Show Me Your Homeland


In the course of an unfortunately brief chat with =bewareofthesnowman this evening, I asked him to write me a poem about Wales so I could see it through his eyes.

It occurred to me then that there are so many places in the world I've never been, as I've always been too poor or too busy to travel, and got the idea to ask you guys to help me see where it is that YOU live!

I'd love to be able to see it through your eyes, to sense and experience something unique about your homeland.

Will you show it to me? I'd love to be an armchair traveller.


How To Enter


Note me a link to a poem or piece of short prose specifically about the place where you live.

-- Make sure to put either PROSE or POETRY in the subject line!

I'd like to experience it as if I was there. I'll be judging this on how well your writing evokes a sense of your homeland, so make sure to really capture something of its essence.


Guidelines


PROSE: 1500 words or less.

POETRY: 1500 words or less.


DEADLINE: January 25


Prizes


Sorry, I can only afford to offer prizes for first place in both prose and poetry.

Any prize donations will be gratefully recieved!


Best each of prose AND poetry win:

a 3-month subscription each
a 3-month feature in my journal shoutbox.



Good luck!