What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............anything really, but I don't care for romance poems and I don't accept bawdy or risque.
Don't you just love candy? Years ago when I taught a creative writing class for homeschoolers, one of their assignments was to collect as many candy wrappers as they could and then use them to create a little story. Some of the things they came up with were very creative and funny, and I still have their stories somewhere(probably buried in a box in the garage since we've moved a couple of times since then).
Your challenge, should you decide to take it, is to write a poem, rhyming or non-rhyming between 10-40 lines incorporating at least 10 of the candy names listed below.
Dove,Chunky,100 Grand,Bar None, Galaxy, Marathon,Milky Way, Mounds, Mr. Good Bar, Pay Day, Rocky Road, Skor, Snickers, Take 5, Whatchamacallit, Zero, Skittles, Jolly Rancher, Starburst, Smarties, Three Musketeers, Tootsie Roll, Kit Kat, Air Heads, Boston Baked Beans, Charleston Chew, Dots, Hot Tamales, Lemonhead, Nerds, Slo Poke, Sno-Caps, Spree, O Henry, Whoppers, Swedish Fish, Butterfinger, Lifesavers, 5th Avenue, Mike and Ike, Heath, Goobers, Now and Later
Please title your poem How Sweet It Is, so I don't accidentally read it and discover your identity ahead of time.
You don't necessarily need to capitalize the names of the candy bars, but if you could bold them in your poem, that would make it a whole lot easier for me. I am looking for creative, think outside the box(of candy) entries. Have fun, and if you have any questions, please feel free to soupmail me.
Any form is acceptable.
Prizes- This is a premiere contest, which means there will only be ten on the winner's list. I know it will be difficult to judge, but I wanted to try it just once. :-)
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
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.