Steem Summit's Call for Poetry Submissions

Greetings from Steem Summit organizers!

This is the third call for submissions for the Steem Summit Exhibit. The exhibit will highlight the best of Cebuanos' passions and talents under the four categories namely: art,
photography, poetry, and travel posts. This post serves as a contest to choose the best poetry to be showcased in the summit proper.

If you are a Cebuano, someone who has been living in Cebu and its vicinity, or someone who scheduled his/her April 22, 2018 to be part of Steem Summit, then you are invited to submit your entry in Poetry. Who knows? The panelists might choose your poem(s) to be showcased in the summit.

Expression of Gratitude

The organizers of Steem Summit would like to express their deepest gratitude to @donkeypong for his generosity in sponsoring the rewards of all Steem Summit contests, including the four calls for submissions under performing arts. To the Cebu community, let's be grateful to @donkeypong for being not just a supporter, but also a great mentor. His inputs have been crucial to the formation of Steem Summit.

Submission Categories

This contest is supposed to be one category only, but to show our nationalistic side, it was decided to include a category that would cater that need. The two categories under Poetry contest are:

(1)English Poetry

(2)Filipino Poetry

This means that the rewards for this contest is doubled and you can join both categories. Meaning, you can submit two entries for this contest, but those entries should belong in the two categories mentioned above.

Submission Guidelines

The general guidelines are almost the same with Steem Summit's Call for Art Submissions and Steem Summit's Call for Poetry Submissions. These guidelines will just be reiterated for formalities. While the guidelines are not requisites to assure your winnings, these would help the panelists in choosing the winners. Following the guidelines will also make your entries official.

• Resteem this post. This will serve as exposure of the contest to all Cebuanos who wanted to join. The organizers don't want to hear stories that many wanted to join, but the information didn't reach them.
• Make an entry for your poetic work. This will serve as your entry in Steemit. This is a freestyle form of contest, so any form of poetry is acceptable; written in either English or Filipino. While there is no specified topic, topics like love, nationalism, or tragedy are suggested. Those mentioned are not exhaustive. Any topic is accepted as long as it invokes emotion and it showcased the state of mind of the author.
• Use #steemsummit as the main tag of your post. This will make your post easier to find. This will also create a noise about @steemsummit.
• Use #englishpoetry or #filipinopoetry as your second tag. If you are joining under English Poetry, use #englishpoetry. If you're joining Filipino Poetry, use #filipinopoetry. This will separate your entry from other entries under the other categories. The three other categories are photography, travel posts, and art.
• Comment below the URL of your post. This will lessen the work of the panelists. This will also allow everyone to see your poetry submission(s).

Submission Criteria

This will serve as the basis for the panelists in choosing the winners and rank the entries based on the scores given to the individual entries. The same criteria will be used for the two categories.

• Poetic Expression - 40%
• Clarity of Intention - 30%
• Evidence of Exceptionality - 20%
• Overall Appropriateness - 10%

It is up to the panelists' interpretation of the criteria above that will determine the winners. The organizers have no influence in choosing the winners. Also, to avoid bias and influence of choice, the panelists don't know who are the two other panelists. The rankings are based on their opinion only.

Rewards

There are multiple rewards in these contests so everyone is urged to give their best.

• Post Payouts - This is inherent to every posts in Steemit depending on the upvotes. You'll even get noticed by @curie if your post is really interesting.
• SBD Rewards - This is courtesy of @donkeypong. All SBD rewards are from his donation.

In English Poetry:

Champion - 5 SBD

First Runner Up - 3 SBD

Second Runner Up - 2 SBD

In Filipino Poetry:

Champion - 5 SBD

First Runner Up - 3 SBD

Second Runner Up - 2 SBD

• Exhibit - To be showcased in the exhibit is an exposure and a prestige to the winners. Their work will be marvelled at the exhibit.

Deadline

The contest will run for one week. So, the deadline for submission of entries will be on April 3, 2018 (next Tuesday) at 9:00 PM. The announcement of winners will be done on the next day; Wednesday, April 4, 2018. Heads up panelists! You are only given one day to rank the entries. To avoid cramming, please check this post from time to time.

To those who wanted to submit their entries, please avoid from submitting on the last minute. This will allow the panelists to properly assess your work.

What are you waiting for? Send your entries as soon as possible. If you have questions or concerns, you can contact @ybanezkim26. Your participation in Steem Summit Exhibit will surely help in making the event a success.

See you all on April 22, 2018 at ASPACE CEBU, Crossroads, Cebu City, Philippines!

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Special thanks to @donkeypong, @kryptonia, and @maefe30 for their special contribution to the event's success!

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This call for submissions in Poetry Category was written by @ybanezkim26 (Steem Summit's Overall Head and Exhibit Manager). All designs and branding by @legendarryll (Steem Summit's Creative Director).

Steem Summit Organizers:
@honeyletsgo
@legendarryll
@thegaillery
@ybanezkim26