Poetry in Motion

7-Day Challenge - Vol. 2

Fun for Everyone

Write your poem in 7 days

From the 1st to 7th May 2026 we will be holding our 2nd online poetry challenge for people of all ages and abilities who want to try their hand at writing a poem. It can be about anything!

Over the course of 7 days we will share every single poem that is submitted onto our facebook and instagram pages for the world to see and then let the public decide who is the winner!

Submit Your Poem

– The Rules –

Deadline

All poems must be submitted between the 12am on the 1st May and 12pm on the 7th May.

Profanity

Poems with explicit language and profanity will not be entered into the challenge.

All Ages

The challenge is open to anyone of any age and any poetry ability, everyone can enter!

How it Works

Submit Your Poem

1. Submit Your Poem

Simply submit your poem on the website via the ‘submission form’ Only one poem per person please, only your first submission will be accepted if multiple are submitted.

2. Posted Online

Once submitted, our team will then convert your poem into a branded graphic which will be posted on our Facebook and Instagram pages.

3. Top 6 Chosen

From all the entrants, our judges will then select their top 6 favourite poems which will then become the finalists for the challenge.

4. The Public Decide

The top 6 poems will then be uploaded to our facebook and instagram pages and the poem with the most likes will win the prizes listed below!

5. The Book

Once the challenge is complete, every poem entry will be collated into a printed book which will be available to purchase on Amazon.

What You

Win!

It’s not all about winning, but here are the prizes!

Free Copy of the Printed Book featuring your Poem First

The final book that is printed will contain every single poem that was submitted to the challenge, yours will (of course!) be the feature poem printed first at the front of the book.

Your Poem Turned into a Poetry in Motion Video

We have a professional video team based in the UK who will film you (or a representative if you don’t want to be filmed) reading your poem aloud and then turn that into its very own Poetry in Motion video.

Please Note: This prize aspect only applies to UK applicants

Submissions have now closed for 2026

Thank you for your interest, and be sure to check back for our 2027 edition!