Welcome to the Cisco Writers Club 49th Annual Summer Contest! Thank you for your interest. A few things to remember:
Contest opens June 1, 2025, and closes July 31, 2025. Entries must be unpublished as of May 1, 2025, and must be your original work. No AI submissions.
Our contest is judged "blind" for greater impartiality. Ensure your name is not anywhere in the digital document you are uploading. That includes the embedded file properties.
(You may enter our contest via mail or in person, but formatting differs slightly. Please refer to applicable contest rules.)
Acceptable file types are: pdf, doc, docx, and txt. Make sure your file extension matches one of these.
Judges are volunteers. They will be asked but not required to comment on your manuscript.
Prizes will be awarded at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, September 4, 2025, at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center, 1498 IH-20, Cisco. Bring your own cheering section!
Limit 30 lines.
No cover sheet, please; just complete all questions below. DO NOT include your name anywhere in the manuscript. This includes the embedded file properties.
Use standard formatting. Please review the guidelines on our Contest page.
All Poems are judged together, but advise if your entry is Humorous, Rhymed or Unrhymed. Entries receiving a First, Second or Third could also, if applicable, receive one of the following Special awards:
The Jasper Cook Highest Ranked Humorous Poetry ($50)
The Christine Reich Highest Ranked Rhymed Poetry ($50)
The Dr. Joe Stamey Highest ranked Unrhymed Poetry ($50)