- Prompt Round Contest -

Hello and welcome to my prompt rounds contest. As the title may suggest, this is going to be a rounds contest with prompts for each round.

The rounds will go like this (may have to be edited due to number of entrants, but we'll see):

Preliminary Round (this one) - 20 spaces

Round 1 - 20 spaces

Round 2 - 16 spaces

Round 3 - 10 spaces

Round 4 - 5 spaces

Round 5 - 3 spaces (the ultimate winner will be found here).

As I have stated above, this may change with the number of entrants I recieve.

In this contest (prelim. round), what I would like you to do is to enter your best prompt poem. If you never have entered a prompt contest, or would prefer, enter your favourite write under 30 lines.

I will get in more detail on structure/points in the next round.

Each round will amount to more points (100 more added each time, probably. i.e. first round will be 300 points, 2nd 400 etc). The last rounds amount will be a surprise. I want you all to work hard on these.



~Basic Rules~ (these will be throughout the rounds, unless stated otherwise)

No bashing each others writing skills/abilities/styles - we all write in different ways, we all should stand a chance of winning.

Don't bash me either. If/when you are kicked out of the competition, it doesn't mean I didn't like your entry or that I have a personal problem with you, this is a competition and with competitions you need those who don't win too. Please don't scream at me for not chosing you, it's not the way you gain fans. If you have a genuine problem however, please message me and I will gladly listen to you.

If you are going to enter writes of an erotic/dark/adult nature, please label correctly.

Try and limit swearing. If you only have one swearword and it seems to serve a purpose, I will not complain, however do use such words sparingly and label your write adult/erotic, whichever is appropriate (or both).

1 Entry per person please.

Prewrites are allowed in THIS contest, but not in any of the others following.

Spelling and grammar do count, along with using the English language properly. I don't want you adding in big words because they sound good and not actually knowing what they mean, that's not poetry at all.

Only enter the contest if you are willing to go all the way along the rounds. I know life can throw unexpected things at us and if you have a genuine reason as to why you are unable to enter the contest and therefore have to drop out, please do message me/get a friend to message me (ie. you're in hospital, a family member is ill/has passed away, an unexpected computer loss).

If you are going to change your name throughout the contest please message me with your new name, I don't want to disqualify you in later rounds thinking you were not in the contest. Please remember to do this.

Okay, I think those are the basic rules. If I have missed anything I will certainly add it in the second round of this contest.

Good luck everyone!

PLEASE ONLY ENTER THE CONTEST IF YOU ARE WILLING TO PARTICIPATE IN UPCOMING CONTESTS.