Poetry a. A complete poem if less than 250 words and if printed on not more than two pages or
Poetry. (i) SELECTION -- No contestant may use exactly the same themes and/or literary work(s) that s/he used in previous competitive years. No contestant may enter the same selection in two qualifying events. Poetry is writing which expresses ideas, experience, or emotion through the creative arrangement of words according to their sound, their rhythm, their meaning. Poetry may rely on verse and stanza form. Plays or fiction written in verse would be acceptable material in this event. A student may use one long poem or a combination of two or more poems unified by author or theme.
Poetry. Please check which format to use for the display of contestant’s name. If not selected, full name will be used:
Poetry. (Note: for poets, list titles of poems as well as author’s name.) Two poets from different centuries Drama One play Prose (Note: In this section, “text” refers to a novel, short story collection, or major prose work; at least one novel must be chosen.) One nineteenth-century text One twentieth-century text One twenty-first century text III. Creative Writing (Updated 9/23/11) Choose five of the following. Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx. Power and Possibility Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx. Something to Declare Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. Burning Down the House Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx (ed.). The Business of Memory Xxx, Xxxxx. The Passionate, Accurate Story Xxx, Xxxxxx. American Poetry: Wildness and Domesticity Xxx, Xxxxxx. Leaping Poetry Xxxx, Xxxxxxx. Close Calls with Nonsense Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxx. From Where You Dream Xxxxxx, Xxxxx. Babel to Byzantium Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. Best Words, Best Order Xxxx, Xxxx. The Art of Description Xxxxx, Xxxxx and Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx (eds.). An Exaltation of Forms Xxxxxxx, X.X. Aspects of the Novel Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx (eds.). A Field Guide to Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Xxxxxxx, Xxxx. Poetic Meter and Poetic Form Xxxxxxx, Xxxx. On Becoming a Novelist Xxxxx, Xxxx, Xxxxx Xxxxx, and Xxx Xxxxxxxx, eds. Twentieth-Century American Poetics Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx. The Situation and the Story Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx. The White Goddess Xxxxxx, Xxx. Mentor Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxx. I Could Tell You Stories Xxxx, Xxxxxx. Twentieth Century Pleasures Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx. Real Sofistikashun: Essays on Poetry and Craft Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx. Rhyme’s Reason Xxxx, Xxxxxxx. The Triggering Town Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx, ed. Written in Water, Written in Stone Xxxxxx, Xxxxx. The Last Avant Garde Xxxxx, Xxxxx. Truth in Nonfiction Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx. Don’t Ask Xxxxx, Xxxxx. A Burst of Light Montaigne. The Essays Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx. Playing in the Dark X’Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx. Mystery and Manners Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxx. Writing Like a Woman Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx. The Situation of Poetry Xxxx, Xxxxxxxx. What Is Found There Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx. Reality Hunger Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx. The Shapes of Our Singing Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx. Lying Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. Writing the Australian Crawl Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxx. Missing Measures: Modern Poetry and the Revolt against Meter Xxxxx, Xxxxx. The Book of Forms Xxxxx, Xxxxxx. One Writer’s Beginnings
Poetry. Please check which format to use for the display of contestant’s name. If not selected, full name will be used: CREATIVE WORK DISPLAY AGREEMENT By participation in the City-sponsored Writing Contest, and by submitting original creative work, the applicant acknowledges that his/her submission may be used by the City for promotional purposes and may be displayed, publicized, republished, broadcast and/or distributed by the City through various media, including the City’s website, public access cable television, and/or displayed at City and public facilities. Permission is given to the City for its unlimited use of the work for these purposes, without compensation, and the participant releases and waives any claims of all kinds against the City. Approve display: Applicant/Parent/Guardian Name (Please Print Name) If minor (under 18 years of age) Name Applicant/Parent/Guardian Signature Date First initial, last name First name, initial of last name First name only (example: X. Xxxxx) (example: Xxx X.) (example: Xxx) Thank you, JR. Forasteros, Chair 2024 Writing Contest Committee
