POETRY CONTEST 2024
Apr 1, 2024 9:28:58 GMT -6
Post by RAVENEYE on Apr 1, 2024 9:28:58 GMT -6
Poetry Contest 2024 In honor of National Poetry Month, which runs all through April, LegendFire launches our 2024 Poetry Contest! And the contest isn't the only poetry-related event going on this month. Be sure to check the very bottom of this announcement for other ways you can celebrate poetry and earn extra Honor Points.
YOUR PROMPT PERSONIFY
Personification is a literary device that applies human traits (usually) to non-human things. YOUR CHALLENGE for this contest is to write a poem heavily featuring personification. If the entire poem is one huge personification of a single thing, all the better. Why is this literary device useful? To add layers of meaning and depth or theme to an object, or perhaps to describe things when human language falls short.
A famous example is Emily Dickenson's opening lines "Because I could not stop for Death, / He kindly stopped for me". An example of non-human traits applied to a non-human thing would be Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog" - "The fog comes / on little cat feet..."Further Definitions and Examples of Personification (a great site, worth checking out): www.familyfriendpoems.com/collection/personification-poems/
A goofy image of books illustrating personification:
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SCHEDULE
Submissions open: Monday, April 1
Submissions close, voting begins: Tuesday, April 16, 11:59 pm, US Central
Voting closes: Tuesday, April 30, 11:59 pm, US Central
Results announced: MAY 1
CONTEST BASICS
One poem only, any form or style of your choice (see Resources below for ideas) Line limit: 50 You are not required to use the prompt word within the poem. Your poem must be unique, written specifically for this contest. You may not submit a poem you have already been working on or wrote in the past. Your poem must be 100% written by a human. Zero content generated by an AI source. Do not disclose which entry is yours.
Template (Required. Copy, paste, fill out, and include with your submission):Title:
Style/Form:
Line Count: (does not include title, epigraphs, and spaces between stanzas)
SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY
Send your entry to me (Raveneye) via Private Message in BB Code according to THESE INSTRUCTIONS. Each entry will be posted anonymously in the Poetry Forum. I will not edit mistakes, typos, or for readability.
NOTE: The ProBoards private message system does NOT allow us to edit our PMs. If you see a problem with your entry, you may resend it up to the moment I post it for judging.
JUDGING
Voting is open to all Legendfirians! Every contestant is REQUIRED to vote.
Unless excused for serious reasons, contestants must vote on all entries. You will receive 2 reminders of this requirement 1 week and again 3 days prior to the end of the voting period. If you do not vote on ALL entries, your entry will be disqualified.
Please follow these steps:
1. Judge each entry according to the following questions. Answer them as thoroughly as possible. Two sentences minimum per question. See the Resources below if you need help critiquing the poems.
NOTE: voters who leave one-liner critiques to justify their vote will receive warnings according to our warning system. The purpose of commenting is to help writers improve their writing, so be thorough, please.
Technical writing elements: Which elements were technically sound in this entry? What still needs work? Artistic writing elements: What appealed to me in this entry? What might benefit from revision? Prompt: How well does this entry relate to the prompt?2. After answering these questions, assign each area a numerical value: Rate each entry from 1 to 5, with five being the most favorable.
3. Add your scores and divide by 3 to get an average score. For example: 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 3.5 (The contest host will collect all the average scores for each entry and tally the averages to determine the winners.)
* You may vote for yourself to maintain your anonymity. This vote will not count toward the final score.
* All entries must have the same number of votes for each vote to count. For example, if over half the entries receive 7 votes, we will set the final vote requirement to 7 votes per entry.
RESOURCES
PRIZES
All contestants: 100 Hard Honor Points upon submitting their entry. 1st Place Winner: an additional 200 Hard Honor Points for a total of 300. 2nd and 3rd Place Winners: an additional 100 Hard Honor Points for a total of 200.NOTE: contestants must edit their Honor Points themselves within their profile settings.
PROMOTING
Tell everyone about the contest by adding the contest badge to your signature.
[img]https://i.ibb.co/DbfLQxV/personify.png[/img]REGISTRATION
1. Raveneye
2. Pelwrath
3. Scintilla
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While you compose your entry, look around the forum for other ways to explore and appreciate poetry all month long. Here are a couple:
50 Extra Medium Honor Points for writing a poem in response to any poetry challenge in the Prompts & Challenges forum. Caulder is awarding extra Honor Points each time you participate in a day of his Poetry Month activities. Found >HERE<
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You add them to your profile as you do them around the forum.
