WD Poetic Form Challenge: Rondeau
Just what everyone needs: Another poetic challenge (in the middle of a poem-a-day challenge, no less). For this Writer’s Digest Poetic Form Challenge, I’m asking poets to write a rondeau….
Just what everyone needs: Another poetic challenge (in the middle of a poem-a-day challenge, no less).
For this Writer's Digest Poetic Form Challenge, I'm asking poets to
write a rondeau. The rondeau is one of those fun and tricky French forms that personally I love. Click here to read my earlier post on how to write a rondeau.
As in previous challenges, the winner will be featured in a future issue of Writer's Digest (the March/April 2011 issue to be precise).
The rondeau has some pretty strict rules, which can be both a good and bad thing. If you want to really test yourself, try writing a rondeau or two as part of your November PAD Chapbook Challenge. (Again, click on my earlier post if you need an example.)
Click here to read the general rules for the WD Poetic Form Challenge.
The deadline for the rondeau challenge is November 22, 2010. So get poeming French style today.
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.