Stories of pandemic told through poetry,
poetry recently birthed solely to link.
RITESH NIGAM
Poetry is a unique artform which instantly links words to emotions. Project Pandemic🔗Link Poetry Contest is an opportunity to link emotions, thoughts and feelings and express them in the unique style of Link Poetry.
True to the nature of Link Poetry only one rule applies to the submission:
- A 🔗 link poetry style poem related to the pandemic in no more than 40 lines.
Please read thoroughly and fill out the contest form at the end of this page.
✨Features of Pandemic Link Poetry Contest
- 👉 There is no entry fee.
- 🌐 No geographical restrictions, but the poem’s language needs to be English.
- 🔥 Submit as soon as possible because valid entries will be shared online instantly to get public feedback.
- ✔️ Multiple entries are allowed.
- 👪 Parental consent is required from minors.
- ☀️ Only new, original poems of no more than 40 lines are accepted.
- 🛑 Submissions may not be modified in any way after entry.
- ❌ Failure to comply with any contest guidelines may result in your submission being disqualified.
🏆 Awards & Recognitions
25 prizes to be won: No 1st, 2nd or 3rd; we all are linked.
- 🤑 Amazon gift card worth £50 for top 5 entries.
- 📚 Further top 20 entries will receive a book hamper.
- 📙 Become published Link Poet: Top 100 poems (or more) will be published in a unique anthology titled Pandemic Link.
- 📜 All participants with valid entries will get a title of Link Poet and a digital certificate of participation.
🗓Important Dates
Entries close 10th March 2023
Results announced on 21st March 2023 – World Poetry Day
📔Legal & Copyright Information
- The competition organisers reserve the right to change the judging panel without notice and not to award prizes if, in the judges’ opinion, such an action is justified.
- The judges read all the entries; their decision is final. Neither the judges nor team at LinkPoetry will enter into any correspondence.
- The copyright of each poem remains with the author. However, authors of all the valid entries poems, by entering the competition, grant LinkPoetry.com the right in perpetuity to publish and/or broadcast their poem in written/audio/video format. Use of the poems elsewhere is allowed as per the author’s wish.