Putting Our Heads Together Migraine Poetry Contest 2011: Rules and information.

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Putting Our Heads Together

Poetry Contest, 2011

Contest Rules

Whether you've never written a word in your life or write every day, we invite you to enter our Putting Our Heads Together Poetry Contest, 2011.

Subject must be headache or Migraine related, but may be metaphoric or abstract.
Form: Rhymed, free-verse, any form of poetry, but not prose.
Poetry must be original and written by you. Submission of poetry written by someone else will result in disqualification.
All poems must be unpublished work, never before published anywhere.
Length: Maximum of 60 lines, no more than 80 characters per line (including spaces and punctuation). Please make special note of the 80 characters per line. This means LINES, not paragraphs.
Number of entries: Please limit entries to no more than three poems per person.
Age: Poems written by persons under 18 years of age must be submitted by a parent or legal guardian.
"Family-friendly" language required. No profanity or other potentially offensive language.
Deadline: Midnight, Thursday, March 31, 2011. Submissions received after this date will be deleted.
Decisions of the judges are final.
You do not need to live in the U.S. to enter, but all poems must be written in English.
Entries must be presented complete with spacing, punctuation, and correct spelling. Do not enter in all caps. We cannot retype entries.
We reserve the right to disqualify, without notification, any entry not complying with these rules.

All poems that meet the contest rules will be published on HelpForHeadaches.com. Writer retains their copyright and is, of course, free to republish the poem elsewhere after the contest.

Due to legal regulations, we could only offer prizes if the contest were limited to entries from the United States. Therefore, there are no material prizes. We all win by sharing with each other, supporting each other, and raising public awareness.

To submit your poetry, go to the 2011 submission form.

Winners will be announced and the poetry published
on our site by Tuesday, April 19, 2011,
in observance of National Poetry Month.

Here are links to all the wonderful poetry people have submitted over the years:

Last updated March 11, 2011.

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