Contest Description
What to Submit? reading instructions a must
Only one or two stanza of the scene in the painting
5 6 7 5 4 9 syllable count A A B CC B rhyme scheme in your poem or
7 8 9 7 8 8 9 7 syllable count AB AB CACA rhyme scheme.
Please use punctuation and check your spelling.
N/A’s if not following instructions.
Take your time you have a month.
Good luck
Prizes
First Prize, Glory
Second Prize, Glory
Third Prize, Glory
Twelve Honorable Mentions
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poem online. Format your poem. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations or fancy fonts.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible, unless you wrote both the original poem and the translation.
A Note to Poetry Contestants
You are welcome to enter this contest, whether or not you won a prize in one of my previous contests.