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FIVE STAR POETRY CONTEST
WHAT IS THE CONTEST ABOUT?
This is a prompt-less poetry contest for high quality poetry which, for me, is poetry written in correct English and having one or more of the following characteristics:
--Great depth
--Great emotion
-- Great flow
--Uniqueness of subject or structure or presentation, a feeling of “standing out” or of “being different”
--A feeling, after the poem has been read and the window closed, that the poem still lingers there somewhere in the mind.
WHAT ARE THE RULES?
1-- The poem must be posted as a bitem link. It cannot be posted directly in the forum.
2. It must have been rated. Rating must be 5, if single; at least 4.5, if multiple. The rating must be visible to me. [The item should allow rating without any restrictions. Choosing the option-‘This item requires review along with rating’ hides display of the rating received.]
3. Only one entry per round. Items that have won awards, prizes, awardicons etc. are permitted.
4. Each monthly round starts 16th of the month, lasts till 15th of next month.
5. Prize—The best poem will get a prize of 5000 GP. Prize amount may be enhanced / divided between winning entries at the discretion of the judge (myself).
A QUERY ANSWERED
QUESTION--What do you consider a 5 Star poem? Does it have to have a certain amount of ratings? Some of my poems were 5 stars and then someone will come along and give it a lower rating so it drops. It seems this is a sliding scale. Does it have to be 5 stars from everyone no matter what?
ANSWER—
ONE: In my reckoning, a 5-star poem is that which does not have the following:
1—Spelling mistakes;
2—Grammar mistakes
3—Punctuation mistakes that render the poem unreadable or difficult to comprehend;
4—Lack of flow;
5—Lack of feeling / appeal /message;
6—Faulty rhyme if it has been written as a rhymed poem;
7—Faulty syllabic counts if it has been written in a specific syllabic format;
8—Non-conformity with any essential requirements it might be expected to meet (as in case of a sonnet, ghazal, haiku, pantoum, villanelle etc.).
TWO: The number and average value of ratings it already has is immaterial. I am not guided by others’ ratings.
* Showcased in the "Contests and Activities Newsletter" dated 11 November 2009
M C Gupta
7 September 2008
My other contests—
"POETRY IN RHYME - RHYTHM CONTEST-winner" 
"SONNET AND GHAZAL CONTEST: editor's pick" .
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DONATIONS--Donations are welcome. They may be sent directly to me. The names of the donors will be listed in the order in which they are received.
LIST OF DONORS--The following donations are gratefully acknowledged:
~Sue - living the dream~ 10,000 GP
Jean Stone Hodges ![View mousybrown's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-pumpkins-60.gif "View mousybrown's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]") 2,500 GP
Flower-LetsLiveLife! ![View jaan's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-regular-10.gif "View jaan's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]") 10,000 GP
~Sue - living the dream~ 5,000 GP [Second contribution]
Sandy/Hope Whisperer ![View sandy1219's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-peacedove-40.gif "View sandy1219's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]") 1000 GP
Vincent Gaines 20, 000 GP
Jeanne ![View jeanno's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]](http://imgs.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/costumicons/ps-icon-cornucopia-40.gif "View jeanno's Portfolio. [Offline / Private]") 10,000 GP
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Minerva Hana 2,000 GP
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Luke 20, 000 GP
~Sue - living the dream~ 10,000 GP [Third contribution]
dedd dredd 5, 000 GP
Ida_Matilda_Wright 50, 000 GP
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