Member-Sponsored Crafting a Villanelle Contest

Details

Deadline:Sep 15, 2016
Fee:Free

Write a villanelle.

Theme: Your choice.

The villanelle is a 19-line poem constructed of five tercets and a final quatrain, each line written in iambic pentameter. The villanelle turns on two rhymes, as follows: ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABA-ABAA. The first and third lines of the poem repeat alternately as the last lines of the subsequent stanzas. Therefore, Line 1 repeats as Lines 6, 12, and 18, and Line 3 repeats as Lines 9, 15, and 19. All "B" lines rhyme with the end rhyme of Line 2. Notice that Lines 18 and 19 are identical to Lines 1 and 3, forming the final couplet.

For an excellent and well-known example of a villanelle, see "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night", by Dylan Thomas.

Winning entries

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Prizes

1st prize:20 karma points
2nd prize:15 karma points
3rd prize:10 karma points

Rules

  • To enter the contest, post your work on Scribophile and check the box that says "Enter this work into the Member-Sponsored Crafting a Villanelle contest.” Your work will automatically be considered.

  • The checkbox will be visible until the contest deadline, which is midnight, September 15, 2016 (UTC).

  • Entry is free, but you'll need karma points to post your work. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of work by other members.

Submission guidelines

  • Entries must be received before midnight September 15, 2016 (UTC), and the winners will be announced on or before midnight (UTC), October 31, 2016.

  • Entries must be no more than 200 words per Scribophile's count.

  • Multiple entries are allowed.

  • Only villanelles are allowed.

  • Work must have Public visibility on Scribophile until a winner is announced.

  • If you have placed in a contest in the past with a particular piece, you may not resubmit that piece to this contest.