This month, The Ubyssey is holding a poetry competition to draw attention to the countless talented writers on campus looking for publication.
Beyond a limit of 30 lines, we have put no other restrictions on your poems. Submit your most wild experiments or traditional sonnets. We will read all of them and keep open minds. Be as creative and fearless as you can be!
The rules are as follows:
You may submit one poem no more than 30 lines in length. Or if the poem involves images, one printed 8 1/2 by 11 inch piece of paper. We do not care which font you use as long as it's not Comic Sans.
Submissions close on October 25 at midnight.
The winners will be announced on November 1.
There will be one grand prize winner and six second place winners.
The grand prize winner will get to have their poem published in The Ubyssey's print issue alongside an illustration, while also being published online with the runners up.
You must be a UBC student to enter.
How to submit
Submit your work as a PDF to culture@ubyssey.ca with the subject heading “October Poetry Competition.”
You will be contacted via email if you have won.
Terms and conditions
Ownership and publication rights
By submitting your poetry to The Ubyssey, you (the author) hereby agree to give The Ubyssey the right to publish the submitted work both online and in print.
Ownership of the work submitted remains with the author. Publication and reprint rights remain with The Ubyssey for the space of four months after its initial publication. The Ubyssey asks that you notify us in writing before submission of your work to another publication and it is accepted by that publication within the four-month term. After the four-month time period following the first publication of the author's poem, all rights will return to the author.
Plagiarism
If at any point during the competition process — from submission to publication and onwards — The Ubyssey becomes aware of any misrepresentation by the submitting party in question, The Ubyssey maintains the right to rescind any and all benefits, prizes, publication or promotion given to said party.
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