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neopoet contests Mar 31, 2022

Emulate Your Favorite Poet!

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Description: For national poetry month we are asking our members to write in their favorite poets writing style. Between 3 to 32 lines. Name the favorite poet in the title

Prize: This month the winner will receive a 50 dollar Amazon gift certificate!

The following link explains all of our contes at neopoet.
https://www.neopoet.com/contest/program-description-and-guidelines

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Neopoet Random Challenge # 13

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Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's random topic that is provided below.

Objectives: If you so accept this challenge, all you have to do is choose one or more of the following topics and write one or more poems based on your choice or choices. Please make sure your poem or poems are between 12 to 32 lines. Certificates will be given to those that use the topic as their title.

This month's Topics:

1) The last time I was lost
2) Saving daylight
3) I had to crawl
4) My mother

Emotions In Colors

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Description: Write a freeform poem about emotions in colors. Between 12 to 32 lines
Examples
Happy is Green
Sad is blue
Angry is red
Tired is gray
Worried is orange
Love is yellow
Calm is aqua
Excited is violet
Embarrassed is lime
Scared is black
Confused is dark blue
Silly is purple

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neopoet contests Feb 06, 2022

the MY POEM contest

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Description:Use your imagination to make anybody reading your poem feel emotional by the meaning, sound and rhythm of what you write. Try to make the language attractive and give it a good beat. It can rhyme but that’s up to you - the writer. You can write about your experiences in life or an idea or emotion. If you want examples of exactly how to do all that look here:
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/
It may not be necessary, but you may like it.

Make the writing into four sets of four lines (or less)
Call it: My Poem
Don’t worry about your name because the submission form will add your name automatically.

Objectives: Write a poem.

Subject matter: Any subject according to the description.

How Judged: According to the description and the about contest information here:
https://www.neopoet.com/contest/program-description-and-guidelines

Submissions form is here: https://www.neopoet.com/node/add/poem

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neopoet contests Feb 01, 2022

Neopoet Random Challenge #12

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Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's random topic that is provided below.

Objectives: If you so accept this challenge, all you have to do is choose one or more of the following topics and write one or more poems based on your choice or choices. Please make sure your poem or poems are between 12 to 32 lines. Certificates will be given to those that use the topic as their title.

This month's Topics:
1)The neighborhood I grew up in
2)I survived
3)The best gift I ever received
4)My daily routine

Dealing With Grief Or A Lost Love

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Description: Write a poem about the loss of a loved one or friend or a lost love.

Objectives: poems must contain two to four stanzas, rhyming or free verse

Prize: The winner receives a three-month premium membership and a 25 dollar gift certificate to amazon.com. If the winner already has an existing premium account with Neopoet then they will receive a 35 dollar Amazon gift card. There are also Neopoet products that can be substituted for the cash such as a Neopoet t-shirt, Neopoet mug and Neopoet Tote Bag. Winner of this contest will be eligible to compete for the Neopoet Yearly Contest.

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Neopoet Random Challenge # 11

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Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's random topic that is provided below.

Objectives: If you so accept this challenge, all you have to do is choose one or more of the following topics and write one or more poems based on your choice or choices. Please make sure your poem or poems are between 12 to 32 lines. Certificates will be given to those that use the topic as their title.

This month's Topics:

1) I need to recharge
2) The things I say to myself
3) The reason I exist
4) Writer’s Block

Always remember to have a blast while being challenged. Also don't forget you are awesome

Neopoet Random Challenge # 10

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Neopoet.com wants to challenge you to write poetry about this month's random topic that is provided below.

Objectives: If you so accept this challenge, all you have to do is choose one or more of the following topics and write one or more poems based on your choice or choices. Please make sure your poem or poems are between 12 to 32 lines. Certificates will be given to those that use the topic as their title.

This month's Topics:
1) Guilty pleasure
2) My Christmas Friend
3) Under The Mistletoe
4) I've Just Arrived

Always remember to have a blast while being challenged. Also don't forget you are awesome

Write a Holiday Poem To A Friend On Neopoet

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Description: This holiday season we are all in need of some extra holiday cheer. Write a holiday poem to a Neopoet friend. If you don't have a friend on the site yet then write a poem for a family member or friend.

Objectives: Poems can be written in any form and must be 32 lines or less
Prize: 25 Dollar Amazon gift certificate and a 3 month premium membership also your poem will be eligible for next year's Neopoet of the year.

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The Weather Report

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Description: This month our contest's topic is the weather. Write a poem about the weather in your part of the world. Poem must be free verse and 32 lines or less.

Best of luck to all contestants.

This will be the last contest for the 2021 contest of the year competition based on the winning poem of each month of this year. The winner of the year will be selected by the general membership. The winning prize is a 100 dollar (on line) visa card and one year premium membership.

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