WD Poetic Form Challenge: Wordy 30
The WD Poetic Form Challenge is your opportunity to write and share a poem (the Wordy 30 this time around) for a chance to get published in the Poetic Asides column in Writer’s Digest. Deadline: September 20, 2022.
I should be able to announce the winners of the englyn penfyr challenge sometime in the next week, but let's go ahead and start another new poetic form challenge in the meantime.
This time around, we're going to write the Wordy 30, a fun little poetic game that's based off the popular Wordle. Find the full guidelines and examples here, but basically, you write a six-word poem comprised completely of words containing exactly five letters (like playing Wordle).
So start writing them and sharing here (on this specific post) for a chance to be published in Writer's Digest magazine–as part of the Poetic Asides column.
Note on commenting: On this new site, you have to set up a free Disqus account and then scroll to the bottom of this page (or any page on the site) to register with the WritersDigest.com site (also free). Then, you can start commenting away!
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Play with poetic forms!
Poetic forms are fun poetic games, and this digital guide collects more than 100 poetic forms, including more established poetic forms (like sestinas and sonnets) and newer invented forms (like golden shovels and fibs).
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Here's how the challenge works:
- Challenge is free. No entry fee.
- The winner (and sometimes a runner-up or two) will be featured in a future edition of Writer’s Digest magazine as part of the Poetic Asides column.
- Deadline 11:59 p.m. (Atlanta, GA time) on September 20, 2022.
- Poets can enter as many Wordy 30 attempts as they wish. The more "work" you make for me the better, but remember: I'm judging on quality, not quantity.
- All poems should be previously unpublished. If you have a specific question about your specific situation, just send me an email at rbrewer@aimmedia.com. Or just write a new Wordy 30. They're fun to write; I promise.
- I will only consider the Wordy 30 poems shared in the comments below or via email with the subject line: WD Poetic Form Entry: Wordy 30. It gets too confusing for me to check other posts, go to other blogs, etc.
- Speaking of posting, set up a free Disqus account at disqus.com to comment on this post at the bottom of the page.
- Please include your name as you would like it to appear in print. If you don't, I'll be forced to use your user/screen name, which might be something like HaikuPrincess007 or MrLineBreaker. WD has a healthy circulation, so make it easy for me to get your byline correct.
- Finally–and most importantly–be sure to have fun!
Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
