The Sonnet

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.

1. Give me the Rhythm.
2. That's Not Safe
3. Crayon Box Dreams

If you want to win DON'T.

1. Use wraparound lines
2. Use complex verbage. If your poem is over my head I won't choose it.
3. 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.