Poetry Contest - April 2009
We have enjoyed the poetry submissions from the March contest so much that we have decided to host another poetry competition in April.
*See all of our writing contests
Purpose: Have fun, enjoy the competition, and become a better poet by participating in our peer critique process for this contest.
Who Can Enter: This contest is open to all poets. All submissions must be posted and assigned critiques completed by April 18, 2009. Poems must be 50 lines or fewer. You may post additional poems to this site for critique, but only one poem will be eligible for this contest.
Subject Matter: You choose. The poem should adhere to our content policy.
Prizes: The winner of this contest will receive $50.
How to Enter: It’s pretty easy
- Create a free account or sign in for existing members.
- Upload your poem; make sure you select “April Poetry Contest” as the category.
- Submit your poem for peer critique.
- Complete your assigned reviews, this is discussed more below.
Decisions: There will be 3 rounds of judging.
- Authors from the Review Fuse staff will select the 10 best poems for Round 2.
- Of these 10 poems, Review Fuse management will select the 5 authors who gave the most detailed and well thought out critiques of their peer’s poetry for Round 3.
- The winner will then be selected by 3 creative writing and poetry professors.
Entry Fee: There are no entry fees or purchases of any kind required to enter and win the contest. After you submit your poem to the contest you will be required to complete assigned critiques of other poets (4 for free members and 3 for premium members). You will receive 3 critiques of your poem in return. Those who do not complete their critiques will not be eligible to win the contest.
Rights: All poems remain the sole property of the author. After we have selected the winner we will seek permission from the author to publish the winning poem on our blog. The author is under no obligation to allow this.
Notification: The prize winner will be notified by email on April 25, 2009. We will announce the prize winner on our blog on April 27, 2009.
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March 23rd, 2009 at 11:26 am
[...] I would like to thank Lance Larsen*, a creative writing professor at Brigham Young University, for his guidance in judging the poetry submitted to this competition. I will share some of Dr. Larsen’s insights about poetry on Wednesday in order to assist those entering the April 2009 poetry contest. [...]
March 25th, 2009 at 7:58 am
[...] made in several of the poems submitted to the March 2009 Poetry Contest. Those entering the April 2009 Poetry Contest should take the following suggestions under advisement. These suggestions were derived by insights [...]
March 26th, 2009 at 9:58 am
[...] Date April 18, 2009 Contest Website http://www.reviewfuse.com/blog/2009/03/poetry-contest-april-2009/ Prizes $50 Entry Fee: $0 (must register for free Review Fuse account if haven’t already) [...]