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Poetry Contests for 2001

December 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. You'll Always Be There (The Tribute To A Faraway Hero)
  2. So Far, Yet So Close
  3. The Power of Friends
  4. Faraway Friends
  5. The Fall
  6. A Night to Remember
  7. The Dance
  8. A Journey
  9. Peace Together
  10. I'm Here
  11. Time Standing Still
  12. Christmas Time
  13. The Military Wife
  14. Santa's Mistake
  15. One Day

November 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. The Music Won't Last
  2. Yearning
  3. Life Goes On
  4. My Dream Is America's Horror
  5. Fate
  6. Apache Princess
  7. All That You Leave Behind
  8. Bounty Hunter Lore
  9. The Day The Towers Fell

October 2001 Contest Entries
Halloween or Dark Side Theme

  1. Dark Memories
  2. The Fear Within
  3. The Night Watchman
  4. Halloween

September 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. Feed
  2. Problems Of A Net Addict
  3. City Girl
  4. Reality Strikes
  5. Lorraine
  6. Glow Of Innocent
  7. Anyone
  8. Tears Too Late
  9. Hold On
  10. A Boy Lost In Space
  11. A Zoo Full of Haiku's
  12. Waiting
  13. Worthless
  14. Once Upon A Time

August 2001 Contest Entries
4th Annual Guilds Awards

  1. Galiei-Sun Jedira Bounty Hunter - Poet of The Year 2001
  2. Craig Mallon - Honorable Mention 2001
  3. Aussie Lore - Best Participation 2001

July 2001 Contest Entries
Sci-Fi and Miscellaneous [Two Categories This Month] Themes

  1. No Matter How Long The Sun Delays
  2. My Life
  3. What It's Really About
  4. Love Is Like That
  5. Spot's Ode to Data
  6. Love Never Fades
  7. Expectations
  8. My Love For You
  9. No Dumb Questions?
  10. Tell Me
  11. The Oath
  12. Pipe Dreams About Space
  13. No One Saw
  14. Puerilis Victus
  15. Sandwich
  16. Dream Dancers

June 2001 Contest Entries
Dragon/Medieval Times/Fantasy Theme

  1. Motogari
  2. My Dragon, My Friend
  3. My Sweet Lil Baby Dragon

May 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. In Us We Trust
  2. Great White North
  3. What Are You Thinking
  4. A Real Friend
  5. Unspoken

April 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. Success
  2. Life Is A Voyage
  3. Nothing Is Our Life
  4. Fighting Fire In The Dark
  5. The Old Master
  6. The Poet
  7. The End?
  8. Alone
  9. True Love
  10. Crush
  11. I Dream
  12. Have You Ever?
  13. The Night Maiden
  14. You Have A Question?

March 2001 Contest Entries
Irish, Green, Memories Theme

  1. In This Town of Life
  2. What Is It?
  3. Clover of the Heart
  4. Malaysia: Sarawak, Borneo

February 2001 Contest Entries
Love/Friendship Theme

  1. Pauline
  2. Love Is Suicide
  3. You and Me
  4. True Love
  5. What Is Love?
  6. Have I Ever Told You
  7. What Is Love?
  8. If This Night Shall Fail Us
  9. The Dark Side Of The Love
  10. Friends For Eternity
  11. The Pebble And The River
  12. Neverfound Love
  13. Soulmates

January 2001 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. Darkness All Around
  2. Mourning
  3. The Chips, The Chips
  4. Nothing At All
  5. Imagination Or Fears?
  6. Hope Of A Soldier
  7. Declaration of Independence
  8. Unbreakable
  9. My Mum
  10. Final Bow
  11. Ballad Of The Titanic
  12. Darkness All Around
  13. If They Could
  14. Angels
  15. Beholder

Previous Years Contests

Rules and Guidelines
Monthly Contests

  1. Each month there will be a Poetry contest.
  2. Each month Poetry Guild will set a Designated Theme or Open Theme.
  3. All entries must be original work.
  4. Do Not Plagiarize:
    transitive senses: to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
    intransitive senses: to commit literary theft : present as new and original an idea or product derived from an existing source
    Taken from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary http://www.m-w.com/
  5. If you are caught taking using (stealing) another poets or lyricists work or submitting work that is not original then the piece will be removed from the Guilds without notification.
  6. Once a poem is submitted it can not be resubmitted a second time
  7. There will be one winner per month chosen by an impartial judge unless otherwise stipulated.
  8. The winner each month will receive an Award.
  9. The judges also decide on Honorable Mentions.
  10. The number of Honorable Mentions each month will be left to the discretion of the judges
  11. At the Anniversary Ceremony each year there will one winner chosen from all the monthly winners for the year for the conveted title of "Poet of the Year".

If you have any questions please contact Poetry Guild

Thank you.