maximum. No restriction on age of author. Both unpublished and previously published work are accepted. Authors from all countries are eligible except Iran, North Korea, Crimea, Russia, and Belarus (due to US government restrictions).

This is a contest for humor poems, not serious poems. Serious poems will not be judged. The poem you submit should be in English. Inspired gibberish is also accepted.

Read the winning poems from our 24th contest. First time entering? They prepared this brief video to guide you. See also their short entry checklist, then click the button below to submit. The results of their 25th contest will be announced on August 15, 2026.

BENEFIT:

First Prize: $2,000 plus a two-year gift certificate from our co-sponsor, Duotrope (a $100 value)

Second Prize: $500

Third Prize: $250

Honorable Mentions: 10 awards of $100 each

Top 13 entries published online

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HUAWEI’S EXCLUSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY BRAND XMAGE AWARDS 2025

Application Deadline:  15 September, 2025

LOCATION: China

XMAGE is Huawei’s exclusive photography brand and initiative. It crafts powerful visual experiences based on advanced software, device, and chip technologies, cloud capabilities, and a distinct aesthetic vision, showcasing the power of image.

ELIGIBILITY:

XMAGE is the Huawei platform for smartphone photographic excellence, the window through which we celebrate amazing photos & videos captured on Huawei devices from around the world. It empowers mobile photographers to craft and share breathtaking visuals that demonstrate artistry from different perspectives, uniting us all in celebrating the power of image.

Entry is FREE

Any Huawei phone user from around the world can participate. However, submissions that have won an award in any contest or have been published in a public periodical will not be accepted for submission.

Submissions are to be made on the official XMAGE Awards website (https://consumer.huawei.com/en/campaign/xmage/) and other sub-arenas such as HUAWEI Community, My HUAWEI. To submit your work on the XMAGE Awards website, you are required to log in with your HUAWEI ID and authorize us to use your HUAWEI ID to uniquely identify you so that you can upload, view, and manage your submissions. We will collect your HUAWEI ID, user name, and profile picture.

Submissions shall also be made on Instagram. Upload your work with the hashtag #HUAWEIXMAGE and follow @huaweixmageawards to participate. You must set your profile page to “Public” and allow non-followers to send you direct messages during the Campaign for the Organizer being able to contact you. When your work is featured on our channel or shortlisted, we kindly request you to provide us with your Instagram username. This will allow us to properly credit you in our post.

All submissions to the XMAGE Awards must be created with Huawei phones. There are no restrictions on when you take the photos/videos or which model of Huawei phone you use.

Each participant can upload a maximum of 30 works, which can consist of a photo, a group of photos, or videos. Works not approved will not be counted.

BENEFIT:

XMAGE 100 – Grand Prize Winner (3)

XMAGE creation fund of USD 10,000

An electronic certificate

XMAGE 100 (97)

XMAGE creation fund of USD 1,500

An electronic certificate

The aforementioned creation funds are pre-tax amounts.

The organizer has the right to modify the number of winners.

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