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It is with great pleasure that I announce
THE CONTEST ABOUT SOMETHING
What It’s About
Write a poem, on any subject, in one of the following forms (use http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/index.htm as a reference):
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 Prizes
Rules
How to Enter
Using the board's private message function, send me your poems by May 15, 2011at 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 – one vote per current AW member in good standing, also using the private message function.
In the subject line of your private message, type VOTE: SOMETHING Contest.
In the body of the message, include up to three votes in order, from first to third. List both the poem number and the title. For example:
3. Bust Your Capulet
7. You've got Rhythm
8. Happy Feet
Voting will close at 11:59PM US Eastern on May 29, 2011. Any votes received after that time won't count.
I will then post complete results with vote totals for every entry, and announce the winner.
If you win, I'll need a mailing address of course. I'll either mail it to you myself or have it sent from an online distributor.
And with that, I formally wish you Good Luck!
THE CONTEST ABOUT SOMETHING
What It’s About
Write a poem, on any subject, in one of the following forms (use http://www.volecentral.co.uk/vf/index.htm as a reference):
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 Prizes
- I will donate a copy of Stephen Fry's The Ode Less Traveled.
- the redoubtable CDSinex has donated The Narrow Road: Spring and Autumn Passages by Matsuo Bashō. The book, a paperback, is Bashō’s journal written while traveling through, then remote, northern Japan and is the seminal Haibun.
- the magnificent aadams73 has donated a year's subscription to Writers & Poets Magazine.
Rules
- Entrants must be members of AW in good standing since at least April 15, 2011.
- Limit two entries per member.
- Poems must conform to one of the forms listed.
- 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 April 15, 2011, are eligible to vote.
How to Enter
Using the board's private message function, send me your poems by May 15, 2011at 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 – one vote per current AW member in good standing, also using the private message function.
In the subject line of your private message, type VOTE: SOMETHING Contest.
In the body of the message, include up to three votes in order, from first to third. List both the poem number and the title. For example:
3. Bust Your Capulet
7. You've got Rhythm
8. Happy Feet
Voting will close at 11:59PM US Eastern on May 29, 2011. Any votes received after that time won't count.
I will then post complete results with vote totals for every entry, and announce the winner.
If you win, I'll need a mailing address of course. I'll either mail it to you myself or have it sent from an online distributor.
And with that, I formally wish you Good Luck!
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