Tuesday 21 September 2010

The One Stop Poetry Competition Fall 2010


Announcing The New 
One Stop Poetry Competition

Welcome to One Stop Poetry's Fall 2010 Competition

Theme: Through A Child's Eyes

We thoroughly enjoyed reading the submissions from our last Competition, and following on from its success we are very thrilled about this one.

We are excited to announce that Sparkbright Magazine will be publishing the winner of this Competition in their winter magazine which comes out in early December.

Please note the following rules for submission

1, All entries must be original and unpublished (magazine requirements) previously, which includes publication on the internet

2, Poems must be less than 25 lines of text

3, Please have your text in one language, in Arial font, size 11 

4, Your heading should be the Title of the poem (larger font size is fine) with no other information

5, You may submit any number of poems. Each poem must be submitted individually

6, All poems are to be submitted by email to the following oneshotpoetry@gmail.com

7, Please ensure the following information is at the bottom of your submission
     a. Name (the name that you would submit to a publisher)
     b. Email address
     c. Website
     d. Competition you are submitting for: One Stop Fall 2010

8, The closing date is October 22nd, 2010

Thank you for your cooperation. Theses rules are established for the ease of administration and the judging of your poem.

Judges will include One Stop Poetry Admin & Sparkbright Magazine Editorial staff. The Administrator of the Competition will not be part of the judging process. The staff of One Stop Poetry  which are Leslie Moon, Adam Dustus, Pete Marshall & Brian Miller, will not be allowed to enter the Competition. 

The winning entry will be announced in November, however Sparkbright Magazine reserve the right to publish the winning entry in full in their December publication.

I am sure you can all agree that this is exciting news and we look forward to receiving your submissions

All the best

The One Stop Team




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28 comments:

Marshy said...

i am sure you will all agree that this is a great opportunity for any poet to get their name out and amongst some great writers...thanks you sparkbright for this wonderful prize..cheers Pete

Brian Miller said...

this is very cool...cant wait to see what everyone comes up with...and what an exciting opportunity as well...

Unknown said...

Yes cool thanks for yet another great opportunity

Brian Miller said...

great question...sorry that line is confusing...no it is open to all except Moon, Pete, Adam and myself...so have fun...

RiikaInfinityy said...

oic, thank for enlightening me XD, thank you, it sounds like a good opportunity =D~ Shall hook something up if I got my inspiration on hands :P

dustus said...

This is a fantastic opportunity!
Best wishes to all entrants.
Special thanks to Sparkbright Magazine.

Bubba said...

I'm usually not one to jump through hoops (must be so many lines, such-and-such font, etc) but I'll see what I can do in this case because it's an interesting opportunity.

Caty said...

Wow, this is exciting :)

Tina said...

That's a great prize! Wow. I hope inspiration strikes big this time...

moondustwriter said...

Thanks for the clarity Brian. One Shot Admin will act as judges only. I look forward to reading many wonderful works.

Best to all of you and thanks to Spark Bright Magazine for offering a great first prize publishing opportunity. Thanks for publishing me in the past.

Moon Regards

signed...bkm said...

You know all this has me not sleeping....but that is good....bkm

Uma Anandane said...

Very Nice...I would like my poem to be published.With many friendly competitors here ,much talented ,let me try my best :)

Katherine said...

I decided to give the competition a go. Thanks for the opportunity, it was fun.

moondustwriter said...

Please don't lose sleep my dear friends. We want it to be fun; I know there will be many inspirational pieces to enjoy.

I also know there will be more of these to come so enjoy.

Joshua Gray said...

so does it have to be exactly twenty lines or no more than?

One Stop - The Place For Poets, Writers and Artists said...

hi joshua....yes to clarify..20 lines, nor more OR no less...exactly 20 lines...best of luck..

Joshua Gray said...

well there goes the sonnet idea...

moondustwriter said...

sorry the mag has restrictions

hope you still join us sans sonnet

Joshua Gray said...

oh yes, i will, assuming the muse knocks me upside the head.

Eddie said...

This is lovely.....big ups to one stop poetry!

Tuti said...

This is a wonderful opportunity!

the wid0w said...

ohh what an inspirational theme cant wait to sink my teeth into it

UrbanPoet said...

ideas are flowing...glad of new challenge. Thanks all at Onestoppoetry

Anonymous said...

Just want to thank you for opening this up to writers of One Stop Poetry... :)

Scott said...

Submitted as attachments or in the body or the email?

Tuti said...

SO excited!!!! good luck to everyone!

Shashidhar Sharma said...

Submitting now... thanks for such a wonderful topic and opportunity... look forward to reading other submissions too some time in coming months...

ॐ नमः शिवाय
Om Namah Shivaya
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Anonymous said...

Hmmm... I took the instructions (above) literally and wrote a poem that is UNDER 25 lines. Reading the comments, I'm wondering if perhaps it should have been precisely 20 lines? If so, maybe some clarification in the rules is in order.

Either way, I've put my hat in the ring. Thanks for hosting this challenge and giving us the opportunity to flex a little poetry muscle.