Formal Fluency Cinematic Challenge

Details

Cinematic poetry has roots that go back to Gawain and the Green Knight at least (in middle English no less). Everything is described precisely, it paints a picture, and you can practically feel the camera pan across the words. Poetry isn't just about painting emotions, it's about painting a scene as well. For this challenge, you're going to write about a landscape, a particular setting that has touched you. Without mentioning any emotions or thoughts, you're going to write the feeling by writing the landscape.

There is no line or word limit (but for the sake of my sanity, please don't write it in middle English). It must be a cinematic poem that does not address thoughts or emotions at all. Embrace the visual for this challenge.

As Gene Belcher said, "Paint me a word picture!"

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Prizes

Rules

• Entries must be received before midnight of Friday, November 30th (UTC time) and the winner will be announced within one week of that date.

• Entries must be cinematic poems that describe a landscape and your feelings about it without mentioning your thoughts or feelings at all, as described above.

• Part of our mini-contests is sharing what you've learned: although it's not required, we'd appreciate it if you come weigh in on the group discussion thread here.

• Only one entry per member, please. Multiple entries will all be disqualified.

• Work must have Public visibility on Scribophile until winners are announced.

• Winners must have a valid Paypal account, or we won't be able to send the prize money!

Submission guidelines

• To enter the contest, post your work on Scribophile and check the box that says "Enter this work into the Formal Fluency Cinematic Challenge." Your work will automatically be considered. The checkbox will be visible until the contest deadline, which is in UTC time.

• Entry is free, but you'll need karma points to post your work. You can earn karma points by writing critiques of work by other members.

• If you have placed in a contest in the past with a particular piece, you may not resubmit that piece in other contests.