Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of anything
Any form is acceptable.
MUST USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS 1. CARTRIDGE 2. ELICIT 3. MORDACIOUS 4. HORDE 5. SHACKLED 6. TRIFLE 7. WIZENED 8. LOITER
ANY COMBINATION IN ANY ORDER BUT MUST BE AS WRITTEN, NO VARIATIONS OR PAST TENSE ETC.
NO NAMES, MUST BE DATED!
GOAL IS TO USE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF LINES AND YET BE COHERENT AND POETIC
DAZZLE ME WITH YOUR BRILLIANCE. NOW WRITE ME A BEAUTY!
Prizes
First Prize, Recognition
Second Prize, Recognition
Third Prize, Recognition
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.