Lasing in the green from a distributed feedback (DFB) structure, based upon a second order grating fabricated by replica molding in a dye-doped UV curable polymer, has been demonstrated. For a Bragg grating having a periodicity and depth of 360±2nm and 78±5nm, respectively, a coumarin 540-polymer laser operates at 535.6nm, which is in agreement with calculations of the photonic band diagram for the structure. The fabricated laser exhibits a linewidth of 0.15nm, a threshold pump fluence of ∼0.7mJcm −2 at 355nm, and a slope efficiency of ∼14%. Incorporation of the dye gain medium into a one- (or two-) dimensional photonic crystal and fabrication of the grating by replica molding at room temperature provides an inexpensive approach to fabricating polymer-based DFB lasers on flexible substrates of large area.