The 2026 Contest is Closed to Submissions! Winners Announced 10/20. Rules and Guidelines for 2027 coming next spring!
2026 PRIZES
Interview on FIYE Radio, sponsored by FIYE 101.9 Atlanta Radio.
Interviewee must have a bio and/or one-sheet to be considered outside of the winnings/contest.
Radio interviews will be scheduled based on the artist's and the show's availability. If you miss the interview or are late without prior communication, it will be forfeited.
Additional Rewards::
Live Instagram Interview with Author, Poet, Publisher, and Founder of YAPC, Yecheilyah.
Winning poem published on The PBS Blog at thepbsblog.com.
Social media promotion across all platforms
Unlimited bragging rights ;-)
1st Place: $150 Cash Prize plus:
Live Instagram Interview with Yecheilyah
1 complimentary artistry life coaching session for artist structure (1 hour on track session + 20 min discovery call) from lifestyle legacy coaching with Sunday Jones
Winning poem published on The PBS Blog at thepbsblog.com
Social media promotion across all platforms
Unlimited bragging rights ;-)
2nd Place: $75 Cash Prize plus:
Live Instagram Interview with Yecheilyah
Winning poem published on The PBS Blog at thepbsblog.com
Social media promotion across all platforms
Unlimited bragging rights ;-)
3rd Place: $50 Cash Prize plus:
Intellectual Property & Rights
All poems submitted to Yecheilyah’s Annual Poetry Contest (YAPC) remain the sole intellectual property of the submitting author. By entering the contest, poets retain full ownership and copyright of their work.
Submission to the contest grants Yecheilyah Books LLC a non-exclusive, limited permission to review, evaluate, and, if selected, share the poem in connection with contest-related promotions (including announcements of finalists and winners). Any such use will always include proper credit to the author.
No submitted work will be published, reproduced, or distributed beyond contest-related purposes without the poet’s explicit written consent. At no point does entry into the contest constitute a transfer of ownership or copyright.
By submitting, entrants affirm that the work is their original creation and that they hold full rights to the content.