All poetry for the Islamic Writers Alliance Annual Poetry contest must conform to the following general guidelines. Poems that do not adhere to these standards will be automatically disqualified from the competition.

 ·      Poetry must be Islamic in theme in nature

·         If contest has a theme for the year, poem must fit within the selected Theme

·         Poetry must be from at least 2 but no more than 100 lines

·         Poetry may be of any `type' of poetry including but not limited to ballad, couplet, iambic pentameter, quatrain, cinquain, sonnet, haiku, epic, free verse, and even light verse, limerick and spoken word

·         The Poetry Contest has 3 categories of submission:

o   IWA Members 

o   Adults – individuals who are 18 years old or older and not members of the IWA

o   Youth – individuals 13 years to 17 years of age.

·         Maximum of 1 submission per individual

·         Entries that have won previously cannot be resubmitted

·         Poems will only be accepted as plain text (ASCII) format in the body of email, as an email attachment in Microsoft Word or as a PDF.

·         Poems must be submitted via email

·         Poems must be submitted to poetrycontest@islamicwritersalliance.net

·         Poems must include authors name, category, email address, mailing address,phone number and title of poem

·         Poems that are submitted by youth 13 years through 17 years of age must also include a statement from a parent or legal guardian authorizing the IWA's public use of the poem on the IWA website

·         Teachers may submit `class' poetry as individual submissions from one school for students 13 years through 17 years. Submissions for younger students will be disqualified.  

·         Poems are the legal property of the author

·         IWA retains the right to disqualify and reject submissions deemed inappropriate