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Hi, everyone -
On behalf of Steppe, AW Poet Laureate XIX, I welcome you to the
2015 ABSOLUTE WRITE POETRY CONTEST -- SPACE
What It’s About
Subject is SPACE. All kinds of SPACE. See Skelly's 7-20-69 Translunar Injection, Kylabelle's Made In SPACE, or Steppe's Reserved- A Space For War for ideas. Our minds are full of rooms, rooms are SPACE. There is SPACE everywhere, past, present or future.
The SPACE of childhood, first day of school, our first kiss, first kiss from a shortwave radio. First baby born.
Just associate it to SPACE somehow.
The Prizes
Winners will choose, in order of finish, from Steppe's generous cornucopia of prizes:
How It Works
Entries open: CLOSED
Entries close: CLOSEDWednesday, August 5
All dates given are US Eastern Daylight Time.
After the closing date, the entries will be posted, without the authors' usernames, in a sticky thread in the Chapbook subforum.
This thread will remain open for Contest discussion.
There will be a two-week reading period before voting opens.
Voting opens: NOWThursday, August 20
Voting closes: Wednesday, September 2
Winners announced: Friday, September 4
After the winners are announced, I'll post the authors' usernames with each entry.
If you would like to know how many votes your entry received, send a PM to poetinahat; I'll be happy to tell you.
FAQ
Who Can Enter?
Who Can Vote? (updated 26/8)
How Many Times Can I Enter?
Can I Vote for My Own Entry?
Do I Have To?
What are the Rules for Entries?
How can I get my lines to indent?
Here's one way.
Does My Poem Need a Title?
How Do I Enter?
How Do I Vote?
How Will Votes Be Counted?
Why Do I Have to Vote for Three Poems?
Why Do I Have to Wait to Vote?
Any Other Questions?
And with that, I wish you a fun, rewarding contest!
On behalf of Steppe, AW Poet Laureate XIX, I welcome you to the
2015 ABSOLUTE WRITE POETRY CONTEST -- SPACE
What It’s About
Subject is SPACE. All kinds of SPACE. See Skelly's 7-20-69 Translunar Injection, Kylabelle's Made In SPACE, or Steppe's Reserved- A Space For War for ideas. Our minds are full of rooms, rooms are SPACE. There is SPACE everywhere, past, present or future.
The SPACE of childhood, first day of school, our first kiss, first kiss from a shortwave radio. First baby born.
Just associate it to SPACE somehow.
The Prizes
Winners will choose, in order of finish, from Steppe's generous cornucopia of prizes:
- Poems - Antonia Pozzi
translated by Peter Robinson, paperback
191 pages - Take Up The Song - poems by Edna Vincent Millay
hardcover with new Bodart cover
150 pages - The Complete Poems of Carl Sandburg, with introduction by Archibald MacLeish
hardcover with new bodart cover
797 pages - All The Odes of Pablo Neruda (a bilingual edition)
hardcover with new bodart cover
861 pages - Migration - W.S. Merwin
hardcover with new bodart cover
543 pages - Louise Gluck - poems 1962-2012
paperback
634 pages
How It Works
Entries open: CLOSED
Entries close: CLOSED
All dates given are US Eastern Daylight Time.
After the closing date, the entries will be posted, without the authors' usernames, in a sticky thread in the Chapbook subforum.
This thread will remain open for Contest discussion.
There will be a two-week reading period before voting opens.
Voting opens: NOW
Voting closes: Wednesday, September 2
Winners announced: Friday, September 4
After the winners are announced, I'll post the authors' usernames with each entry.
If you would like to know how many votes your entry received, send a PM to poetinahat; I'll be happy to tell you.
FAQ
Who Can Enter?
- Any member of AW in good standing.
- If you enter, you *must* vote to be eligible to win.
Who Can Vote? (updated 26/8)
Any member of AW in good standing as of the date of this post and is still in good standing when voting opens.- Any member of AW in good standing.
How Many Times Can I Enter?
- Limit one entry per member.
- No word limit, as long as it fits in an AW post.
Can I Vote for My Own Entry?
- Yes.
Do I Have To?
- No.
What are the Rules for Entries?
- Poems must be written by the submitter. No proxy entries.
- Poems should be written expressly for this contest.
- Poems must not have been previously published or publicly displayed.
- Entries will be posted exactly as submitted, with one exception: they will all be posted in the same font, with the same attributes (size, colour, etc.). Individual words, or quotes at the start, can be italicized.
- I plan to use the default font for AW posts.
- I will not promise to proofread or edit, or reformat the entries. Please double-check them before submitting. (If you find a typo before voting starts, contact poetinahat. I'll do what I can to help.)
- No illustrations or graphics.
How can I get my lines to indent?
Here's one way.
Does My Poem Need a Title?
- Titles are recommended but not required.
- If your entry does not have a title, it will be given a generic title, e.g. "Entry #4 - Untitled".
How Do I Enter?
[*]Using AW's private message (PM) function, send your entry to poetinahat, by Wednesday, August 5.- Entries are closed.
How Do I Vote?
- Vote for your three favorites, in order. Votes *must* list three entries to be counted.
- Send your vote to poetinahat via PM. Votes will be accepted from August 20 to September 2.
- The PM subject line should read VOTE: Poetry Contest. (That's not mandatory, but it will help me out. Thanks.)
- Include three votes in order, from first to third. For example:
First place: The Fount of Cosmic Sands
Second place: Entry #17 - Untitled
Third place: Iamb What Iamb
Second place: Entry #17 - Untitled
Third place: Iamb What Iamb
How Will Votes Be Counted?
- First-place votes: 3 points each
- Second-place votes: 2 points each
- Third-place votes: 1 point each
The entry with the most points wins. Winners will select a prize each in order.
Why Do I Have to Vote for Three Poems?
- To make the vote count more fun and interesting
- To encourage deeper thought about all of the poems
- To help identify favorites, since the number of voters will likely be not much greater than the number of entries
Why Do I Have to Wait to Vote?
- To allow time to read, consider, and let the poems sink in. Think of it as the campaign period.
Any Other Questions?
- Post them in this thread, or PM me. I'll update this post accordingly.
And with that, I wish you a fun, rewarding contest!
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