Host a Contest this NaPo Month
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Hi there poetry people! Have you always wanted to run your own poetry contest? Give it a try this NaPo!
We will be giving out 300 points to people who start their own contest in the Contests forums in the month of April.
Here's how running contests on YWS works:
1. You create a thread in the Contests forums
2. Your thread should include the following:
a) Poetry contest topic (for example, poems about technology)
b) Some rules (no plagiarism/ copying each other is always an important one, and you can also include rules like a rating restriction, if you would like all the poems to be family friendly)
c) A deadline for submitting entries
3. You promote your poetry contest on your own wall by giving a link to the contest thread
4. You post a link to your poetry contest in this thread so everyone can see it.
*You can judge your contest entries on your own, or you can invite a friend or two to co-judge.
Contest Etiquette (Super Important):
- No pressure! People should be free to enter or not enter a contest as they please -- remember, even if you don't manage to get any participants in the end, you still get points for trying!
- No contest-plagiarism : just like how participants shouldn't copy poetry from one another, the contest runners shouldn't copy other contests on the site. If you want to revive an old contest idea and put a new spin on it, you need to ask permission from the person who created the old contest.
- Have fun!
