For more information about the South Dakota State Poetry Society (SDSPS) and our other publications and contests, please visit our website at sdpoetry.org.
Deadline: February 1, 2026
Please note: We do not accept previously published work. We do accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you inform us immediately if your work is accepted somewhere else.
Send one document with up to five poems. Use your contact information, including phone number and email address, as the header for each page. Please also add a brief bio (50 words or less) in the space for Cover Letter, highlighting any connection you have to South Dakota.
We welcome poetry from all poets. There is a submission fee of $3.00 for non-SDSPS members. We are unable to offer a complimentary copy to non-members, but copies are available for sale on our website. SDSPS members receive a copy as a benefit of membership.
For information on how to join SDSPS, please visit sdpoetry.org.
Deadline: February 1, 2026
Please note: We do not accept previously published work. We do accept simultaneous submissions but ask that you inform us immediately if your work is accepted elsewhere.
Send one document with up to five poems, each on its own page. Use your contact information, including phone number and email address, as the header for each page. Please also add a brief bio in the Cover Letter space (50 words or less) highlighting your primary connection to South Dakota.
We welcome work from all poets. If you are not a member of SDSPS, please use the form that says "open call/non-SDSPS members only." Members receive a copy of Pasque Petals as one of their membership benefits.
Rules and Guidelines, 2025 Contest Poets may enter in two categories: Portrait or Landscape. This space is for the Landscape Category, which may include poems about the land and features that make South Dakota unique.
Each poet may submit a total of three (3) poems in each category. There is a fee of $5.00 per category.
There is no restriction on length or style of poem.
We only accept electronic entries at www.sdsps.submittable.com.
Please include "Landscape Poems" in the title line of the submission form.
Documents must be uploaded as .doc or .docx
Do not write your name on the poem(s).
Please include a brief third-person bio and your physical mailing address when you submit (where we will send the check). Submissions that fail to follow the instructions will not be considered.
There will be honorees of $100, $75, and $50 for the top places in each of the two tracts of the annual contest, and winning poems will be published in Pasque Petals. Honorable Mention candidates are possible and all submitted poems will be considered for publication in Pasque Petals and/or on our website. Judging is done by members of the SDSPS board selected by the Contest Manager.
Submissions will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 2025. We look forward to your submissions via Submittable.
Rules and Guidelines, 2025 Contest Poets may enter in two categories: Portrait or Landscape. This space is for the Portrait Category, which may include poems about you or someone you know from South Dakota. This is a category of both biography and autobiography.
Each poet may submit a total of three (3) poems in each category. There is a $5.00 fee for each category.
There is no restriction on length or style of poem.
We only accept electronic entries at www.sdsps.submittable.com.
Please include "Portrait Poems" in the title line of the submission form.
Documents must be uploaded as .doc or .docx
Do not write your name on the poem(s).
Please include a brief third-person bio and your physical mailing address when you submit (where we will send the check). Submissions that fail to follow the instructions will not be considered.
There will be honorees of $100, $75, and $50 for the top places in each of the two tracks of the annual contest, and winning poems will be published in Pasque Petals. Honorable Mention candidates are possible and all submitted poems will be considered for publication in Pasque Petals and/or on our website. Judging is done by members of the SDSPS board selected by the Contest Manager.
Submissions will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 2025. We look forward to your submissions via Submittable.
Rules and Guidelines, 2025 Contest Poets may enter in two categories: Portrait or Landscape. This space is for the Landscape Category, which may include poems about the land and features that make South Dakota unique.
Each poet may submit a total of three (3) poems in each category. There is a fee of $10.00 per category.
There is no restriction on length or style of poem.
We only accept electronic entries at www.sdsps.submittable.com.
Please include "Landscape Poems" in the title line of the submission form.
Documents must be uploaded as .doc or .docx
Do not write your name on the poem(s).
Please include a brief third-person bio and your physical mailing address when you submit (where we will send the check). Submissions that fail to follow the instructions will not be considered.
There will be honorees of $100, $75, and $50 for the top places in each of the two tracts of the annual contest, and winning poems will be published in Pasque Petals. Honorable Mention candidates are possible and all submitted poems will be considered for publication in Pasque Petals and/or on our website. Judging is done by members of the SDSPS board selected by the Contest Manager.
Submissions will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 2025. We look forward to your submissions via Submittable.
Rules and Guidelines, 2025 Contest Poets may enter in two categories: Portrait or Landscape. This space is for the Portrait Category, which may include poems about you or someone you know from South Dakota. This is a category of both biography and autobiography.
Each poet may submit a total of three (3) poems in each category. There is a $10.00 fee for each category.
There is no restriction on length or style of poem.
We only accept electronic entries at www.sdsps.submittable.com.
Please include "Portrait Poems" in the title line of the submission form.
Documents must be uploaded as .doc or .docx
Do not write your name on the poem(s).
Please include a brief third-person bio and your physical mailing address when you submit (where we will send the check). Submissions that fail to follow the instructions will not be considered.
There will be honorees of $100, $75, and $50 for the top places in each of the two tracks of the annual contest, and winning poems will be published in Pasque Petals. Honorable Mention candidates are possible and all submitted poems will be considered for publication in Pasque Petals and/or on our website. Judging is done by members of the SDSPS board selected by the Contest Manager.
Submissions will be accepted from Aug. 1 to Dec. 1, 2025. We look forward to your submissions via Submittable.