Contest Description
What to Submit?
One new, original poem that explores the question: If someone handed you a box with everything in it that you had ever lost, what is the first thing you would look for?
Please proofread for spelling and grammatical errors, including possession - I quite enjoy making up new words and word forms myself and I genuinely appreciate experimentation. However, nothing takes this reader out of the reverie faster than an unintentional misuse of language. Mistakes happen, of course, and plenty of poems with errors have touched me deeply. I am just asking that you make an honest effort at a good proofread before you submit :) Any form is acceptable.
Prizes
First Prize, Premiere trophy
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Multiple Honorable Mentions
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
A Note to Poetry Contestants
You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.