Welcome to ZIPCODE, the latest poetry contest here at Absolutewrite.com.
We're going to run it pretty much like the last contest we had, so I'm going to cut and paste a lot of poetinahat's write-up of that contest's rules here.
What It's About
Write a poem about place. Is there or has there been or will there ever be a "there" there in your where, or anywhere? Hide it, embroider it, or lay it bare. Maybe you want to show us the black roots of your blonde hair? Or maybe you're sui generis and just don't care?
One thing for sure is no one will know it if you don't share.
People vote for their top three favorites. First-place votes get three points; second-place votes get two points; third-place votes get one point.
The poem with the most points wins.
The Prize
I will donate a copy of American Splendor and More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar, as well as a copy of Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition by Henry David Thoreau and Jeffrey Cramer.
Steppe has generously offered to donate "A Legacy of Shadows" by David Lee, in paperback and "The Poems Of Marianne Moore" edited by Grace Schulman, new in hardcover.
Three places will be "paid out." First prize gets first pick, etc.
Rules
Entrants must be members of AW in good standing since at least October 15, 2011.
One entry per member.
Poems must be three hundred words or fewer.
Poems must be sixty lines or fewer.
There is no restriction or requirement on poetic form.
Poems will be posted exactly as entered – except that they will all be posted in the same font. No graphic images will be permitted. Please make sure your spelling and formatting are exactly as you want them before you submit the poems. I will not proofread or edit the entries.
All AW members in good standing since at least October 15, 2011, are eligible to vote.
Entrants are permitted to vote for their own poems.
Entrants must vote to be eligible to win.
How to Enter
Using the board's private message function, send me your original poem by December 15, 2011 at 11:59 PM US Eastern. (Know your time zones.) I will post the poems all at once and open the voting.
The poems will be both numbered and titled (if you submit without a title, it will be creatively called Untitled).
How to Vote
Once the poems are posted, you may send me your vote via PM – one vote per current AW member in good standing, also using the private message function.
The subject line of the PM should be VOTE: ZIPCODE Contest.
In the body of the message, include up to three votes in order of preference, from first to third. List both the poem number and the title. For example:
3. Peyton Place
7. Kill my Landlord
8. Strapping on the Couch
Voting will close at 11:59 PM US Eastern on December 30, 2011. Any votes received after that time will not count.
I will then post complete results with vote totals for every entry, and announce the winner.
If you win, we'll need a mailing address of course. Prize donators will either mail your prize to you or have it sent from an online distributor.
All right, then, Zippy -- get cracking and claim your place! Good luck!
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P.S.: All things considered, I've decided entries must be new unpublished poems only. Less hassles and questions that way for me and everyone concerned.
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CONTEST CLOSED and VOTING IS UNDERWAY!
Visit THIS THREAD in the Critique section to see the contest submissions!
We're going to run it pretty much like the last contest we had, so I'm going to cut and paste a lot of poetinahat's write-up of that contest's rules here.
What It's About
Write a poem about place. Is there or has there been or will there ever be a "there" there in your where, or anywhere? Hide it, embroider it, or lay it bare. Maybe you want to show us the black roots of your blonde hair? Or maybe you're sui generis and just don't care?
One thing for sure is no one will know it if you don't share.
People vote for their top three favorites. First-place votes get three points; second-place votes get two points; third-place votes get one point.
The poem with the most points wins.
The Prize
I will donate a copy of American Splendor and More American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar, as well as a copy of Walden: A Fully Annotated Edition by Henry David Thoreau and Jeffrey Cramer.
Steppe has generously offered to donate "A Legacy of Shadows" by David Lee, in paperback and "The Poems Of Marianne Moore" edited by Grace Schulman, new in hardcover.
Three places will be "paid out." First prize gets first pick, etc.
Rules
Entrants must be members of AW in good standing since at least October 15, 2011.
One entry per member.
Poems must be three hundred words or fewer.
Poems must be sixty lines or fewer.
There is no restriction or requirement on poetic form.
Poems will be posted exactly as entered – except that they will all be posted in the same font. No graphic images will be permitted. Please make sure your spelling and formatting are exactly as you want them before you submit the poems. I will not proofread or edit the entries.
All AW members in good standing since at least October 15, 2011, are eligible to vote.
Entrants are permitted to vote for their own poems.
Entrants must vote to be eligible to win.
How to Enter
Using the board's private message function, send me your original poem by December 15, 2011 at 11:59 PM US Eastern. (Know your time zones.) I will post the poems all at once and open the voting.
The poems will be both numbered and titled (if you submit without a title, it will be creatively called Untitled).
How to Vote
Once the poems are posted, you may send me your vote via PM – one vote per current AW member in good standing, also using the private message function.
The subject line of the PM should be VOTE: ZIPCODE Contest.
In the body of the message, include up to three votes in order of preference, from first to third. List both the poem number and the title. For example:
3. Peyton Place
7. Kill my Landlord
8. Strapping on the Couch
Voting will close at 11:59 PM US Eastern on December 30, 2011. Any votes received after that time will not count.
I will then post complete results with vote totals for every entry, and announce the winner.
If you win, we'll need a mailing address of course. Prize donators will either mail your prize to you or have it sent from an online distributor.
All right, then, Zippy -- get cracking and claim your place! Good luck!
-------------------------
P.S.: All things considered, I've decided entries must be new unpublished poems only. Less hassles and questions that way for me and everyone concerned.
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CONTEST CLOSED and VOTING IS UNDERWAY!
Visit THIS THREAD in the Critique section to see the contest submissions!
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