By Flapper Press Poetry Café: What a fabulous response we received from all across the globe for this year's Flapper Press Prose Poetry Contest! Thank you to all the poets who sent us their lovely work. It was difficult to choose just five prose poems from the incredible number of submissions, but our judges narrowed it down, and we are happy to present our winners! To all you poets out there, please consider sending us your work for potential publication through our regular Submission...

By Flapper Press Poetry Café: In the spirit of the very first Valentine Poetry Contest announced by Flapper Press in 2021, our latest contest returns to the concept of Letters to Juliet . This year, our call is for Prose Poetry that tells stories of love—new love, heartbreak, or the lessons learned from love lost. The poem does not have to be in “letter” form but should be addressed to the object of that love, whether human, animal, location, profession, etc. . . . whatever you choose!  What...

By Flapper Press Poetry Café: The Flapper Press Poetry Café continues its series called TODAY'S POEM, highlighting one poem per article—that's right, just one—from poets from around the world. Read our SUBMISSION GUIDELINES for TODAY'S POEM   and send us your work for consideration to be published in 2026! Of course, you are always welcome to submit more of your work through our regular submission  process as well. You can hit the link at the bottom of the article to read our regular...