Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of .............
UNSHEATH THE SWORD – HACK, SLASH, PARRY, THRUST
WRITE WHAT YOU WILL – WRITE WHAT YOU MUST
WADE INTO BATTLE – BLOODY THE PAGE
POETS ARE WARRIORS – REGARDLESS OF AGE
Any form is acceptable. Please be true to the form you use. Limericks, Haiku, and Senryu are a ONE verse item - no strings.
Prizes
Placements at discretion of contest sponsor
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.