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Multiplicity of the Self Poetry Contest

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Poetry Contest Deadline: Sunday, August 17, 2025
6 poems of the maximum 35 allowed have been entered.
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Contest Description

What to Submit?

1 original, poem on the theme of mutliplicity of the self, be that a divided self or a fractured self unified. Go where you like with this. Show your creativity!

Take this exerpt from Richard II as an inpiration or example of what I'm after: 

 "My brain I’ll prove the female to my soul,
 My soul the father, and these two beget
 A generation of still-breeding thoughts,
 And these same thoughts people this little world."

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.



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