Contest Description
What to Submit?
I Sonnet, Old or New
14 Lines only
4 lines per stanza followed by a couplet
It can be either 8 syllables per line OR 10 syllables per line
Yor rhyme scheme must have the same pattern in the first 3 stanzas
Example: abab, cdcd, efef, gg, or you may have aabb ccdd eeff gg
Use rhymezone.com and howmanysyllables.com - exact rhymes only
Soup mail me if you have any questions.
Prizes
Multipe 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.