the 12th asinine poetry contest:
asinine crime poems

FIRST PRIZE: $100
SECOND PRIZE: $75
THIRD PRIZE: $50



BECOME THE SHAKESPEARE OF CRIME!
Or, rather, the Capone of poetry. For our next contest, we're calling you out to write poems in a niche category of poetry--the crime poem. That is, poems about crime. Everything from arson to extortion to murder to zebra-napping, true to fictional. Written in the asinine MO. Can you do it? Are you chicken? Give it a shot. Whatcha got to lose?

Our guest judge: Tim McLoughlin, the Godfather of Noir and author of Heart of the Old Country. He also edited Brooklyn Noir, first in the Akashic Publishing's Noir Series, as well as Brooklyn Noir 2.
One dollar per entry. You may enter up to THREE times.

You may use modern electronic means. E-mail us your entry and then send us the fee via this little doohickey:

Or you may use snail mail. Send your cash cleverly hidden in with your entry. PLEASE DO NOT SEND A CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.
Mail your entries to:
P.O. Box 1349
New York, NY 10276.


DEADLINE: August 1, 2008.

Stay sharp!