Good luck to all of you in this first contest!! Please create a file in WORD called CONTESTS and write down the titles and the name of each contest so you can easily find what you have sent where. DON'T skip this stage or you could get really muddled. Thanks.
Monday: Meet in the board room. We'll divide into two groups. You all should now have all the poems from your group members. Edit each one carefully. Use the manuscript criteria. A poem can be good but not meet the criteria for the course; consequently, there is no point including it in your manuscript. Look particularly for a lack of surprise, lack of clarity, and wordiness. The final criterion and the most difficult to articulate is SO WHAT? Does the poem work?
Answering this question is hard. Does it offer a new perspective?
