The Writers’ Block is extremely excited to announce that we will now be holding a Weekly Poetry Contest. After noticing that the poetry community here on Steemit is a bit lacking in community-building activities for its poets, this seems like a great way to bring more of us together. Togetherness = awesome.

So, without wasting any time, let’s get right to the details.

Each week, a prompt will be provided, and all poems should be written with this prompt in mind. Prompts can range from general ideas to quotes and visual artwork to structural guidelines, and much much more. Really, the possibilities are endless, and are meant to spark the creative energy that lives inside us, in order to be shared with the world.

And there are PRIZES which we have the incredible generosity of @gmuxx, the official sponsor of the contest, to thank for that. If you feel so inclined, an easy way to show your gratitude to @gmuxx would be to vote for him as a witness! It’s such a simple and kind gesture for someone to show your support for someone who is so committed to the Steemit community. Because of his support for the arts here, members of the Steemit community will have an extra opportunity to shine and be rewarded for their shining.

PRIZE POOL UPDATE!

 
@anomadsoul has generously decided to support this weekly poetry contest and has offered a total of 15 SBD toward the prize pool every week! Thank you, much appreciated. Therefore the prizes will now be split as follows:

1st place: 15 SBD
2nd place: 10 SBD
3rd place: 7 SBD

As well, each week’s entries will be evaluated by five outstanding judges from The Writers’ Block team who have made this contest possible:

@sunravelme
@damianjayclay
@jrswab
@jessandthesea
@dbooster

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Now, to get to the meat of the contest. Here is the prompt and the rules for entering:

The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest: Week 1

WRITING PROMPT: Discord

 
This can mean anything you interpret it to mean, including:

• a disagreement between people

• a lack of harmony between musical notes sounding together

• a cross-platform voice, video, and chat app meant to connect users from other online communities (for instance, @thewritersblock has a Discord channel which connects members of its community and provides feedback to writers looking for assistance in their writing - click this link to visit The Block https://discord.gg/8EgU8Dv).

RULES:

 

• Original work only. All plagiarized entries will be disqualified.
• Unless designated by the prompt, the structure of the poem can be anything you like. Free verse, rhymed, and prose poetry are all 100% welcome.
• One entry per person, per week.
• Post your poem to your own blog to enter. The title of your post should be [the title of your poem - Writers Block Poetry Contest Week 1].
• Tag your entry with #twbpoetrycontest
• Post a link to your poem in the replies to this post.

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If you have any doubts about your entry, or your writing in general, remember that The Writers’ Block community has a Discord channel dedicated to writing workshops, with a whole community of writers who would love to provide you feedback. It’s easy to join. Just click this link https://discord.gg/8EgU8Dv or the logo in the footer of this post.

Deadline:

 
This contest ends midnight GMT / UTC 23rd Jan

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Good luck to everyone! We’re all excited to read your poems.

As this is the first week of the contest, help us spread the word to all your writer friends here on Steemit to help the poetry community flourish. Tag them in the comments if you like :)

@jessandthesea

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Are you a writer or keen to learn? Do you wish to join a community of like-minded individuals who can help hone your writing skills in the fields of fiction, non-fiction, technical, poetry, or songwriting? Join us at The Writers' Block by clicking the logo below.