VOID Contest: Worst Love Poem Ever!

ATTENTION GATHER POETS: Void is now accepting submissions to our contests through Gather.com. Publish your "worst love poem" to the group VOID MAGAZINE CONTESTS (voidcontests.gather.com). Best of luck!

From Void:
It's February, which means the local drugstores have already stocked up on little sugar hearts and soon the local gas station will be running its $9.99 special on one dozen roses. In the spirit of another impending Valentine's Day, we at VoidMagazine.com want to help you poets prep for the Hallmark holiday you either love or loathe, by announcing our second annual "Worst Love Poem, Ever" competition.

We're looking for the absolute sappiest, most cliché, poems of loving or loathing that you can muster up. Below are the guidelines.

1) Poems cannot exceed 20 lines.
2) They must be about "love."
3) Contestants receive extra points for couplets, sonnets, or other obvious romantic formats.
4) Please submit poems in the body the e-mail, along with your name and e-mail address, to editor@voidmagazine.com. (or publish to Gather.com, as described above)
5) Poems must be submitted by February 13, 2007.
6) Do try to have some fun with this.

The first, second, and third place winners will be announced on February 14, and their poems will appear in the February issue of VoidMagazine.com. As a bonus the first place winner will receive a handful of poetry titles from the very good people at W.W. Norton.

So break out the pens and broken hearts. We look forward to reading your work… well, sort of…