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2010 04 - April Contest Rules
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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
- Prizes must be claimed within seven (7) days of notification
- All prize notification will be done via Neopoet.com PM
- Final Word
- Contest and rules for each contest are subject to change until the beginning of that contest
- Villanelle
- Open Subject
- Contest code = 043010
- Prize = Antique Foutain Pen