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Hi there,

Thanks for submitting your poem. It is currently being considered for
the latest edition of our Poetry Contest. Below are some guidelines and
helpful hints that you might want to consider when sending in your
poems.

RULES

There aren't too many rules for the Poetry Contest, but if you send us
a
poem and it doesn't get posted with the other current winners, then
here are
some reasons why it might not have gotten in.

1. Copying the poem of another NeoPets user and submitting it as your
own is
plagiarism, and it's wrong. If you send us another user's poem, and
attempt
to claim it as your own, then there is a strong possibility that your
account will be frozen... so DON'T DO IT!!!

2. Your poem should come to us in one of two ways; either in the body
of an
email message, or as a .doc or .txt attachment. To be honest with you,
we'd
prefer that you sent your poems within the text of the email; by and
large,
we'd rather stay away from opening attachments.

3. In order for us to post your poem, you need to tell us your
username.
Otherwise, we won't be able to give you credit for the poem and send
you
your prize. However, keep in mind that we only need your username, and
NOT
YOUR PASSWORD! Anyone who tells you that they need your password is
trying
to scam you, so DON'T tell them, whatever you do!

4. Your poem must include characters, places and events that relate to
the
NeoPets site. If you submit a poem that isn't related to NeoPets, your
account won't be frozen... just don't expect to see it posted anytime
soon.


HELPFUL HINTS

1. We prefer to post poems that are 100% original. However, if you
really
want to submit a Neopian version of "The 12 Days of Christmas" or Edgar
Allan Poe's "The Raven," then by all means send it in. Keep in mind,
though,
that we receive a dozen or so "parodies" every week, so unless your
version
is really, REALLY good, then it probably isn't going to be selected.

2. If you're looking for something to write about, then visiting the
New
Features page is a great way to find some inspiration. Poems relating
to
current events on the site stand a much better chance of winning. If a
new
world has just been launched, or if there's an ongoing plot (such as
"The
Search for Coltzan's Crown," or "Neopets Version 2") then it might be a
good
idea to make it the topic of your poem.

3. Ideally, poems should be somewhere in the neighbourhood of 25 to 75
lines
long. Now, we realise that great poems come in many shapes and sizes,
but
it's just awfully hard to pick a three line haiku over a well-written
poem
that's fifty lines long (especially when there's only five winners for
each
contest).

By the same token, REALLY long poems (100+ lines), usually don't fare
too
well, either. Why? Because most users don't want to sit there and
scroll
through an epic poem that takes twenty minutes to read. Every once in a
while, if it's unusually good, we'll put up a really long poem;
however,
this tends to be the exception, and not the rule.

4. As long as a poem is well written, then style or format isn't much
of an
issue. It doesn't really matter whether a poem rhymes or doesn't rhyme,
and
in the past a number of Haikus, Acrostic Poems, and Sonnets have been
chosen
as winners.

However, since they are only three lines long, if you choose the Haiku
style
as your format, it's probably a good idea to write 5-8 haikus that all
relate to a specific topic. For example, a single three-line haiku
about
your Kadoatie probably won't get picked; however, a series of six or
seven
haikus about, say, Krawk Island Petpets, will stand a much better
chance.

Also, we receive quite a few acrostic poems for the word "Neopets," so
if
you send one in, the chances of it being posted aren't very good. In
the
past, we've had some very creative uses of Acrostic poems, such as a
Lost
Desert poem in the shape of a pyramid. So, if you're planning to do an
acrostic poem, it's really going to need "something extra" to have any
shot
at getting posted.

Thanks,
The NeoPets Team

Yeah, they send those to everyone, sorry

Hopefully your poem will get in though :D