Let’s think about pink! The Pink Ribbon Blues Poetry Jam ran from June 1 – June 30. There were 13 submissions and ten finalists are waiting for your review. You’ll have about 2 weeks to vote for your favorite pink-culture jamming poem (the rating survey will be open through July 24). The top 3 favorites win the contest!
Click on the link below to read the poems and rate them according to your liking. Remember the ultimate goal for the jam is to change the conversation about breast cancer by challenging assumptions, values, beliefs, and norms.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6QGHYNH
Prizes:
- Grand prize: $100 donated in your name directly to the cancer-related organization of your choice; a copy of Pink Ribbon Blues signed to you by the author; and your winning poem with a short bio of the poet displayed on the PRB website through the month of Pinktober.
- 2nd place prize: $50 donated in your name directly to the cancer-related organization of your choice; a copy of Pink Ribbon Blues signed to you by the author; and your winning poem with a short bio of the poet displayed on the PRB website through the month of Pinktober.
- 3rd place prize: $25 donated in your name directly to the cancer-related organization of your choice; a copy of Pink Ribbon Blues signed to you by the author; and your winning poem with a short bio of the poet displayed on the PRB website through the month of Pinktober.
P.S. I hoped to have these out to you on July 5th… but missed my own deadline. My apologies!
Pink Ribbon Blues,
It’s great to finally have some fun with pink! Let the voting begin! Nice prizes, too, by the way!
Oh these are great! What a fun read! Thank you Gayle for putting this on, what a great idea . . . and great prizes too!
All the best,
Lisa
I really enjoyed reading these poems, and I thought they all had a unique take on the assignment. It’s so hard to pick a favorite among them, but I think the limerick may have done the best job of capturing the spirit needed to “wake up” pink culture — it’s inanity and rhyme captured the “don’t think, just pink” spirit very well. Thank you for putting on this contest, strong entries! Congratulations to all the poets on their work! -Michael
Thank you, Gayle, for taking the time to do this, with your busy schedule. The poems tell it like it is. I happen to look good in pink and wear it occasionally but now that I am a BC/treatment “survivor?” (hate that word, but will leave that for another time), I’m always asked if I am wearing it for the cause. Duh, NO!!! I resent my birthday month being taken over by fake pink hype with too much of the profits going to the manufacturers of pink products. You are a true blessing!