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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

Description:Write a poem in the style of a past master

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

Objectives:To see if you can capture the style of a past master

Subject matter:Choose from this list of past masters and write a poem in their style : Edgar Allen Poe, Robert Frost, W.E.B.Du Bois, Keats or Robert Hayden. Please limit your entry to a minimum of 8 lines and a maximum of 30. Can be rhyming or not and on any subject. If you have another past master you would prefer contact me and I'll check with judge to see if it is acceptable. Be sure to put June Contest and the author whose style you are mimicking next to title. Have fun and holler if you have questions..............stan

How Judged:

Description:To gain a better understanding of the masters of poetry

Leader: China Blue
Moderator(s):
Wesley Snow
Alidzane

Objectives:To learn about and how the 19th century masters lived ,and wrote

Level of expertise: Open to all

Description: A poem to make us smile or , even better, laugh. Six stanzas maximum. No more than five lines per stanza. Any form, can be old or new (new would be preferred).

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

Objectives: Just a contest to have fun and get each other smiling

Subject matter: Any subject within neopoet guidelines

How Judged:

Description:
26 days, one subject, three styles of poetry, biting critique, 10 slots . . . Are you willing to give it a try

How are you feeling?

Up to a challenge?

Want to test your ability to write way out of your comfort zone?

Good.

Then join my workshop. It starts May 8th and runs for 26 days.

In that time, 10 lucky people will be assigned a subject and will produce three (3) separate poems and critique 27. You do not get to choose the subject, the styles, or the time.

What could possibly go wrong?