Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on ANY theme
Any form is acceptable.
MUST BE a poem entered in a 2017 contest that NEVER ranked or earned an Honorable Mention (i.e. got a N/A)… and you were stunned! MAX 25 lines. Must not be in an ongoing contest either. The whole idea is to showcase deserving poems that were turned down.
AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION if poem was posted in 2018 of course!
Prizes
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve 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.