Winklings G -
If you enter this contest, you may enter any other in the 100th series as long as you are eligible.
For Winkling members ONLY who have joined
the group since March 1, 2008.
Entrants outside of Winklings by Winkling member invitation only -
Invitee name must be placed in author's notes.
Form - classic rhyming form
i.e.sonnet, double sonnet, ode, villanelle, song lyric, lyrical allegory, elegy, aubade.
OR
Free verse.
Prompt:
"The poet's eye, in a fine frenzy rolling,
Doth glance from heaven to earth, from earth to heaven;
And, as imagination bodies forth
The forms of things unknown, the poet's pen
Turns them to shapes, and gives to airy nothing
A local habitation and a name."
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" (5.1.7-12), Theseus to his companions ....
Write for an ANTHOLOGY called "Fine Frenzy" or "The Poets' Pen". Give your poem zest.
Maximum Two Entries Allowed per poet. Do invite a non-Winkling poet-friend if you wish!
Quality of entry should be at a level fit for an anthology publication.
THE RULES:
1. Proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation are required and WILL matter
2. Please, no sticky caps
3. No cutting, suicide, or self-mutilation
4. No erotica, tastefully sensual is ok as long as it fits the subject matter
5. Step out of the box and learn
6. If you use an image, please credit accordingly
7. Please left align - unless your poem specifically calls for a different format
8. It's ALL about the poetry
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Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 4, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 2000, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Thank you all for your wonderful entries to this contest. For Winklings you are all winners with unique and ineterseting poety that has kept us completely engrossed.
Thank you and Congratulations!
Contest Winners
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4377693, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
- Error: Unable to find finalist item 4385551, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Traipsing through life’s hidden seams,
cerebrally sporadic• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
Earth quakes and convulses in excitement
And I stand firm in the center...by rainwalker 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 27 7:36 PM 2008. In nature, contest, life
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4371929, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
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I cant believe more people did not entered this contest.
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Thank you so much for bronze and the amazing inspiration.
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