For poetry lovers, if you all wish to win a poetry contest and don't know how to win, I got a very great tips for you all. These tips may help you start winning today. 
Step #1:
Follow all the rules of the contest. This sounds very simple but there are many poems disqualified due to this. Please check out the maximum number of words, the format of the information provided, the entry fee, and whatever is required.
Step #2
Don't easily sastify with the first draft of your poem. Please revise it many times. Each time you revise, re-read the poem so you will hear how it sounds. By doing this you will acquire a good ear for poetry and this could produce a poem pleasing to the judges' ears too. A poet is a craftsperson, please don't forget that.
Step #3
Please use imagery (vivid descriptions) and figures of speech that are fresh and precise. Judges will like to a poem that says the same old thing in a creative and clever way. "Chalk days," for example, is a much stronger choice of words than "school days." Use similes, metaphors, personification, oxymora, contrasts, and other poetic techniques that will set you apart from novices writing near-poetry. Please buy a poetry handbook, then learn and use the poetic devices explained in their pages.
Step #4
A poem cannot simply be a listing of lined words and actually it needs to be crystal clear in its delivery. This is because a poet is written to provide the reader with clear and exact pictures that appeal to as many of the five senses as possible. A poem must have an emotional and/or intellectual impact on the reader too, who must either feel strongly or think strongly about what your poem has said. Wow. This could be great though.
Step #5
The value of sounds in your poem is very important too. Please learn and use the various poetic techniques that involve sound, such as alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythmic freshness, onomatopoeia, repetition.
Step #6
Keep the meaning of your poem clear. A good poem may be mysterious but never mixed-up. Please never ever confuse your reader, especially the contest judge. A good poem has more than one level of meaning, that are obvious or surface meaning and the underlying meaning or meanings that serve as themes or lessons or morals to help the readers better their lives. Please keep all meanings crystal clear.
Step #1:Follow all the rules of the contest. This sounds very simple but there are many poems disqualified due to this. Please check out the maximum number of words, the format of the information provided, the entry fee, and whatever is required.
Step #2
Don't easily sastify with the first draft of your poem. Please revise it many times. Each time you revise, re-read the poem so you will hear how it sounds. By doing this you will acquire a good ear for poetry and this could produce a poem pleasing to the judges' ears too. A poet is a craftsperson, please don't forget that.
Step #3
Please use imagery (vivid descriptions) and figures of speech that are fresh and precise. Judges will like to a poem that says the same old thing in a creative and clever way. "Chalk days," for example, is a much stronger choice of words than "school days." Use similes, metaphors, personification, oxymora, contrasts, and other poetic techniques that will set you apart from novices writing near-poetry. Please buy a poetry handbook, then learn and use the poetic devices explained in their pages.
Step #4
A poem cannot simply be a listing of lined words and actually it needs to be crystal clear in its delivery. This is because a poet is written to provide the reader with clear and exact pictures that appeal to as many of the five senses as possible. A poem must have an emotional and/or intellectual impact on the reader too, who must either feel strongly or think strongly about what your poem has said. Wow. This could be great though.
Step #5
The value of sounds in your poem is very important too. Please learn and use the various poetic techniques that involve sound, such as alliteration, assonance, rhyme, rhythmic freshness, onomatopoeia, repetition.
Step #6
Keep the meaning of your poem clear. A good poem may be mysterious but never mixed-up. Please never ever confuse your reader, especially the contest judge. A good poem has more than one level of meaning, that are obvious or surface meaning and the underlying meaning or meanings that serve as themes or lessons or morals to help the readers better their lives. Please keep all meanings crystal clear.
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