NEWSLETTER - The Lark’s Prose Poetry Charity Competition — March 2026

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 A charity prose poem competition.

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Dear Readers & Writers,

This March, we will care, witness, and act through words.

At The Lark Publication, we have always believed poetry can do more than move hearts—it can move the world. This month, we invite you to take part in a very special Prose Poetry Competition dedicated to charities and compassion.

The Theme: Charity

Your prose poem should tell a poetic story about someone who needs help — a loved one, a friend, a family member, or even someone you have never met but whose struggle has touched you. Perhaps they are facing illness, hardship, loss, or challenge. Perhaps you cannot help them directly, but you can help the charity that supports them. Let the person in need of help be the one to be the center of your story, but give the charity you believe in the part that surrounds the story towards the end.

Your chosen charity will become your poem’s beating heart.

Prose Poetry

If you do not understand how to write a prose poem, then read some of the following prose poems in the links below:

Baudelaire Prose Poems

Prose Poems by Rimbaud

The most powerful part of this competition is this:

The winning charity named in the first-place prose poem will receive the donation proceeds from our February prose poetry winners’ book when it is published. Your words will decide where real help goes. Plus, make sure each prose poem's title is unique, as we may use it for our upcoming charity book.

Competition Rules

Please read carefully:

  1. Only ONE prose poem per person may be entered.
  2. Your prose poem must be written in poetic story form (a narrative with a beginning, middle, and end).
  3. The poem must centre on: a person in need of help, and a charity that supports people like them.
  4. You must name the charity clearly within the prose poem.
  5. The charity must be real and currently active.
  6. The prose poem must be between 100 and 500 words.
  7. The subtitle and the topic must include the word ‘Competition’.
  8. The tone should be hopeful, compassionate, and purposeful, even if the subject matter is serious.
  9. The winning poem’s charity will receive the donation from the proceeds of our published winners of February’s prose poetry book, which will eventually be published.
  10. By entering, you agree that your prose poem may be published in The Lark Publication and in a future charity book.
  11. The winning prose poem title, if it is unique, may be the next title for our upcoming winners’ book. So, make sure you write those winning titles with care because you never know, one of them may make your prose poem a winner.
  12. If you are not a writer for The Lark Publication, then you cannot enter this competition. However, you can write to us and ask if you can be added as a writer because you want to enter our competition, but you must first write at least two poems with us before you can enter any of our competitions. But please note: At the moment, we have a list of writers waiting to join our publication, so we cannot guarantee how long it will take.
  13. The deadline and last entry of prose poems will be 1st April 2026.
  14. Finally, please put some love and compassion into your prose poems.
  15. The Editor and The Lark Publication Team will judge the competition.
  16. There will be first, second, third, fourth, and fifth places. But only the winner’s piece will be published in The Lark’s upcoming book. Plus, the first-place winner’s charity will receive the book's proceeds.

Why This Matters

This is more than a competition. It is a bridge between art and action, between story and support, between voice and visibility.

You may not be able to heal someone’s illness, lift someone from grief, or change someone’s circumstances overnight — but through your prose poem, you can direct real help toward the charity that can.

Let your prose poem carry a name, a need, and a charity into the light. Let your story become someone’s support.

Thank you and good luck…

From The Lark Publication Team

UPDATE: 24th April 2026

Here are the results for this competition:

The Lark’s Prose Poem Competition Results 2026
The winning and runner-up entries are announced belowmedium.com

You can now also vote for the best Charity Prose Poem here:

The Lark’s Voting System For The Charity Prose Poem Competition
Details on a voting system to search for the winning charity and a prose poem for The Lark’s new bookmedium.com


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