What to Submit?
1 original (DATED) Double Dactyl, only poem form accepted, and your choices; be it the theme, be it old or new, be it one dual stanza/double dactyl or more (1st line of the 1st stanza need not be in a rigid form, ex., 'Higgledy Piggledy', lest you want a higher placement, furthermore, it is required for at least one line of the 2nd stanza be entirely a one double dactyl word, ex., 'va-le-dic-tor-i-an'), be it syllabically 6664, 6664...or otherwise, and be it a rhyme or near to rhyme. Syllable helpers are; HMS, PS, and SC, and rhyme helper with RZ. Please NO NAMES and stay on the subject IF submitting more than one (not required) dual stanza/double dactyl, as per my pertinent poem; Seductive Stares.
Prizes
First Prize, Lifetime membership ($159.00 value) One Placement
Second Prize, 2-Year membership ($64.00 value) Two Placements
Third Prize, 1-Year membership ($39.00 value) Three Placements
Numerous Honorable Mentions
***Please note that this contest is opened to ALL members, whether they'd be Premium or Non-Premium members, and hopefully, Premium winners will donate theirs to Non-Premium members, lest their win is of a lesser category, whereto, they're not a Lifer Premium, thereby, keeping said prize won.
After the winner's list is posted, ALL those who have won membership prizes, please soupmail me of your intents, Mahalo!
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation — You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.