Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of Summer love
Only sonnet form is acceptable. Sonnets of 14 lines your choice of rhyme scheme, and syllable count 10 or 12 syllables per line.
Must be a new sonnet romantic to the max.
Looking for seldom used words or refreshing words and word pairings don't give me a basic romantic write make it interesting and compelling.
Up to twenty placements only!
Remember new poems only date at the bottom and NO NAMES!
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.