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Heart Poetry Award 2026

Screenshot of HEART Poetry Award flyer showing $500 prize, publication details, judge information, and June 30, 2026 deadline
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HEART Poetry Award: $500 prize and publication in HEART #21. Entry fee is $10 for up to three unpublished poems and includes a digital copy of the issue. Include name, address, and email on each page (removed for judging). Review sample poets, judge bio, and full guidelines at the website. Submit by email to [email protected] and pay online here. Deadline: Midnight, June 30, 2026.

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Magazine Stand :: HEART – No. 20

Heart literary magazine issue 20 cover image

Published by Nostalgia Press, HEART literary journal hails from the lowcountry of South Carolina, with a penchant for modern prose poetry, poems that give life and motion to moods, messages from simple moments, and sparkling lines from meditative thought. The newest issue shines a spotlight on HEART Poetry Award winner Melinda Coppola for her work “Rinsing Blueberries.” Other contributors include Amber Rose Crowtree, Jenny Bates, Lexi Deeter, Jane Maria Robbins, Nicole Grace, Carrie Esposito, Julia H. Fonte, Lori Goff, Jacob Friesenhah, Richard Eric Johnson, Matthew Francis Mazzoni, Gib Prettyman, Shanina Carmichael, Nichola Viglietti, J. Anthony Jackson, and Connie Lakey Martin.

HEART also publishes HEARTPosts online, true personal experiences or personal opinions about how you manage to keep heart in your journey: the good, maybe bad, but insightful. Recent contributors include Ronald L. Nester, Sr., Harriette Graham Cannon, and Connie Lakey Martin.

Magazine Stand :: HEART – No. 19

HEART issue 19 magazine cover image

HEART is a small literary journal from the low country of South Carolina published by Nostalgia Press. Its spirited and struggling editor-publisher has freely given voice to poets from all over the world since 1986. HEART uses modern prose poetry, poems that give life and motion to moods, messages from simple moments, and sparkling lines from meditative thought. An annual cash award is offered, and the 2024 HEART Poetry Award winner, “Piano” by Eric Machan Howd of Ithaca, New York is featured in HEART Issue 19. Readers can also enjoy works by Ben Onachila, Carol Despeaux Fawcett, Kimberly Lewis, David James, Ion Corcos, Jacob Friesenhahn, Kathie Collins, Laurice Gilbert, Victoria Melekian, Lesley Sherwood, Shutta Crum, Mike Wilson, and a contribution and commentary from Editor Connie Lakey Martin.

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