Annual Broadside Competition
Celebrating the intersection of poetry and visual art and design
A broadside is a single-sheet publication that serves as a collaborative canvas, transforming a poem into a tactile, visual work of art intended for public display. By pairing high-impact poetry with intentional typography and iconography, the broadside emphasizes the “shape” of language alongside a designer’s aesthetic interpretation. This symbiotic relationship creates a unique, limited-edition piece that bridges the gap between the spoken word and the visual world.
Competition and Collaboration
Our annual broadside competition is an opportunity for a GuloGulo poet to collaborate with an local artist to create a broadside poem for print. Interested poets are expected to collaborate with the artist and printer to help elevate their poem on a single-sided poster design.
The submission window is currently closed. Visit this page again (or follow us on Instagram) for updates about the 2026 competition.
Previous editions of broadsides are available for purchase through GuloGulo for a suggested donation of $35.
Previous Collaborations
“Poetry” (2024)
Aaron Jacobs & Christine Hogg
Want to learn more?
Explore the following external resources to help build your understanding of this illustrated form.
- “Poetry Broadsides: A Creative Way to Bring Poetry to the Public.” The Library of Congress (Mar. 30, 2022)
- “Printed Ephemera: Three Centuries of Broadsides and Other Printed Ephemera” The Library of Congress
- “We real cool” by Gwendolyn Brooks (Library of Congress)
- “The dance” by John Haines (Library of Congress)
- “The lost cause. [Poem on the Confederate states]” (Library of Congress)
- “What is a poetry broadside?” Expedition Press (Sept. 17, 2024)
- “Broadsides.” The Press at Colorado College
- “Feminism as Ancestry: Poetry Broadside to the Friedman Feminist Collection.” Colorado State University Libraries (May 8, 2025-Spring 2026)
- Wolverine Farm Broadside Prize