Contest Description
What to Submit?
Dust off those old Lanternes or write a new one.
- 5 line poem
- each line has a specific number of syllables
line 1 = 1 syllable
line 2 = 2 syllables
line 3 = 3 syllables
line 4 = 4 syllables
line 5 = 1 syllable
- lines do not rhyme
- poem is based on one sentence or idea
Prizes
Multiple Placements
English Language
Poems must 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.