NEW DAWN UNLIMITED PRESENTS THE 2009 JOHN "COACH" CURBOW DECATHLON CONTEST WITH
MINIMUM $100 FIRST PRIZE!

NEW DAWN UNLIMITED, INC. --
A 501 (C)(3) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
Dedicated to poetry publishing, production,
performance, promotion, preservation, and education.

ANNOUNCING A UNIQUE NEW CONTEST! THE DECATHLON CONTEST WILL JUDGE THE BEST OVERALL POET IN TEN (10) DIFFERENT POETRY FORMS! SHOW OFF YOUR POETIC MUSCLES BY COMPETING IN ALL TEN! PRIZES WILL ALSO BE GIVEN WITHIN EACH CATEGORY, AND THE CUMULATIVE GRAND PRIZE WINNER WILL WIN AT LEAST $100. POEMS MAY BE COLLECTED INTO ANTHOLOGIES OF THE DIFFERENT FORMS! (WITH AUTHOR PERMISSION ONLY.)

ENTER NOW!






SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

* Poems must be original work of entrant.
* Poems may be previously published if poet retains rights. No poems will be returned.
* Poems must strictly adhere to forms. See below for official description of forms.
* Enter as many times as you like at $1.00 per poem.
* Please use a standard 12 point font.
* Place Category number and name in upper left corner of each poem, with name, address, phone, and email in upper right.
* Send entries, fees, and SASE for results by April 30, 2010 to:

New Dawn Unlimited, Inc.
Decathlon Contest
1830 Marvel Road
Brierfield, AL 35035

THIS AREA STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION -- WILL BE COMPLETE ASAP!

There are no restrictions to subject matter in any category, despite more traditional definitions

CATEGORIES (10 POETRY FORMS)

1. HAIKU (3 lines, 5-7-5 syllables per line.)

2. TANKA (5 lines, 5-7-5-7-7 syllables per line, with a turn in thought before the last two lines.)

3. CINQUAIN (Adelaide Crapsey style, 5 lines, specific pattern available asap.)

4. LIMERICK (5 lines, rhyme sceme aabba, with the 1st, 2nd, and 5th lines being longer (about 3 feet, but about the same length as each other) and the 3rd and 4th lines being shorter (about two feet, but the same length as each other.) Examples and more details available asap.)

5. TRIOLET (8 lines, rhyme scheme ABaAabAB, in which the 4th and 7th lines are the same as the 1st (A), and the 8th line is the same as the 2nd (B). Details and examples available soon.)

6. SONNET (14 lines, any recognized sonnet form accepted. Please name form under category. Definitions of sonnet forms available soon.)

7. VILLANELLE (1 page in a standard 12 point font, quatrains in which the 2nd and 4th lines are repeated as the 1st and 3rd lines of the following quatrain, and the closing quatrain circles back to the lines of the 1st quatrain to complete the form. More specific details available soon.)

8. PANTOUM (19-lines poem, five tercets and a final quatrain with specific pattern of rhymes and repeating lines. See website for more exact details.)

9. SESTINA (39 lines, six sestets and a concluding tercet, using 6 words repeating in a specific pattern as the ends of the lines and in the final tercet. Exact pattern and details available soon.)

10. FREE VERSE (1 page maximum in a standard 12 point font.)

9. SESTINA

10. FREE VERSE