Thank you to everyone who signed up to participate in the 2025 Poetry Marathon. Registration is now closed. If you have a follow up question for us, please email us at poets@thepoetrymarathon.com
Category: Official Marathon Announcement
Registration is Open!
Sign up is now open for the 2025 Poetry Marathon! You can sign up here. The 2025 Poetry Marathon starts at 9 AM ET on Saturday May 17th and will go till 9 AM ET on Sunday May 18th. Those who are interested in doing…
Save the Date for the 2025 Poetry Marathon
We’re excited to announce the dates for the 2025 Poetry Marathon! This year will be another chance to write one poem per hour for 12 or 24 hours, with a truly international contingent of poets. As always, this will be a completely free event. The…
Changes for the 2024 Poetry Marathon
We are very excited for the 2024 Poetry Marathon. Sign up is open here! This post is mostly focusing on what will change and will stay the same this year, but before I get into that, I want to share that the Poetry Marathon Anthology…
Registration is Open!
Sign up is now open for the 2024 Poetry Marathon! You can sign up here. The 2024 Poetry Marathon starts at 9 AM ET on Saturday June 15th and will go till 9 AM ET on Sunday June 16th. Those who are interested in doing…
Save the Date!
We have an official date for 2024! It will start at 9 AM ET as always, and continue on till the 16th! The goal of the marathon is to write one poem per hour for 12 or 24 hours.
Submissions to the 2023 Poetry Marathon Anthology Are Open
Submissions to the 2023 Print Poetry Marathon Anthology are open now and will stay open through the 30th of September. For the first time the anthology will only contain curated submissions. That is to say, this year’s editor, will only be choosing between 80-100 poems…
Announcing the Finishers of the 2023 Poetry Marathon
Dear Poets, Here’s our initial list of everyone who successfully finished the 2023 Poetry Marathon. These poets wrote 24 poems in 24 hours. Congratulations to everyone who achieved this incredible challenge! You are amazing! Please note: This list contains errors. We need your help to…
Announcing the Finishers of the 2023 Poetry Half Marathon
Dear Poets, Here’s our initial list of everyone who successfully finished the 2023 Poetry Half Marathon. These poets wrote 12 poems in 12 hours. Congratulations to everyone who achieved this challenge! Please note: This list contains errors. We need your help to correct those errors….
The River (24 hour)
From the east to west the River crawls Connecting the south and north Making life liveable, enduring Living endearing Without the River, life dies Without it, life ceases This River, this Hope, like a rope Connects hopes