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 Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: Sonnet Contest |
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Hi. I thought a sonnet contest might be interesting. I love sonnets, and think they're good for building discipline.
They can be written on any theme, and can be either Shakespearean or Petrach. For people who haven't done a sonnet before, in the first quatrain you introduce the theme, you develop it in the second, reflect on it in the third, and use the couplet at the end to sum it all up and add closure.
Iambic pentameter is recommended (ten syllabyls in each line), and will earn extra marks, though if you want to be experimental and not use it, I'll still judge your entry.
For Shakespearean sonnets, the scheme is ababcdcdefefgg, and for Petrach, you have a choice of abbaaabba cdcdcd, ot abbaabba cdecde, or abbaabba cdedce. It doesn't matter in the slightest which one you use.
The deadline September 24th, which is just two weeks. I think that should be enough time, so all poems need to be received by then. It can be extended if people have serious problems making it. You can pm any entries to me, or just pop a link in here, whichever suits you best.
First place will get 5 critiques, second will get three, and third will get one. I don't tend to critique art, as I don't know anything about it, and I think I'm a better poetry critic than I am a story/essay critic, but I'm happy to critique any piece of writing. If you want to send a chapter of a novel or a scene from a play, this counts as one piece. (Depending on the length of the play.)
Think that's everything... 
EDIT: The deadline is now September 30th.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| Good idea Jasmine and I'll enter if I have the time. It's been a while since I've written a sonnet so it should be fun =) |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 11:30 pm Post subject: |
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| Okay... I wrote one a couple months ago but I want to try writing another one. How many entries? |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 11, 2007 10:44 am Post subject: |
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| Em...two I guess. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2007 8:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Two weeks will be a tough deadline for me, but I shall try it! I love sonnets; it's a great idea. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| Should we pm them to you? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Ya. I'm extending the deadline by a week to give people more time. |
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| Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 4:21 pm Post subject: |
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| Two more days...any more entries? *hopeful face* why is there no hopeful smiley? |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Awww! I wish I had seen this sooner! I wrote a Petrarchan sonnet a little while ago, an adaptation of his sonnet... 135 i think. *pouts* I wish. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| That's a pity. I only had one entrant, but if people seem to be interested in this, I might do one again in another month or so, maybe with a theme or something to make it a little different, and make the deadline longer. Actually, while I'm on it, if anyone would like to do this at a later date could you either pm me or make a post in this thread, because I won't bother trying this again if the spark isn't there. |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:10 pm Post subject: |
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| Winning by default ftw! |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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I wanted to enter, but my schedule is so busy. There was no way I could write a decent sonnet in the two weeks notice.
If you make another one, with a later deadline, I'd try though. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:20 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks. Good to know you have an interest! I'll definetely do another at some stage if enough people would like to do one. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: |
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| Ugh! I totally forgot about this! Next time you do a contest, I'll submit mine as soon as it;s announced. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 6:37 pm Post subject: |
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| No worries. Thanks gadi. |
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