My One Wish Poetry Slam Competition ($100 Prize!)

Prompt: If you could have one wish, what would you choose?

One wish. What would you spend it on? Not the safe answer. Not the one that sounds good out loud. The real one. The wish you keep folded up in your back pocket, the one you whisper when no one's listening. Maybe it's for yourself: a do-over, a way out, a second chance at something you lost. Maybe it's for someone you love: to ease your family's burdens or mend your friend's broken heart. Or maybe your wish is bigger than you: it's for a world that finally listens, a street that finally feels safe, a planet that finally breathes. Write us that wish. Show us what it costs you to want it. Tell us who you'd become if it came true and who you already are because it hasn't. One wish. One poem. Make it count.

This poetry slam contest will have 1 (ONE) winner of the $100 prize. Deadline for entries is August 3, 2026. See this link for full contest rules.