Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of ........anything you like.
Only monorhyme is acceptable form.
MUST BE 12 LINES, WITH 12 SYLLABLES PER LINE, HENCE THE NAME 12 BY 12.
LOOKING FOR EXACT OR PERFECT RHYMES, LOOK UP THE REFERENCES HERE ON POETRY SOUP IF NOT SURE. JUST BECAUSE A WORD ENDS WITH ING DOES NOT MAKE IT APERFECT RHYME. LOOKING FOR GOOD FLOW AND GOOD USE OF VOCABULARY. THANKS FOR PARTICIPATING AND ENJOY!
SEE MY POEM DIMINISHED EXPECTATIONS FOR FORM SAMPLE BUT I EXPECT BETTER FROM YOU!
Prizes
First Prize, Recognition
Second Prize, Recognition
Third Prize, Recognition
Up to eight multiple placements according to score.
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.