Haiku - Ocean
Poetry Contest
Write a haiku concerning the ocean. Creative approaches welcome.
-17 syllables or LESS
-short/long/short format
-two grammatically interconnected lines of concrete imagery (paints a mental image)
-satori line or a-ha moment (may be the first or last line)
-personification is allowed
-minimal punctuation and capitalization
-no author's notes
-no end rhymes
-no videos, animation or music
-artwork allowed but the poem must stand alone (the picture is not to be incorporated into the poem)
-basic editor where white background and black text
-title must be: haiku (first line of poem)
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 65.00 member dollars. There are 5 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 5 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, December 3, 2019.
Full Contest Listing
-17 syllables or LESS
-short/long/short format
-two grammatically interconnected lines of concrete imagery (paints a mental image)
-satori line or a-ha moment (may be the first or last line)
-personification is allowed
-minimal punctuation and capitalization
-no author's notes
-no end rhymes
-no videos, animation or music
-artwork allowed but the poem must stand alone (the picture is not to be incorporated into the poem)
-basic editor where white background and black text
-title must be: haiku (first line of poem)
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 65.00 member dollars. There are 5 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 5 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, December 3, 2019.