The 2025 Seven Hills Literary Contest and Penumbra Poetry Contest will open for entries on June 1, 2025. We always include Poetry and Haiku, and offer different prose categories each year.
This year, we are doing something a little different: The Poetry category will actually be two categories--one for shorter poems (maximum 50 lines) and one for prose poetry (maximum 500 words). There will be a change in the Haiku category, too. This year, the 5-7-5 structure is a guideline rather than a strict requirement.
In addition, we will have two prose categories, Florida Fiction and Fantasy/Sci-Fi. Both will require the first 7,500 words of a full-length novel plus a 250-word synopsis. The synopsis will be for the judge's information only and will NOT be published. The rules and submission information will be available soon at https://twaonline.org/events/2025-seven-hills-literary-contest-penumbra-poetry-haiku-contest.