What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of ...your choice...........
YOUR FAVOURITE RHYMING POEM FROM JAN-JUNE 2016.
THIS MUST BE THE POEM THAT YOU ARE MOST PROUD OF AS A RHYMING POEM.
THIS WILL BE JUDGED ON A POINT SYSTEM. MAX 40 POINTS 10 POINTS EACH FOR
1. EMOTION, 2. RHYME QUALITY(NO IMPERFECT RHYMES PLEASE), 3. FLOW
4. VOCABULARY USE OF UNIQUE WORDS AND WORD COMBINATIONS.
( HINT I AM PARTIAL TO INTERNAL RHYMES).
I PREFER POSITIVE EMOTION RATHER THAN SAD, ALTHOUGH IT WILL NOT AFFECT THE SCORE.
REMEMBER NO NAMES!!! ENJOY!!
PLEASE PUT DATE AT BOTTOM!
SORRY FORGOT TO MENTION IF YOUR POEM PLACED HIGHER THAN 5TH IN ONE OF MY PREVIOUS CONTESTS DO NOT SUBMIT IT THANK YOU.
Prizes
First Prize, Recognition
Second Prize, Recognition
Third Prize, Recognition
Up to eight multiple placements according to score
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
NOTE DO NOT SUBMIT A POEM THAT WAS PLACED HIGHER THAN FIVE IN ANY OF MY PREVIOUS CONTESTS, I"M GOING ON THE HONOR SYSTEM ON THIS CONTEST.