2010 New England Shakespeare Festival Sonnet Contest

Are you a Shakespeare lover? Want to try your hand at writing a sonnet?  If it sounds like fun, then the  2010 New England Shakespeare Festival Sonnet Contest is for you. DEADLINE: August 1, 2010


1. Sonnets must be Shakespearean:
    • fourteen lines
    • ababcdcdefefgg rhyme scheme
    • basically written in iambic pentameter, variations and substitutions are permitted.

2. Submissions must be original and unpublished.

3. Writers may enter as many sonnets as they wish.

4. The entry fee is $3 (U.S.) per sonnet. Checks should be payable to "The New England Shakespeare Festival."

5. Entries may be mailed (must be received by deadline) or submitted electronically using the Sonnet Contest Online Entry Form.  Note that the form also allows submissions in two additional categories, the Student Sonnet Contest  and a  Rubber Ducky Sonnet Contest for younger children.