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March 2016 - Acrostic - Prize -$25 USD Amazon.com Gift Certificate

Status: 
Start/end date: 
Tuesday, March 1, 2016 to Thursday, March 31, 2016
Contest description: 

Description:

Create an Acrostic - https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/text/poetic-form-acrostic

Details:

Create an Acrostic style poem adhering to the following specifications:

1) Between 15 and 35 lines
2) Between Two (2) and fifteen (15) words a line
a) Changed from five (5) to two (2) - explanation below
3) Include references to the following
- berries (any type)
- thunder
- sleet
- raven

Sponsor(s):
Jonathan Moore

Judge(s):
TBD

Objectives:

Expand you skills and talents. Write outside your comfort zone. Find a way to grow as a poet.

Subject matter:

See above

How Judged:

First, follow the rules. Next, write well. Any poem not following the rules will not be considered for the prize.

Rule change - 3/4/2016 - JCM

1) Changed minimum words from five (5) to two (2). The original intent of a minimum word count was to prevent single word lines. Upon creation of my example, a tetrameter acrostic, I discovered five words was an unnecessary encumbrance. Two (2) words has the same effect of preventing one word lines and allows for additional flexibility.

My apologies to anyone affected.

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