Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 new original, sonnet, quatrain, free verse or other form from 8 to 24 lines max on one of these titles from the old Soap Operas of the 50s. Long before General Hosp and All My Children there were these and one lasted on TV until 2009. The name of the show should be the title of your poem. The subject of the poem should have nothing to do with the characters or the show itself.
Love of Life
The Secret Storm
The Edge of Night
The Guiding Light (went off in 2009 from 1952)
Search For Tomorrow
As the World Turns
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_secret_storm_1069656 Sample
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. No names.
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.