What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............
Any form is acceptable.
I have enjoyed lots of different board games/party games during my lifetime, and I'm sure many of you have too. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to construct a poem between 15-40 lines using at least 10 game titles from the list below. Please either capitalize or bold the game titles in your poem so it will be easier for me to spot them. Your poem can be either serious or funny, but I ask please for no political poems and definitely nothing bawdy or risque, which would automatically disqualify you.(I like clean humor.) Please title your poem Anyone Game? so that I don't accidentally find out who you are ahead of time. I like to judge as blindly as possible.
I have an example poem on my page entitled More Than A Game if you want to get an idea of what I'm looking for. Have fun with this, and if you have any questions, please feel free to send me a soupmail!
Game Titles(choose at least 10 to incorporate into your poem)
Ants In The Pants Hearing Things Scrabble Trivial Pursuit
Apples to Apples Ker Plunk Speak Out Password
Balderdash Likewise Spoons 5 Second Rule
Boggle Life Sequence Dutch Blitz
Catch Phrase Mad Gab Sorry Aggravation
Clue Monopoly Spot It
Code Names Mouse Trap Taboo
Connect Four Perfection Ticket To Ride
Cranium Phase 10 Trouble
Guess Who? Risk Operation
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.