The 2012 SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest will run from January 15th to October 15th, 2012. All ages and nationalities are encouraged to enter!
Peace FrogsYou can view the 2011 winning frog poems here. Congratulations to Michael James Faulkner of Ada, Oklahoma, the 2011 SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest Grand Prize Winner and reigning Save The Frogs Poet Laureate! The 2011 contest received 700 entries from 33 countries. Thanks to Peace Frogs for providing the cash prizes! Thanks to all the contestants for their fabulous frog poetry!
ABOUT THE COMPETITION
Amphibian populations worldwide are in the midst of a mass extinction crisis, yet most people are completely unaware! We need your help in getting the word out. This contest will raise awareness of the amphibian extinction problem by getting people involved and interested. The best frog poems will be used in a book of frog poetry that will be sold to raise money for amphibian conservation efforts. This book will feature artwork from our concurrent SAVE THE FROGS! Art Contest.
WHO CAN ENTER?
Anybody! We encourage students and teachers to get their writing classes involved on Save The Frogs Day. We encourage amateur and professional poets to take part as well. And the more countries represented the better! Did we mention that it is indeed FREE to enter the contest?
The Japanese poet Basho wrote a famous haiku in the 17th century:
古 池 や
蛙 飛 込 む
水 の 音
Furuike ya
Kawazu tobikomu
Mizu no oto
Which is translated as:
The old pond
A frog jumps in
The sound of water.
Please send us your 21st century poems of any length, form or style.
The old pond
Frogs are in danger
Poets jump in.
HOW DO I WRITE A FROG POEM?
We welcome any poems that mention frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, caecilians, amphibians, savethefrogs.com, and/or SAVE THE FROGS!
Here are some ideas for your frog poems:
(1) Find out about a particular kind of frog and describe the world from that frog’s point of view.
(2) What if you found the last frogs alive on the planet … What would you do? How would you feel?
(3) Write a poem that makes the reader understand the importance of saving frogs, or one that makes them realize the danger frogs are in.
(4) Write a poem about any of the threats to frogs.
(5) Write a poem about how ridiculously cool frogs are!
(6) Imagine all kinds of brave, extravagant and daring ways in which you could save the frogs.
PRIZES
Did we mention that there will be prizes? Aside from fame and the admiration of your peers, the Grand Prize Winner and Honorable Mentions may all see their poems featured in a book of Frog Poetry we will produce. Contest winners will also be acknowledged on this website, alongside a copy of their poem. And to top it off:
The Grand Prize Winner will:
(1) Receive $100 CASH (or check!).
(2) Receive $50 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.
(3) Become an official judge of next year's SAVE THE FROGS! Poetry Contest.
(4) Receive frog fame.
Category Winners will:
(1) Win $50 CASH (or check!).
(2) Receive $30 worth of "Frog Cash" to be used for any of the cool, environmentally-friendly merchandise in the SAVE THE FROGS! Gift Center.
CATEGORIES
Category winners will be chosen from the following categories. Note however that the Grand Prize Winner may be chosen from any category.
(1) 18+ years of age
(2) 13-17 years old
(3) Under 13 age group
CONTEST RULES
(1) Submitted poetry must be your original creation!
(2) Be sure to mention at least one of the following: frogs, salamanders, newts, toads, caecilians, amphibians, savethefrogs.com, and/or SAVE THE FROGS!
(3) You may submit up to two poems. Please always give us the title of each poem. Please do NOT name your poems "Save The Frogs".
(4) Submission of poetry constitutes your agreement to the Poetry Contest Terms & Conditions. Please read these over, as they describe your rights to the submitted poetry as well as ours.
(5) All entries are to be submitted no later than 11:59pm U.S. Eastern Time on October 15th, 2011. Email submissions must be RECEIVED by October 15th, 2011. Mail-in entries must be POSTMARKED by October 15th, 2011.
SUGGESTIONS
(1) The word frog, toad, newt, salamander, caecilian or amphibian should appear somewhere in the body of the poem.
(2) No religious content.
(3) Check your spelling.
(4) Be original and creative!
(5) No need to write a long poem...though you are welcome to if you are so inspired!
SAVE THE FROGS! Nonprofit Organization (www.savethefrogs.com) has announced the international Frog Poetry contest, with prizes including the chance to have your poems published in a book they will sell to raise funds for their amphibian conservation projects. Please visit www.savethefrogs.com/poetry to learn more. The goal of the competition is to raise awareness of the mass extinction of amphibians that is currently taking place worldwide. Please spread the word to any poets you know. Thanks!
READY TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY?
Unless you are a teacher trying to submit a class' handwritten poems, you must submit your poetry via our digital submission form.
Digital Submissions: We prefer digital submissions. If you wrote your poem in sand at the beach, or recited it in a cave after curfew, please now transcribe the poem using a computer and word processor. We suggest you compose your poetry and save it to your computer prior to uploading to our system. Have you read the Rules and the Poetry Contest Terms & Conditions? If not, please do so now.
Snail-Mail Submissions: We strongly encourage all contestants to digitally submit their poetry, as this saves our unpaid staff considerable time and effort.
NOBODY EXCEPT FOR TEACHERS MAY SUBMIT PAPER ENTRIES.
Whenever possible, teachers should incorporate typing and computer lessons with the Frog Poetry Contest, or ask the students to have their parents type up the poetry and submit it. If this is not possible, then please do mail us the class' poetry, being sure to include this Mail-In Contest Entry Form.
PLEASE NOTE:
(1) Poet's name and age MUST be written on the page with the poetry (not just on the entry form).
(2) The Mail-In Contest Entry Form must be paper-clipped to the back of the poem. No tape! No staples!
(3) Teachers should please count the total number of submissions in their packet and include the number in a note on top of the submissions.
(4) If poems were digitally created (i.e. Microsoft Word documents), but you do not wish to use the digital upload system, you should burn them to CD and send the CD, as we always prefer digital format. In other words, if someone typed the poem, we want the digital version, not the paper version! Still include each student's Mail-In Contest Entry Form.
Note that Mail-in entries will NOT be returned. Teachers are welcome to bundle their classes' submissions in a single package. Again, please bear in mind that we strongly prefer essays be submitted digitally. Questions? Email poetry@savethefrogs.com.
Download: Contest Entry Form
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: poetry@savethefrogs.com
For submissions: via the poetry contest submission form
Website: http://savethefrogs.com/
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