Calling All
Creative Minds!!!
A New and
Exciting Competition!!!
Anyone can pen a poem.
Just look at Joyce Kilmer! However, it takes a special kind of talent to
inspire others to write top notch
poetry. In this spirit of getting others to do the work that you could do yourself if you weren’t so
dedicated to inspiring other people to do it instead, we present you with the inaugural
New Ideas and Themes for Poetry Prompts International Competition.
The New Ideas and Themes for Poetry Prompts International
Competition (NITPPIC) is a groundbreaking idea in competition for creative
minded individuals who have become jaded with the pedestrian offerings of
current poetry contests. The NITPPIC realizes that poetry is only as good as
the prompts that birth it! Unfortunately,
those prompts have not been recognized and given their due credit. That is,
until now! This competition is not
interested in your poetry. That takes too long to read, and frankly, some of it
is utterly incomprehensible. We believe
that prompts are the new poetry!
You may enter your inspirational prompts into one or more of
the following categories:
1.
Photo
Prompts: These are photographs which inspire others to write great poems.
Photographs may be your own or taken by someone else. Please note that extra
credit is awarded for submitting photographs that are not your own, as this
demonstrates that you are too busy inspiring others to not only not write poetry but also to not take photographs.
2.
Form
Prompts: These prompts consist of a poetry form invented by you. You must give your new poetry form a name and
explain the rules for writing a poem in the form. Extra points are awarded for each
self-referential element in your poetry form, i.e. naming the form after yourself,
syllable counts to match your birth date, rules to include your zodiac animal,
etc.
3.
Word/Name
Prompts: These prompts are simply a word or words that should inspire
others to write poetry. We suggest foreign words, words that are difficult to
pronounce, words that most people will need to look up in a dictionary, or
names that will need to be Googled.
4.
Is this a
Prompt or a Dissertation? Prompts: These prompts rely on your arcane
knowledge and your lack of dinner party invitations. Wow us with your
brilliance on some little known literary figure. Summarize your extensive reading on the
Italian versus the English sonnet. Compare and contrast Greek and Roman
mythological figures in the writings of your favorite poet. Then after
blathering on until you are satisfied
that you have demonstrated your intellectual superiority, state a prompt that
has little or nothing to do with your previous discussion. Points awarded on how convincingly you
demonstrate an attitude of complete indifference toward the actual prompt.
Please note that inclusion of any actual poetry inspired by the prompts entered in this competition
will result in immediate disqualification.
Good luck!
