PUB: Sonnet Contest

The Sonnet Contest Returns!

 

The 2010 New England Shakespeare Festival
Sonnet Award

To Benefit the New England Shakespeare Festival

$500 First Prize

Judge: R. Nemo Hill

Winners will be published in the Raintown Review, and will have a video clip of a Shakespearean Actor reading their poems posted here on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by Summer 2011.

Winners will be announced here on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by October 15, 2010.

 

1) Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
  • fourteen lines
  • ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
  • basically written in iambic pentameter, variations and substitutions are permitted.
2) Submissions must be original and unpublished.
3) Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish.
4) The entry fee is $3 per sonnet. Checks should be payable to "New England Shakespeare Festival."
5) Entries may be submitted using the Sonnet Contest Online Entry Form or via regular mail. If submitting by mail, send two copies of each poem. The author's name, address, telephone number and email, if available, should be typed on the upper left-hand corner of one poem. The other copy should include the poem, the title and the name of the contest only for anonymous judging. Please write "NESF Sonnet Contest" in the upper right-hand corner of each entry.
6) Minors may enter the contest, but a parent/guardian must sign and return the Parent/Guardian permission form. If submitting by mail, please include the form. If submitting online, please mail the form separately. Poems submitted by minors will not be considered until this form is received.
7) Entries sent by mail must be postmarked not later than August 1, 2010 and mailed to:

NESF Sonnet Award
C/O Stephen Scaer
111 East Hobart Street
Nashua, NH 03060

A printable version of the NESF Sonnet Award Guidelines can be found here.

 

The 2010 New England Shakespeare Festival
Rubber Ducky Sonnet Contest

 

Prize: A Shakespeare Rubber Ducky

 

The winner will be published on the New England Shakespeare Festival Website, and will have a video clip of a Shakespearean Actor reading their poems posted on the New England Shakespeare Festival website. The Rubber Ducky Contest is held in conjunction with the Shakespearean Sonnet Contest. Contestants are encouraged to enter both, but may enter either at their discretion.

The winner will be announced here on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by October 15, 2010.

The prize will be awarded to the most amusing poem that incorporates the phrase: "doting mallard" (Antony and Cleopatra, III.xi.).

 

1) Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
  • fourteen lines
  • ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
  • basically written in iambic pentameter, variations and substitutions are permitted.
2) Submissions must be original and unpublished.
3) Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish.
4) The entry fee is $3 per sonnet. Checks should be payable to "New England Shakespeare Festival."
5) Entries may be submitted using the Rubber Ducky Contest Online Entry Form or via regular mail. When submitting by mail, send two copies of each poem. The author's name, address, telephone number and email, if available, should be typed on the upper left-hand corner of one copy. The other copy should include only the poem, the title and the name of the contest for anonymous judging. Please write "Rubber Ducky Contest" in the upper right-hand corner of each entry.
6) The poem must contain the phrase "doting mallard."
7) Minors may enter the contest, but a parent/guardian must sign and return the Parent/Guardian permission form. If submitting by mail, please include the form. If submitting online, please mail the form separately. Poems submitted by minors will not be considered until this form is received.
8) Entries sent by mail must be must be postmarked not later than August 1, 2010 and mailed to:

 

NESF Rubber Ducky Sonnet Contest
C/O Stephen Scaer
111 East Hobart Street
Nashua, NH 03060

A printable version of the Rubber Ducky Contest Guidelines can be found here.

 

The 2010 New England Shakespeare Festival
Sonnet Contest
Student Category, for students through grade 12

 

$50 First Prize
Judge: Gordan Lang

 

The winner will have a video clip of a Shakespearean Actor reading the poem posted on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by Summer 2011.

Winners will be announced here on the New England Shakespeare Festival website by October 15, 2010.

 

1) Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
  • fourteen lines
  • ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
  • basically written in iambic pentameter, variations and substitutions are permitted.
2) Submissions must be original and unpublished.
3) Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish.
4) Students must be currently enrolled in a school, or have graduated no earlier than May 2010.
5) Entry to the student sonnet contest is free.
6) Entries may be submitted electronically using the Student Sonnet Contest Online Entry Form or via regular mail. When submitting by mail, send two copies of each poem. The author's name, address, telephone number and email, if available, should be typed on the upper left-hand corner of one copy. The other copy should include only the poem, the title and the name of the contest for anonymous judging. Please write "NESF Student Sonnet Contest" in the upper right-hand corner of each entry.
7) Minors may enter the contest, but a parent/guardian must sign and return the Parent/Guardian permission form. If submitting by mail, please include the form. If submitting online, please mail the form separately. Poems submitted by minors will not be considered until this form is received.
8) Entries sent by mail must be must be postmarked not later than August 1, 2010 and mailed to:

 

NESF Student Sonnet Contes
C/O Stephen Scaer
111 East Hobart Street
Nashua, NH 03060

 

A printable version of the Student Sonnet Contest Guidelines can be found here.

via newenglandshakespeare.org.