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Modernize Shakespeare!

This contest is kind of an experiment... I want you to take a work of Shakespeares, and write a modernized version of it. Any poetry form is acceptable, though I really prefer free verse.

You can use any sonnet, soliloquy, or plot line from a work of Shakespeare's. For example, rework Helena's favorite speech from A Midsummer Night's Dream, or modernize Sonnet #8, or write a poem directly based upon a scene from Hamlet... whatever!

Rules:
- I'm not asking for a vague reference, the content should be directly linked to the work.
- Swearing and erotica okay if necessary for plot or character reasons.
- No chat talk, and please check your spelling!
- Please make sure to let me know which work you are using... Either in your description, or comment on the contest with your poem title and the specific work. **Brownie points if you provide a hyperlink to that work!



300 Points to the Winner!
Unofficial Honorable Mentions will be awarded if I feel the need to.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 1, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300
  • Final notes:
    Hi guys, thank you all for entering! In the end, I had to go with "Dying Embers". It had a really beautiful quality that I just couldn't ignore. Honorable mentions go to "Evil in the Night" and "Spell of the Universe (Hip Hop in Circles Comes)"
    Thanks again!

Contest Winners

  1. Dying Embers
    Through time this face has aged with many lines
    Like the rings on an old sycamore tree
    by Cupcrazy 20 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 21 2:37 PM 2007. In Other, Thoughts, Love
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. evil in the night.
    hold your candle flame aloft
    in attempt to cast evil away
    by madgirlslovesong 25 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 18 10:25 AM 2007. In Dark, Fiction, Shakespeare
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. The Boy Aquamarine

    When the climate approaches the most fear,
    by ColourBlind 22 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 2 10:44 PM 2005. In Personal, Dark, Angst
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2882284, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]

Entries [6]

1 - 6 of 6
  • Dawn's Almost Here
    Dawn’s almost near,
    My lover comes near.
    by A Silent Cry 24 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 22 10:02 AM 2005. In Love, Dark, Hope
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
  • Rumble in Rome
    Friends, bro’s, everyone,
    I didn’t come here to dig a hole for Caesar
    by azure85 35 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 23 8:50 PM 2007. In Humor
    • Commented on by judge.

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