Young Writers Society

Brigadier wrote:

Birdman wrote:https://www.youngwriterssociety.com/viewtopic.php?f=404&t=113678

To the fair poetry reviewers of the city of Yewis,

I, Birdman, challenge you to become critical Bards for the next piece of poetry that you review. You can search through the wide expanse of the Green Room for your muse. Or, with National Poetry month afoot, you may be able to request that a friend allow you to take inspiration from their work.

(This meaning that you should write your review of a piece of poetry in whatever style of poetry that you may choose. An extra prize may be given out to those who complete a sonnet though...)

If - if - you complete a review of a work of poetry and you have at least one original stanza of critique (of four lines or more), then I will give you 50 bonus points.

If you've completed a Green Room review, then I'll give you the directions to the Knights of the Great Hall and question why you have not yet joined us.

Submit your completed reviews in the thread below by the end of NaPo (April 30).

The usual rules apply to this joint poetry and review challenge.
1. Spam reviews are not allowed.
--> Your review must have content and your lines of poetry must be related back to your critique of the original work.
2. Plagiarism is frowned upon and will be reported to a moderator.
3. Don't take this challenge too seriously.

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Poetry Readers wrote:Later this week you're invited to bring a NaPo poem to have a little discussion session ~ it'll be fun! I hope you can join us.

Liminality wrote:Hiya Poetry Readers!

Our next discussion will be a special NaPo edition, where you can bring one NaPo poem of yours with a maximum of 25 lines in length to discuss. The date and time will be :

See you there!

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Liminality wrote:Here's the pad! Come join us!

Liminality wrote:Hiya Poetry Readers!

Our next discussion will be a special NaPo edition, where you can bring one NaPo poem of yours with a maximum of 25 lines in length to discuss. The date and time will be :

See you there!

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HELLO NAPO POETS! WE HAVE ONE WEEK LEFT OF NAPO HOW ARE YOU DOING?

lliyah wrote:

Last Chance!
NaPo Time Traveler Contest

Calling all poets! We all know NaPo is a little more about getting poetry out than editing poetry ~ but this contest asks you to grab a poem from the past and bring it into the future using your powers of creativity.

Your Challenge: Take the very first NaPo poem from your NaPo thread, and make it into a totally new poem. If you would like, you can even use the first NaPo poem from a previous year! The final poem should be clearly inspired by the first poem, and I'd love if you could even re-use a phrase or line from the original one, but it should also clearly be a new poem.

To Enter: Post a comment with your old and new poem enspoilered below by 8 PM EST April 30. You can submit up to two entries. Please indicate if your poem has mature content.

Judgement Criteria: Poem will be judged by me on 1) Clear link to old poem 2) Use of Creativity 3) Use of Poetic Devices 4) Impact

Prizes: First place will get 300 points + some sort of delightful bird or cat doodle by me.