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Unread 03-28-2017, 10:11 PM
Susan McLean Susan McLean is offline
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Default Rondeau Redoublé Contest

This is short notice, but I just heard about the contest below, sponsored by Allison Joseph at the Rondeau Roundup. So if anyone has a Rondeau Redoublé hanging about in a drawer, you might want to enter it (see rules below).

Susan



The Learning to Cope Poetry Prize Seeks Entries
Relaunching the Rondeau Roundup Blog with the Learning to Cope Poetry Prize!
http://therondeauroundup.blogspot.com

The Rondeau Roundup blog is having a contest for the best poem in the Rondeau Redouble form! Our inspiration is the classic poem in the form by Wendy Cope:

https://genius.com/Wendy-cope-rondea...uble-annotated

Deadline: submitted by April 3, 2017.

Contest Rules:

Only one rondeau redouble may be submitted per person. No entry fee. Top five poems will be published on the blog (therondeauroundup.blogspot.com). The first place rondeau redouble will also receive a $100 gift card from Barnes and Noble.

For this contest, I'm looking for rondeau redoubles that follow the set rhyme scheme, as given at

http://www.poetrymagnumopus.com/inde...letvillanelle/


Examples of the form:
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets...ah/poems/22453
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poe...s/detail/44836
https://anthonywilsonpoetry.com/2016...dorothy-nimmo/

No other poetic form will be accepted for this contest.


Rondeau Redoubles inspired by themes found in the poems of Wendy Cope particularly welcome.

To enter, send a single rondeau redouble

rondeauroundupATgmailDOTcom (replace AT with @) by April 3, 2017.

Winners will be announced on the Rondeau Roundup Blog on April 15, 2017


[Edited by Julie Steiner to indicate that the deadline has now passed.]
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