Flex your poetic muscle with the Scribophile December Poetry Contest! This month’s challenge is to write a Rondeau: a short, 15-line rhyming poem. Read more about rondeaus at our contest page. Any theme will be accepted. 1st prize is a $50 Amazon.com gift card. Entry is free and submissions will be accepted through Dec. 31, 2008.

The URL is here: www.scribophile.com/contests
Note that the December contest will only be visible on Dec. 1.

Additionally, we’re extending the deadline of our November Writing Contest to Dec 31, 2008. The November contest is accepting up to the first 4000 words of a longer work of prose (think NaNoWriMo). 1st prize is a $50 Amazon.com gift card and entry is free.