Description: To help participants use all features of text editing and advanced formatting for poetry. Recording sound. Anything else you would like to ask about.

Leader: weirdelf (Jess)

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: This will be a highly proactive workshop. Each participant will let me know what you need information about and I will answer directly, refer you to one of the excellent tutorials on YouTube or arrange a time to meet in chat or via Skype to guide you through complex issues.

Description:simple, a poem about what you are thankful for

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBA

Objectives:any style

Subject matter:any length

How Judged:

Description: To write a Ballade

Leader: Wesley
Moderator(s): Alid

Objectives: To explore a classical form and produce one.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: The ballade is the hardest form I know. The shop will study and try to write a 14th century example.

Description:

Leader: Wesley
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives: To explore rudimentary poetic concepts in and entertaining way.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Basic poetry meter and rhyme schemes. The use of a poetic form.

Description:Exploring traditional rhyming poetry

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBA

Objectives: To practice traditional rhyming poetry or to try it, for those who dwell in free verse

Subject matter:Subject is favorite time of day or night. Must have four lines per stanza and at least every other line must rhyme . e.g.. lines 1 and 3 or lines 2 and four. Almost any rhyme pattern accepted

How Judged:

Description:September is the month on which summer and autumn hinge. So lets see some poetry dealing with this change. Can be simple pastoral or could even equate the change in seasons to the change in life's stages. Please limit to 8 stanzas or less to make judging easier. Can be free verse or western classic

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBA

Objectives:Let's get ready for Autumn

Subject matter: The change from summer to autumn

How Judged:

NOTE - this contest was closed by administrators on 5/3/2017. We are waiting on the sponsor to update this contest and select the winning entry.

Description:learning how to describe emotions through the use of metaphors,short discussion exercises(short)at least five poems will be written,comparison charts for use in the poem section of workshop

Leader: china blue
Moderator(s): Rula

Objectives:stated above

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter:
emotions and metaphors

Description:Write any poem you want about old shoes. Can be serious, funny or any thing in between.Length is up to writer but please no epics lol

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBD

Objectives:Having fun in free verse writing about something we all have

Subject matter:old shoes

How Judged:

Description: A 5-7 stanza poem covering a student's summer time thoughts about upcoming school year

Sponsor(s):scribbler
Judge(s):TBA

Objectives:Just have fun looking back

Subject matter: Summer time thoughts about upcoming school year. Protagonist can be of any age and can look forward to or dread the upcoming school or have mixed feelings about it.Any form acceptable.

How Judged:

Description: Storytelling in Verse (sempiternal) workshop is holding a workshop within concerning "horror" in poetry.

Leader: Wesley snow
Moderator(s): Chrys

Objectives: To write a horror "story" in verse (hopefully out horroring each other.

Level of expertise: Open to all

Subject matter: Some things we will discuss is the difference between subtle (Hitchcock style) and hack and slash.