Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of anything you want
Form you use is Rictameter
Rictameter Poems | Rictameter Examples (borrowed from PoetrySoup)
Rictameter Poems. Examples of Rictameters and a list of new poems in the correct poetic form and technique. Share and read short, long, best, and famous Rictameter poetry while accessing rules, format, types, and a comprehensive literary definition of a Rictameter.
A rictameter is a nine line poetry form with a 2 4 6 8 10 8 6 4 2 syllable count and where the first and the last lines keep repeating, but there is more to rictameter. What is rictameter in poetry (complete definition)?
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.