Dig deep, write from the heart, and win BIG prizes like 150 SBD for 1st place!
It's the first Steem Poetry Slam, where authors from every walk of Steemit life have a chance to share their work while gaining exposure, a chance for rewards, and greater interaction with the Steemit community at large.
Rules
Post your entry on your own blog and tag it #steempoetryslam
Please title your entry post clearly. For example:
(Steem Poetry Slam Challenge Entry: (Title of your work)
Please use any form of poetry you like from Haiku to Sonnet, to Sound Poetry (for more about sound poetry check out @greatdabu).
Poetry can be free form, but formatting and markdown may play a role in how your entry is judged, so make it count!
Please feel free to use pictures, drawing, or paintings with your poetry but only if they are your own work or in clear collaboration with another artist! Beware a call to steemitabuse-classic if reverse image search turns up something.
Collaboration and community is the life blood of Steemit - Go ahead and work together, but make sure it is clear it is a collaboration and only post it on one account.
You can post up to 3 entries on one post so let your creative juices flow! Just make sure they are clearly separated in the post.
Different guest judges will be relied upon to decide who will receive 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes, as well as Honorable Mentions.
Deadline: The last day for the challenge is Friday, September 9th Midnight (UTC -4). Please exercise patience while the guest judge/s make their decisions. The results should be released during the weekend, with a fresh challenge to follow!
Rewards
1st Prize: 150 SBD
2nd Prize: 50 SBD
3rd Prize: 25 SBD
Great thanks to @timsaid, who loves art and has pledged 100 SBD towards the prize pool. SBD rewards from this post will help fund future Slam Poetry Challenge Themes, so your upvote is an upvote for the challenge and community! If you'd like to be a sponsor reach out to me, @prufarchy, on Steemit.chat!
Honorable Mentions
10 SBD will be awarded to the honorable mentions for this challenge, based on the judges. (Keep an eye out for an update about who will be the guest judge/s and more!)
Here are some examples to inspire you :)
@jamtaylor was kind enough to give me some advice as well as permission to use some of his work for the below example. I LOVE these latest originals and was instantly inspired to write something. His series was just released TODAY, so go HERE and make sure to upvote this and the rest of the beautiful work he produces, and make sure to keep up with the Steemit Photo Challenge! Thanks for the support @jamtaylor!
(JUST AN EXAMPLE) Steem Poetry Slam Challenge #1 Entry: The Walk
Here's an example of how to present a collaboration, in this case some Sound Poetry by @greatdabu of a poem I wrote recently. Shameless plug for him because he's brand new to the platform, I love the work he does and I didn't even know about Sound Poetry.
(EXAMPLE OF COLLABORATION) Steem Poetry Slam Challenge #1 Entry: "Although" a Sound poem by @greatdabu featuring poetry by @prufarchy
Get Writing!
The above are just two examples of possible entries. It's up to you to decide what style to use, but there isn't a preference for a particular style, so get creative and take a risk.
There's so much talent on Steemit, and every day that talent grows. Let's help bring well-deserved attention to the poets among us. Make sure to follow to keep up to date with this and more!
