Contest Description
What to Submit?
1 original, poem on the theme of anything
Only sonnet form is acceptable.
A sonnet posted between July 1- December 2019
New sonnets are also welcome. Preferably with ABAB rhyme scheme, no penalty for other rhyme scheme, preferably 10 syllables per line, no penalty for 8 or 12.
Date posted must be at the bottom of the poem, no date no read and no placement. No Christmas poems please.
No names or identifying marks as I always prefer to judge blind.
GIVE ME YOUR BEST OF THE LAST HALF OF THIS YEAR.
ENJOY!
Prizes
First Prize,
Second Prize,
Third Prize,
Up to 20 multiple placements
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.