2010 Contest Rules and Schedule

• 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 no more than five (5) entries to any contest
    • Modified from unlimited 2010/07/01
• Prizes
  
  • Prizes will be announced with each contest's official start
  • Prizes must be claimed within seven (7) days of notification
  • All prize notification will be done via Neopoet.com PM
• Final WordContest
  • and rules for each contest are subject to change until the beginning of that contest

Contest Schedule and Specifications

• February
  
  • Freeform/ Free verse
    
    • 100 characters or less, including title
    • Spaces are not considerd as characters
    • Subject = Dirt
• March
  
  • Alliteration
    • No more than 20 lines
    • An example of alliteration in at least 5 of the lines
    • No meter constraints
    • Subject = Sparrows
• April
  
  • Villanelle
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villanelle
    • Open Subject
• May
  
  • Design a meter
    • Create a meter
    • Document meter in poem submission
    • Subject = Sky
    • Cannot be an established meter
• June
  
  • Japanese
    • Any documented Japanese style
    • Subject = Rain
    • Must provide link defining style
• July
  
  • Blankish Verse – Simile
    • Exactly 12 lines
    • No metaphor allowed
    • No rhyming allowed
    • Can be any meter
    • Subject = Fire
• August
  
  • Acrostic
    • Must include the following words:
      • Milk
      • Elephant
      • Napkin
      • Spoon
      • Ocean
    • 50 Lines or less, including title
• September
  
  • Profanity
    • Select a single profane word
    • Provide a defense or condemnation
    • 300 characters or less, including title
    • Spaces are not considerd as characters
    • No meter constraints
• October
  
  • Worst Poem
    • 300 characters or less, including title
    • Spaces are not considerd as characters
    • Subject = Marigolds
    • Must be your original work
• November
  
  • Love Poem
    • 500 characters or less, including title
    • Spaces are not considerd as characters
    • Cannot use any form of the following wordsLove
      • Love
      • Hate
      • Husband
      • Mate
      • Wife
      • Heart
      • Soul
      • Feel
      • Happy
      • Joy
      • Sad
      • Misery
• December
  
  • Narrative Poetry
    • 500 Characters or less, including title
    • Spaces are considerdderd as characters
    • Must tell a story
    • Must reference the following:
      • Mice
      • Cups
      • Tea
      • Snow
      • Fission