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Poetry Contests for 2002

December 2002 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. A Message From Santa
  2. The Promised One
  3. Love - A Virus
  4. Where Are We Going
  5. Colors
  6. What Is The Matter?
  7. Over
  8. Moments
  9. Liar
  10. My Regret
  11. My Christmas Day
  12. Most Of All
  13. Got Off The Train
  14. Day And Night
  15. A Greener Side To Darkness
  16. Fate
  17. The Silent Salute

November 2002 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. Sea Of Green
  2. Doing Time
  3. Men And Women
  4. Your Star
  5. True Love
  6. For You
  7. People Change
  8. Given One More Day
  9. Scars On The Heart
  10. Monsters In The Corner
  11. Secret
  12. Surviving
  13. Diary of a Man Part 1
  14. Too Many Secrets Revisited
  15. Paper in The Breeze
  16. The Dream Home
  17. Alone
  18. A Spaceball's Oath
  19. Socks
  20. Dear Friend
  21. Power And Greed

October 2002 Contest Entries
Things That Go Bump In The Night/Horror Theme

  1. My Struggle Every Night
  2. Don't Wanna Grow Up
  3. Why Is It?
  4. The Bridge Of Swords
  5. Vampires
  6. Things That Go Bump In The Night!
  7. Bad House
  8. Dead
  9. Shriek
  10. All Souls
  11. The Grip of Fear
  12. The Spiders Parlour

September 2002 Contest Entries
September 11th Remembered Theme

  1. Seeking Revenge
  2. Will The Dove Ever Fly Again?
  3. It Hurt
  4. Mixed Emotions
  5. If Ever I Should Lose You, If Ever You Should Die
  6. The Pile

August 2002 Contest Entries
5th Annual Guilds Awards

  1. Robert Griffith "Poet Of The Year 2002"
  2. Jennifer-Lynn Eierman Sun "Best New Poet 2002"
  3. Alice Hook "Poetry Biographer of the Year 2002"
  4. Aussie Lore "Best Participator of the Year 2002"

July 2002 Contest Entries
Sci-fi Theme

  1. What A Time I Live In
  2. My Medieval Life Dream - A Sonnet
  3. Fart Trek
  4. Fart Trek: The Next Generation
  5. Fart Trek: Deep Space Nine
  6. Fart Trek- Voyager
  7. Fartaprise
  8. A Promise to My Love
  9. A Knights Tail
  10. A Nights Mystery
  11. Wondering Why!
  12. The Magic of Membok
  13. Beyond Our Stars
  14. Fork In The River

June 2002 Contest Entries
Dragon/Medieval Times/Fantasy Theme

  1. The Blade Of The Sword
  2. The Silent Knight
  3. Zil The Magic Dragon
  4. Smiles Brought Back To Life
  5. Dragonkin

May 2002 Contest Entries
Star Wars/Open Theme

  1. Do It Until You Can't Do It No More
  2. Unappreciated
  3. Brain Fart Strikes Back
  4. The Lost Brain Fart
  5. At Peace With God
  6. Uncertainty
  7. Lament
  8. Choice Of Words
  9. Love's Real Face
  10. Friendship
  11. Forever In A Day
  12. Forever Gone, Forever Remembered
  13. Divine

April 2002 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. That December Morning
  2. Brain Fart!
  3. Extended Brain Fart
  4. Solace
  5. The Lonely Voice
  6. The Ninja
  7. The Old One
  8. The Way Of The Bird
  9. Matter Over Mind
  10. Untitled
  11. The Perfect Stranger
  12. Still Land
  13. A Musical Interlude
  14. Is It Time Yet?
  15. Fallen Angel
  16. How Does It Feel?
  17. Terrible Twos

March 2002 Contest Entries
Open Theme

  1. The Untold Death of Camelot
  2. The Long Hours of Last Night
  3. Fame
  4. The Plane
  5. Unchain The Tiger
  6. Case Closed
  7. Too Many Secrets
  8. 91101
  9. The Poet
  10. Invisible
  11. To Believe

February 2002 Contest Entries
Love Theme

  1. Love Can Fill It Again
  2. If I Were
  3. My Heart
  4. Ruby Holiday
  5. Seduction
  6. Seconds
  7. My Beacon
  8. Resurrection of the Inner Heart
  9. Forbidden By Rank

January 2002 Contest Entries
Vision Of The Future Theme

  1. The Proverb Of Change
  2. Guidelines
  3. Hope
  4. The Unknown
  5. Journey To The Inner Station
  6. Ode To Old Farts

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.