Contest Description
What to Submit? Sonnet is the only style of poems I will accept. Here are the 3 chooces of titles that you will be choosing from.
- Give me the Rhythm.
- That's Not Safe
- Crayon Box Dreams
If you want to win DON'T.
- Use wraparound lines
- Use complex verbage. If your poem is over my head I won't choose it.
- Nothing political or politically adjecent look, even if we agree on what the political climate should be, I don't want anything political.
ALSO
- I want to physically see the fact that it is a sonnet, meaning 3 stanzas of 4 lines and the last stanza of 2 lines. I hate the one stanza sonnets, or at least my eyes do.
1 original, poem on the theme of .............
Any form is acceptable.
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.