The 4th Annual Spooktacular Halloween Contest at the
Storyteller’s Blog is here already. Where did the time go?
Again, this year the Spooktacular
Contest is limited to rhyme, as I am an avid rhymer. My published picture book,
Rock
Star Santa is rhyming and I’m currently working on a poetry collection.
Also, my poem “Hail Mary Pass” is included in And the Crowd Goes Wild;
A Global Collection of Sports Poems for Kids, now available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.
The contest this year is titled “THE BEWITCHING CASTLE!”
To enter:
1. Write
a HALLOWEEN poem of no more than 250 words about “an ENCHANTED
CASTLE or a WITCH.”
2. Become
a follower of “The Storyteller’s Blog.”
3. Post
your entry in the comments section of The Storyteller’s Blog and comment on at
least one other entry.
My beta readers and I shall select the winner, who will receive a full
critique for a rhyming picture book manuscript from First Peek Critique service,
a value of $75.00.
(Does not have to be the one you wrote for the contest.)
Contest runs from October 1st
to October 14th. Winners will be announced on October 20th and critique will be delivered by
Halloween.
Here is an example:
The BeWITCHing Castle
By Gayle C.
Krause
On a bed of nails
in a dungeon deep,
a princess lies
in enchanted sleep.
In the castle
above, a witch takes her place
dressed in
colorful silks. Veils cover her face.
She casts a spell
on the ballroom guests
and a Prince is
enthralled by what she suggests.
Her voice sounds
sweet. She offers her hand.
Satin gloves hide her wrinkles and what she has planned.
The two are wed
on Halloween night.
If the Prince
knew his real wife, he’d die of fright
for deep in the
dungeon sleeps his true love
while he’s
tricked by the witch and the castle, above.
The witch and
princess’s bodies have switched.
And the Prince is
a victim of castle, “Bewitched.”
