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Poetry Contest: Something Scary

Dancing skeletons and headless rangers? What could be scarier—or more fun? Marty says that October is a perfect time for hiding under the covers and reading something that sends shivers up and down your spine. So for this month’s contest, we’d like you to write a poem about something scary.

Will you write about witches, black cats, and bats? Or walking through a cemetery at midnight and meeting a ghost? Maybe you’ll find inspiration in the mysterious mists of the Weepwallow, which the Rake is about to cross in “The Star Shard.” Or perhaps the scariest thing you can think of is ... a big math test, or the first day of school, or dancing solo on stage, or getting a daring new hair style.

Whatever scares you, send us your best poem about it—24 lines or less, please. Everybuggy will be creeping to the mailbox to read it. Boo!

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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 February 2009 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 25 October 2008.
    8. Send entries to:

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