What to Submit?
1 original, poem OLD OR NEW on the theme of ......What courage means to you.
Any form is acceptable.
Everyone has challenges in life they must face and need courage to meet those challenges. Could be sickness, financial, emotional, family troubles. Why do you need courage? And how do you find the courage? Why is it important to you and what does it mean, to have or not to have courage. Can be personal, or relating someone else's challenges and how they cope, but I would like it written in the first person, even if it is fictional. Tug at the heartstrings for extra points. See my poem about courage if you need ideas, mine is a basic summary, but I want specifics. Thanks and enjoy. Please keep it to a max of about 30 lines!
Remember PLEASE, NO NAMES,OR INITIALS, PUT THE DATE PLEASE.
THE WORD COURAGE MUST BE IN YOUR TITLE.
REMEMBER MY FEELINGS ABOUT YOUR POEM IS REFLECTED IN THE PLACEMENT, SO PLEASE DON'T EXPECT A COMMENT AS WELL, KNOW THAT I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL ENTRIES. THANK YOU
Prizes
First Prize, Recognition
Second Prize, Recognition
Third Prize, Recognition
Up to ten multiple placements
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.