Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of World Cup Football/Soccer
The contest theme is not just limited to this year's World Cup, but relates to the World Cup in general, emcompassing the past, present and future. For example, you could write about how football affected your life (positive or negative effect) when you were growing up, or even affects you now. Have you ever attended a World Cup match? You could write about the player(s) or team(s) you love, or those you love less; a favorite moment in World Cup history; whether or not you even like football. You could write about how your spouse or significant other did or didn't like football and you were just the opposite. What did you do when your spouse was engrossed in the World Cup, or football in general? Or what did they do when you were? How do you feel about FIFA? What about women's association football? Any feelings about the United States not qualifying for this year's World Cup? There are so many different ways you could go with this.
Any form is acceptable. Choose your own title. Please do not put your name anywhere on your submission. Be careful with spelling and punctuation (if used). MIMINUM 10 LINES - MAXIMUM 30 LINES. The date and title of the contest must be at the bottom.
Prizes
First Prize, 1 year Premium Membership to PoetrySoup
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Seven 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. FYI -This is my first contest :)