My July Mini Contest - Shapes in poetry starts today!

This is just a slight re-working of an older journal for the purposes of this but here we go …

CONCRETE POETRY - Concrete (or shape) poetry is an inventive form where the poetry takes on the shape of its subject.

The definition of this with an example can be found here [link]

This is the chosen theme for this mini challenge I’m setting for July
For a few more examples I’ve pilfered a few from my gallery …




Judges



Rules ( may be changed and updated if the judges see fit)

it MUST be your own work
one entry per person so make your entry count!
be inventive with your shapes! Try to avoid squares
this is about visual poetry to a degree - but its more about the shape you can make with your words not how your words look with a picture the words must form the picture or shape
new or old entries it doesn’t matter - but nothing over 6 months old please!
you can use other shapes to accent your verse some but this is about the words not how you accent them or of course it can be just the use of text.
the text must be legible and easily read

the judges will pick a top 3
contest open from the 10th of July until July 31st.
to enter simply note myself or =Jazzman1989 with a note titled July challenge or something similar that contains either a link or a thumb of your piece

all entries so far can be found here [link]

And a couple of prizes…

=Jazzman1989 will feature the top 3 winners in his journal along with some other examples of their work

~FreyaBigg will feature the top 3 winners in a journal

=VirginPrune will feature the top 3 winners and some of their other work in his journal

*the-lost-owl will feature the top 3 winners in a journal

=rockgem (me) will offer a journal feature to all the entries received and then a second feature to the First and Second and Third places - I’ll also create them a piece of artwork - of their choice ( please take a peek in my gallery to see what kind of thing I do create!)


Hopefully more features for winners from other people to come

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Ok the avatar bank corner of my gallery is up and running!
i do plan on adding more additions to it soon

I’ve got a whole batch of avatars that I am going to share with the DA community in this Avatar Bank project

They are all located here [link]

So if any one wants to use one for their DA avatar note me about it and I will put in the artists comments that it is an avatar for that person and then they have permission to use it - thus no violations, no art theft, none of the above… its all good!

please remember that it will be first come first served

So hands up ..who wants an avatar?

RULES

take a browse through the avatars here [link]
pick one you like
read the artists comments make sure it has not already been taken
note me about your choice and i will update the artists comments to say the avatar is for you/yours to use
anything out of my gallery/work you like and think might make a good avatar NOTE ME and we can come to some agreement and i will create the necessary avatar for you - do not help yourselves to the art respect the artist and ASK FIRST!


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there are quite a few variations on this but....
100 themes challenge version I i found and completed [link]
100 themes challenge version II i found and completed [link]
100 themes challenge version III i found and completed [link]
100 themes challenge version IV i found and completed [link]
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My mini challenges
[link] [link] [link]
My ABC of life theme challenge [link] (10 to go!)
ABC of life challenge collab. with =Dragonfly113 [link]
My 100 themes challenge list [link] (45 to go)
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Avatar Bank.. Read artists comments for use [link]

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member of

i give permission for my work to be reproduced for these said clubs to feature it etc... etc...
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