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2009 Contest Rules and Schedule
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Please find below the 2009 contest rules and schedule. Please direct all questions to me or the AEC.
General Rules
General Rules
- Judging
- Judging will be done by sitting AEC
- Contest Committee members will not enter contests
- Sitting AEC members will not enter contests
- Contest Schedule
- All contests open the first day of the month and submissions are accepted through the last day of the month with winners being announced within one (1) week
- Contest Content
- Each contest will have individual rules to include theme, length, style, etc. Please review the contest schedule below to determine what contests most interest you and then, if you have the sense of adventure and spirit required, ignore those and only enter the contests that you feel are most problematic for you. NeoPoet.com is a workshop environment and the contests have been selected to support that concept.
- Contest Entries
- Each Contest will officially begin with a Forum Posting listing it's rules, time-frame, and prize. All entries to the contest will be in the form of submissions to the Stream or "Submit a Poem" link (http://www.neopoet.com/node/add/story-poem) with the appropriate contest code
- Individuals may submit multiple entries to any contest
- Prizes
- Prizes will be announced with each contest's official start
- Final word
- Contest and rules are subject to change until the beginning of each contest
Contest Schedule and Specifications
- February
- Asian Structured Poetry
- Entrants must create a single poem and provide a credible reference that describes the style and characteristics
- Subject = food
- Winner - KambateSpike - http://www.neopoet.com/forum/18259#comment-74016
- March
- Free form
- between 200 and 400 characters
- Subject = creative mediums (pen, pencil, paper, paint, stone, clay, eggs, etc)
- Stipulations = Work must explain why chosen medium is creative
- Winner - Kristeta von Popper - http://www.neopoet.com/forum/19324#comment-78465
- April
- Design a meter
- Establish a pattern, document it, adhere to it
- Unrhymed only
- Subject = Nature
- 20 lines or less
- Winner - Cloudthings - http://www.neopoet.com/node/21377
- May
- Free form
- Open format
- Must reference only inanimate objects
- 750 characters or less
- Winner - Blue Halcyon - http://www.neopoet.com/node/22355
- June
- Design a rhyme
- 12 lines
- 12 syllables per line
- Each rhyme must be a 2+ syllable word
- Subject = open
- Winner - Linda Mose - http://www.neopoet.com/node/23220
- July
- Acrostics
- Subject = open
- 20 lines or less
- August
- Free form
- 100 characters or less
- Subject = winter
- September
- A love poem without using the following words:
- love
- husband
- wife
- heart
- soul
- feel
- 500 characters or less
- A love poem without using the following words:
- October
- The worst poem ever contest
- Must be your original work
- No other rules
- November
- Sonnet or blank verse (iambic pentameter)
- Cannot be a love poem of any kind
- Prize is a selection of five (5) 6 ounce bars of handmade boutique soap
- December
- Narrative poetry
- Tells a fictional story
- Must include the following:
- Two (2) humans
- One (1) animal
- One (1) vehicle
- 100 lines or less
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