Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest
© Gary DuVall
There is a particular type of vanity publisher that preys on hopeful writers by publishing entrants solely in order to try to bleed money from them.
Now in its eighth year, the Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest is a reaction against this con. It began when UK poet David Taub submitted deliberately awful poems to a dodgy publishing company to prove their contest was not selective in any way.
David’s poem, submitted under the pen-name Wergle Flomp, was written entirely in nonsensical verse, yet was shortlisted for publication.
A cash prize of $1,359 will be awarded to the most ridiculous entry and will be published on Winning Writers. There is no entry free.
Entries will be accepted until April 1st, 2009
How to Submit Your Entry
1. Make up a deliberately absurd, strange, laugh-out-loud humor poem.
2. Submit your parody poem to a vanity contest as a joke.
3. After you’ve done steps 1-3, visit www.winningwriters.com/wergle to submit your entry.
4. Your poem must be in English or inspired gibberish. Please submit only one poem during the submission period. Your poem may be of any length.
The judge of the Wergle Flomp Poetry Contest is Jendi Reiter, the editor of Poetry Contest Insider.
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Hey, I’ve just added a forum thread on this subject - I was considering entering a children’s short story competition, but couldn’t find any details on previous winners, which seemed a bit weird. They claim to offer a first prize of £2,000, which made me suspicious too, especially as the entry fee is only £2.70, and they ask for it to be entirely in the form of 2nd class stamps - presumably so they can afford the postage of the junk mail they’ll then send you!