October Writer's Forum Challenge (Poetry)

This is the first poetry contest under the new format and, as it is October, Halloween is the theme of this month's poetry challenge. Your poetry entry should in some way relate to the themes, subject, or feel of Halloween. This is a broad topic and everyone should feel free to think outside the box or as far in the box as they wish. Don't be afraid to let the ghouls, ghosts, and gargoyles fly!

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Halloween

This is the first poetry contest under the new format and, as it is October, Halloween is the theme of this month's poetry challenge. Your poetry entry should in some way relate to the themes, subject, or feel of Halloween. This is a broad topic and everyone should feel free to think outside the box or as far in the box as they wish. Don't be afraid to let the ghouls, ghosts, and gargoyles fly!

Submission Guidelines

Your poetry must be based on the monthly challenge theme: "Halloween". Only poetry will be accepted for this challenge. A separate prose contest is available. Ignore the 5 line limit on the box when you upload - that limit is only for "image contests." Double space between stanzas. Type directly in the upload box or copy/paste from Notepad (or similar editing program). IMPORTANT: Copy/Pasting from complex word processing programs, such as MS Word, can change certain characters. If you use MS Word: Copy/Paste from Word into Notepad, then Copy/Paste into the contest upload box. Do not insert html formating

Image Submission

You may use your own image but must supply a matching thumbnail with your entry. Before uploading your text: right click on the following images and save to your hard drive. Rename the image: thumb.jpg or main.jpg

Thumbnail:

contest image created by midrael

Use this image as your thumbnail image

Full Image:

Use this as your Full Image

Contest Rules:

Challenge Theme - "Halloween". Contest begins October 12, 2005 - and - ends November 4, 2005 at midnight Renderosity server time.
(Entries MUST be timestamped by the contest ending date and time.) All members, coordinators, and moderators can enter except the challenge manager(s). No sexual or extreme violence - stories/images must be suitable for all audiences and abide by Renderosity's Terms of Service. Only one story per member allowed (this includes member clones - that is, even if you have multiple accounts, only one entry per PERSON). By uploading your story/poem you are agreeing that this is your original work. Authors will remain the intellectual property holder of their entries.

Commenting: Unlike previous contests, there will not be voting at the end of the contest. In place of voting, a comment thread in the Writer's Forum will be in place for you to leave comments on your favorite entries. Use your comments to compliment your favorites or to provide constructive criticism to help those that enter improve their writing. You may leave a comment regarding any of the entries at any time during the challenge. There are no winners or losers in this challenge. This is a challenge to our writer community and not a contest. Posting of the entries is anonymous. When commenting, refer to the entry number and title.

Artists grant permission to Renderosity for the use of submitted stories/poems/images for an undetermined period of time. This is strictly for posting within the contest archives. The Artist will remain the intellectual property holder.

All Entries are copyright, and cannot be copied, reprinted, or linked to, without written permission of the author/artist.