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The February Award of Awesomeness!

Win a vintage ‘object d’art,’ our 50/50 cash prize, and all the honour and clout that comes with being an Awesomeness Winner—by entering Arc’s February Award of Awesomeness!

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Susan Olding in black and white, with her head on her chin and a smile

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The February contest will be judged by Arc Editorial Board Member Susan Olding!

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The February prompt is: “PATTERN”

“There is no poetry without pattern. But pattern is more than a formal, structural element of a poem. Patterns also abound in nature and in our social and political arrangements. One role of the poet is to make those patterns visible and audible— to analyze or challenge them, to honour and celebrate them. 

Send us your pattern-rich and pattern-preoccupied poems. How do you pattern your poetry to echo, reinforce, or explode the structures that pattern your world?”

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Evergreen trees surround a body of water, which is frozen over with ice that has patterns on it: some circles/large bubbles, and some star-like shapes that resemble the top-down view of an evergreen tree. There are mossy rocks in the foreground.

a photo to illustrate: Ice melt on Thetis Lake, Saanich, BC, January 2022.

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Deadline for the Prompt: February 28th, 2022

Contest Rules & Guidelines: See our Contest Page

Publication: The winning poem will be published on the Arc website. We will also ask the winners to provide a photo of themselves and their prize. You can see our first ever Awesome Winner here.