2010 07 July Contest 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 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 Word
  • Contest and rules for each contest are subject to change until the beginning of that contest

Contest Schedule and Specifications

• July
  • Blankish Verse – Simile
    • Exactly 12 lines
    • No metaphor allowed
    • No rhyming allowed
    • Can be any meter (but must have a defined meter)
      
    • Subject = Fire
    • Contest code = 073110

If you are uncertain as to the difference between metaphor and simile, the short answer is:

Metaphor states something is something else

Simile states something is like something else

Examples:

Metaphor

His anger was a rabid bull, goring through the crowd

Simile

His anger was like a wolf's snarl, sudden and unexpected.

If you are uncertain as to what Blank Verse is, the short explanation is:

Blank Verse is any regular meter that is not rhymed.  Meter consists of metrical feet and metrical feet are considered to be two syllables.

Bimeter = 2 feet or 4 syllables
Trimeter = 3 feet or 6 syllables
Tetrameter = 4 feet or 8 syllables
Pentameter = 5 feet or 10 syllables
Hexameter = 6 feet or 12 syllables

There are no requirements for stress patterns (iambic, trochaic, etc)

If you are uncertain of a term, please do an on-line search before requesting an explanation.  This way you can review the explanation you will be given and identify any areas which are not clear.