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Topic: Helen Schaible Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnet Contest
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Susan McLean
Member Posts: 2670
From:Iowa City, IA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted November 13, 2007 03:44 PM |
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I was pleased to learn that my Shakespearean sonnet "Delilah" won this contest, for which our own Claudia Gary-Annis served as the judge (the judge was not announced in advance). I didn't recognize any other Eratospherians among the finalists, but I thought I would mention that the contest, sponsored by the Poets' Club of Chicago, is free to enter. The next deadline is September 1, 2008. Submit one entry, original and unpublished, per person. There are cash prizes for the top three finalists, but the entries are not published and the poet retains all rights. Check chicagopoetry.com or illinoispoets.org for the rules and the place to send entries.Susan
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David Landrum
Member Posts: 1444
From:Grand Rapdis, Michigan, USA
Registered: May 2006
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posted November 13, 2007 04:38 PM |
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Congratulations, Susan. Will look for it on line.DWL
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Michael Juster
Member Posts: 3056
From:Belmont MA
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted November 14, 2007 04:20 AM |
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Congrats! I've noticed this contest before and meant to enter, but I'm so slovenly I've always missed the deadline.
Where are you shooting to place "Delilah"?
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C. Chandler-Oliveira
Member Posts: 1421
From:Canada (formerly of PA)
Registered: Feb 2005
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posted November 14, 2007 05:41 AM |
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Way to go, Susan!Catherine
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Susan McLean
Member Posts: 2670
From:Iowa City, IA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted November 14, 2007 10:55 AM |
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Thanks, everyone. There were only 110 entries this year, so the odds were better than in most contests.Mike, I have entered the sonnet as well in the Nemerov contest, so I will wait to see if I can manage to be one of the finalists this time (I haven't managed that in previous years). Other than that, I have no particular idea of where I'll send it. Susan
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Rose Kelleher
Member Posts: 2863
From:Maryland, USA
Registered: Jul 2002
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posted November 14, 2007 01:00 PM |
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Cool! Congratulations, Susan. (Thanks too for telling us about this contest, which I hadn't heard of.)I was going to post a direct link to the specific page for the 2008 contest, but I couldn't find it on their website(s). Here's the 2007 info:
http://www.illinoispoets.org/pdf/sonnetcontest2007.pdf
[This message has been edited by Rose Kelleher (edited November 14, 2007).]
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FOsen
Member Posts: 826
From:Pasadena, California
Registered: Mar 2003
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posted November 14, 2007 01:33 PM |
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Kudos, Susan. Hadn't heard of this one.Frank
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Wendy Sloan
Member Posts: 539
From:New York, N.Y. USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted November 14, 2007 03:10 PM |
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Congratulations, Susan -- I wonder why they specifically limit the contest to Shakespearean/Petrarchan Sonnets ... Why preclude other kinds? Oh, well. It's their contest. Good luck with the Nemerov. I still haven't decided whether or not to submit anything this year ...
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Susan McLean
Member Posts: 2670
From:Iowa City, IA, USA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted November 15, 2007 06:29 PM |
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Wendy,
I would guess that the organizers chose to focus on the two best-known kinds of sonnets to avoid getting a lot of experimental variations on sonnets (blank verse sonnets, fourteen-line poems that call themselves sonnets, etc.). Most people who write sonnets are at least familiar with the rules of these two main kinds, though people who write a lot of sonnets usually get around to playing all kinds of variations on the form, too. I do a lot of hybrid sonnets and occasionally try to invent my own rhyme schemes. Susan
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Wendy Sloan
Member Posts: 539
From:New York, N.Y. USA
Registered: Jun 2005
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posted November 15, 2007 09:11 PM |
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Yeah, Susan, I'm sure that's the reason. But of course there are other, equally formal possibilities that can be fun to fool around with, and then too there have always been variations, even in quite formal pieces. No matter; it's a great contest ... good to have another forum out there for sonnets -- and nothing like bringing home the bacon either !!! You go girl!
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Terese Coe
Member Posts: 5547
From:New York, NY
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted November 18, 2007 10:54 AM |
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Congratulations, Susan! And nice to have the double boon of sending the winning poem to another contest that includes publication.Terese
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