In case anyone's feeling inspired, several of the contests in
this year's World Order of Narrative and Formalist Poets competition are (or could be) ekphrastic, including:
#16 (most obviously): Carl Maria von Weber Award for a metrical poem, rhymed or in blank verse, suggested by one of the [musical] works by Carl Maria von Weber listed in the contest guidelines. Four prizes: $250, $100, $60, $40. Length: 24 lines minimum, 60 maximum.
#2: Brooklyn Poetry Circle Award for a Petrarchan sonnet about a bridge as reality and/or symbol. One prize: $200.
#3: John Joseph Memorial Award for a metrical poem, rhymed or unrhymed, on a lighthouse as reality or symbol. Three prizes: $50, $30, $20. Length: 14 lines minimum, 42 maximum.
Several other contests are for poems inspired by works of various poets, including Lord Byron(#8), Yeats(#9), Anthony Hecht(#10), the Fugitive Poets(#11), Weldon Kees(#12), Sylvia Plath(#13), and Coleridge(#15). Check out my
original thread for details on getting the competition guidelines.
Julie Stoner