Yes, you’re allowed to get feedback from other writers on our forum. 🙂

Aww, I’m glad that the honorable mention brightened your day! And yes, you’re free to post your poem anywhere you like since we didn’t acquire it for publication. 🙂

As the rules state, all entries must be Microsoft Word documents. Poems with graphics, illustrations, etc. will be disqualified.

Thanks! I had fun writing it and infusing a deeper meaning into it. 😉

We’re happy you found us too! I look forward to reading your entry. 😊

We don’t allow coauthored entries in the contest. I’m not sure from your description whether your story would classify as that, but it sounds iffy enough to me that I’d recommend submitting a brand-new piece that you created alone.

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“Blame my editor for teaching me this.” I feel very called out. 😂

By the way, I used to do the cloud exercise a lot back when I wrote stories. 😉

Since you only shared the story in a private community (school doesn’t count as publication 😉), and you sound like you’re going to change it a bit too, it’s eligible for entry.

The age of the story doesn’t matter. 😉 As long as it’s an unpublished piece, it’s eligible to be entered in our contest.