This thread is to announce the ILP Poetry Competition that I mentioned a week or two ago. It will be run over the next couple of weeks along the same lines as the last comp with a couple of crucial differences.
[size=117]The Rules[/size]
There is a panel of three judges comprising Tabula Rasa, Thirst4Metal and myself. All decisions will be taken democratically (majority verdict rules even if I happen to disagree) and the decisions, once announced, are final.
Dates
The competition runs from today (24th April) for two weeks, until the 8th of May. This deadline is somewhat flexible to allow for the global time differences but essentially we’re looking at midnight on Monday May 8th as the deadline.
We’re looking for philosophical poems, either one long poem of up to 25 lines or 3 shorter poems of up to 10 lines. Any more than this and it’s up to the judges to decide whether to deduct points. If you feel that you can do enough in 12 lines to satisfy your themes then feel free to be briefer than the 25.
We specifically want philosophical poems and there are two stimuli to get you running. The first is visual, the second aural.
Creation of Adam
2001 A Space Odyssey - The Intro Theme
Only one submission per person, and submissions will be anonymous.
As before, please do not show your submission to anyone else prior to the closing date. If there are any problems then please PM me or another judge.
[size=117]What you have to do[/size]
1) Write your poem/s. Again, we’re looking for philosophical poetry so by all means include words or lines from philosophical texts or write about complex themes.
2) Send your entry to Mastriani at
ilpcompetitions@yahoo.co.uk
as a word .doc file WITHOUT your name on it, not in the title, not in the document. However, make sure that your name (your ILP posting name) is somewhere in your e-mail otherwise we won’t be able to judge your entry.
When the competition closes Mastriani will send the judges a folder of your entries and will privately produce a list of titles and corresponding names that we, the judges, will not see until we’ve made up our minds as to the winners. Again, the announcement will follow about a fortnight after the closing of the competition. As with before there will be a top 3 who will get Symposia/signature privileges and probably a book.
[size=117]How the poems will be judged[/size]
There are five criteria for judging
Imagination (content) - Put simply, how imaginative the content of your poem seems to the panel.
Originality (style) - How original your style seems to the panel. This will be assessed (as much as it is possible to do so) separately from the previous criterion.
Consistency
This applies to both content and style and is an assessment of the poem/s’ overall quality.
Felicity (befitting an philosophical audience)
Again, put simply, this is how appropriate the poem/s are for a reasonably well-informed philosophical audience. Have no fear about being labelled pretentious; the more ambitious, the better.
Spelling and Grammar
Self explanatory, where applicable
Right, I think that you know all that you need to so I’ll wish you all luck and I look forward to reading your entries.
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