(1) Original work only.

(2) One poem per round.

(3) No poem more than one 8 1/2 x 11 page, in normal 12 point font.

(4) Prose Poems no more than 250 words in normal 12 point font.

(5) No introductions please.

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State your name, the name of your poem, and the form of your poem.

All present may enter the contest, which is judged by the featured reader, or additional volunteer judges if the featured reader wants help or chooses not to judge themselves.

Submission of a poem automatically conveys permission to print it in this newsletter and on our website if it wins. All rights revert to the authors upon publication.

After the first round will be the Special Contest. The same rules apply as above, except that it must be the designated FORM.

All present may enter the contest who have a poem written in the form, even if they entered the first round contest.

For the final round, the same rules apply, or up to 3 poems, if none is over 5 lines. There are no prizes for the final round.