Rules

These are the rules. They may be subject to change if any kinks appear, yet ultimately all final rulings will be made by myself - Jé Maverick - without exception. Make sure that you read them all before messaging with any queries, as the answer is probably here already.

1) Poems must be ten lines in length or longer.

2) A poem can be written in any style or form that the contestant desires, keeping in mind the line length requirements (haiku and shorter forms are excluded, sorry!).

3) A poem may be written on any topic that the poet desires, excluding hardcore or pornographic erotica; poems with messages that convey hatred or vilification; poems that violate the rights of any person or entity; or any poem that is judged to be otherwise indecent

4) A poem must be the original work of the entrant. The entrant retains full copyright of their work, yet for the purposes of the competition, the entrant does grant permission for The Multiple Poegasm to publish all submitted works in their entirety. Entries do not have to be exclusively written for The Multiple Poegasm, and may be poems that have been published elsewhere on the web (or in print) in the past

5) Poems with spelling errors will not be considered in the group of each round that is put aside for artistic merit, but will not be eliminated from the popular vote.

1) Any contestant found guilty of plagiarism will be disqualified.

2) Any contestant found guilty of interfering with the progress of another, or attempting to cheat in the voting process, will be disqualified.

3) Any contestant found guilty of entering under multiple personas will have each persona disqualified.

There will be two eventual winners, one resulting from the public or popular vote, the other based on artistic merit, as decided by a panel of twenty judges. The public voting winner will result from the highest number of votes in favour of a piece. For the artistic merit section, judges will be paying close attention to syntax, spelling, punctuation, parallel structure and syllable count, as well as the use of poetic devices such as metaphor, enjambment, simile, imagery, and all round excellence in the use of figurative language. It will not be easy to win this section of the Poegasm, but do not let this be cause to abstain from entering. Instead, let it be a motivator, a reason for you to engage in writing the best poem that you possibly can.

The prize? $500 US, and bragging rights. You make it through to the end of this, you’ve earnt them.

1) Judges are not eligible to enter the competition.

2) Judges must not make known their status as a judge.

3) Any judges found to be colluding, conspiring, or accepting favours in return for their vote, will be blacklisted, shitcanned, vilified, and publicly flogged.

1) The competition is run according to Pacific Standard Time. To determine what time that is, click the following link, and bookmark it for future reference: Click Here

2) The first competition round will open on Saturday, 28th June, 2008 at 2pm (PST) and finish exactly one week later, on Saturday 5th July, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 blog for each pool) on Monday, 7th July at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 4 pools (A, B, C, D) of 100 poets each (four voting blogs in total). Each blogger will remain in the same pool until Round 5. In Round 1, 30 poets from each pool will advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 45 poets from each pool then advance due to the popular vote. The remaining 25 poets in each pool will miss the cut. The 400 become the 300. Please click here to subscribe, in order to ensure that you are made aware of your progress in the competition.

2nd Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 12th July, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 19th July, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 blog for each pool) on Monday, 21st July, 2008 at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 4 pools (A, B, C, D) of 100 poets each (four voting blogs in total). Each blogger will remain in the same pool until Round 5. In Round 2, 25 poets from each pool will advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 25 poets from each pool then advance due to the popular vote. The remaining 25 poets in each pool will miss the cut. The 300 become the 200.

3rd Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 26th July, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 2nd August, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 blog for each pool) on Monday, 4th August, 2008 at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 4 pools (A, B, C, D) of 50 poets each (four voting blogs in total). In Round 3, 15 poets from each pool will advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 10 poets from each pool then advance due to the popular vote. The remaining 25 poets in each pool will miss the cut. The 200 become the 100.

4th Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 9th August, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 16th August, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 blog for each pool) on Monday, 18th August, 2008 at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 4 pools (A, B, C, D) of 25 poets each (four voting blogs in total). In Round 4, 7 poets from each pool will advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 7 poets from each pool then advance due to the popular vote. The remaining 11 poets in each pool will miss the cut. The 100 become the 56.

5th Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 23rd August, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 30th August, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 voting blog for each pool) on Monday, 1st September, 2008 at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 2 pools (A, B) of 28 poets each (two blogs in total). In Round 5, 10 poets from each pool will advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 5 poets from each pool then advance due to the popular vote. The remaining 13 poets in each pool will miss the cut. The 56 become the 30.

6th Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 6th September, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 13th September, 2008 at 2pm (PST). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog (1 voting blog in total) on Monday, 15th September, 2008 at 2pm (PST). Will consist of 1 pool of 30 poets (1 voting blog). In Round 6, 10 poets advance due to artistic merit (chosen first). 10 poets advance due to the popular vote. The remaining poets will miss the cut. The 30 become the 20.

Final Round: Commences at 2pm (PST) on Saturday, 20th September, 2008. Closes on Saturday, 27th September, 2008 at 2pm (PST). No poets advance, but one winner is selected due to artistic merit (chosen first). The winners/ results will be posted in a blog on Monday, 29th September, 2008 at 2pm (PST)The winner of the popular vote is decided from the remaining 19 competitors. The 400 have become the 2, and the voices of The Multiple Poegam 3:0 are known.

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