Contests

Poetry Contest: Celestial Sky

Who hasn’t gazed in wonder up at the sky, looking at passing clouds and birds, or the stars at night? You don’t have to look upward all the time, like Skyman, or ascend in Tater’s balloon or a glider plane to be inspired by the view. So this month, everybuggy agreed that the sky would be just the right lofty inspiration for a poetry contest that would rise to new heights.

Will you imagine in your poem what it’s like to fly like the hawk and the eagle? Or to live in a magic city in the clouds? Will your verse soar into space to dance among the stars? Or explore a thunderstorm forming? Will something fall from the sky to inspire you? Or will you dream of some unusual sky-creature flying there? The choice is yours.

Just send us your very best poem of 24 lines or less about the sky or something in it, real or imagined. Everybuggy will be lying on their backs around the Cricket Country mailbox, lazily gazing into the wild blue yonder, waiting for your celestial sky poetry to descend.

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    1. Your contest entry must be your very own original work. Ideas and words should not be copied.
    2. If you're 14 years old or younger, your entry must be signed by your parent or guardian, saying it is your own original work, that no help was given, and granting Cricket permission to publish prizewinning entries in the October 2010 issue or on our Web site. If you're older than 14, you must sign your own work, verifying that it is original.
    3. Be sure to include your name, age, and full address on your entry.
    4. Only one entry per person, please.
    5. If you want your work returned, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope for each entry.
    6. Incomplete entries cannot be considered. Your entry will be incomplete if you forget to include your age or a signature verifying that your work is original.
    7. Your entry must be received by May 25, 2010.
    8. Send entries to:

      Cricket League
      P.O. Box 300
      Peru, IL 61354