Type of Contest: Acrostic Haiku. Joining poetry from both eastern and western influences.



About the contest: I’ve combined two forms of poetry : Acrostic ([link]) and the Haiku (A word about Haiku by `MSJames ). One Western and one Eastern, and together, I think they make a wonderfully, beautiful form of poetry that will challenge you yet excite you at the same time. If you’re a poet, then try your hand at something as difficult as the villanelle yet much more visually impressive. However, if you’re a writer of prose, then why not try something as small and exciting as this. There’s certainly nothing to lose, but there are many things to be gained.

Start: May 3, 2009
Deadline: June 5, 2009 11:59:59 pm GMT

Rules:

Judges are not able to enter.

Entries must fit the guidelines the tutorial dictates.

Your piece must be a new deviation submitted on and after May 3, 2009.

No slander, racial remarks, or any type of prejudices will be accepted. Failure to comply with this rule will result in an automatic ban from the contest and the club. Comments from entrants that break this rule will also suffer the same consequence.

Entries must be a deviation and sent via note to =Mattiello.

No entries will be accepted after the deadline.

only 1 entry will be accepted from each person (some have more than one account).

Judging:

Judging will be simple. Each judge will vote for their 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place picks, and they will recieve 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point respectively. Once they've decided on their winners, they will send their votes to me via note. I will add all of the points together and send them to the judges for verification.

After the results are verified, I will post the winners in our news section. The judges are then free to comment however they like on the entries.

4th and 5th place will receive honorable mentions.

Judges are as follows:

^StJoan
^LadyLincoln
`jade-pandora
`MSJames
=Mattiello
=mode-de-vie
*msklystron
=peterdawes

Note: I may include more judges in the future.

Prizes:

Note: if we have an exorbanate amount of entries and/or prizes, I will split the prizes into 1st to 5th place categories with honorable mentions for 6th and 7th.

As of now the prizes are as follows:

1st place:
3 month sub from ^LadyLincoln
3 month sub from =Mattiello
3 month sub from =peterdawes
Critique (public or private) from `MSJames
Critique from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from ^StJoan
Journal feature from `MSJames
Journal feature from `GaioumonBatou
Journal feature from =Mattiello
Journal feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from *rlkirkland
Journal feature from *msklystron
Journal feature from *Writers-Club

second place:
3 month sub from =Mattiello
3 month sub from *msklystron
1 month sub from =peterdawes
Critique from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from ^StJoan
Journal feature from `MSJames
Journal feature from `GaioumonBatou
Journal feature from =Mattiello
Journal feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from *msklystron
Journal feature from *rlkirkland
Journal feature from *Writers-Club

third place
1 month sub from =Mattiello
1 month sub from =peterdawes
1 month sub from *msklystron
Critique from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from ^StJoan
Joural feature from `MSJames
Journal feature from `GaioumonBatou
Journal feature from =Mattiello
Journal feature from =mode-de-vie
Journal feature from *msklystron
Journal feature from *rlkirkland
Journal feature from *Writers-Club


Honorable mentions for 4th and 5th place are up to the dicretion of those who are featuring 1st to 3rd.

Note: Other judges may be added, along with prizes, so keep a lookout for updates from me about the contest. Also, pay attention to the Artist Comment below the tutorial of the Acrostic Haiku for hints and help on html for bold, italics, subtext, which will make your piece easier to read and comprehend.

If you have any questions about the form and/or the contest, simply note me. I’ll respond as quickly as I can.