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Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the Online Dairy Ode Contest?
It is a web-based poetry contest: you can enter the contest from our dairy ode website, and all entries are posted on the website. The contest is exclusively for dairy odes, which are poems written about cheese, milk, yogourt, cows, goats, cheesemaking, dairy farming, or anything else to do with dairying and dairy products.
Who is eligible to enter?
You.
Okay, not just "you," but anyone who wants to enter
and has access to the Internet.
How do I enter?
You can enter the contest from our dairy ode website.
But don't go there yet! You haven't finished reading.
Thank you. On with the important stuff.
Do I have to fill out the form and send an email, too?
The information from the form is automatically emailed to "Dairy Ode"
so you do not have to do both.
I sent in my poem over an hour ago and I can't see it
in the list of submitted poems. Why not?
Submissions are not automatically posted on the website.
When a poem is received, it is read by "Dairy Ode"
then posted to the website.
"Read by 'Dairy Ode?'" Why does this "Dairy Ode" person read it?
"Dairy Ode" reads the poem to check for inappropriate language.
Poems with inappropriate language will not be posted!
So what's "inapprorpriate language" then?
Profanity. Sure, some rappers will tell you profanity is "the language of the people" or
"evocative of a mood" or some such, but we're running a family-friendly contest here, folks. Let's keep it G-rated, please.
I made a mistake in my poem. How can I get it fixed?
Send an email to dairyode@ocl.net
and "Dairy Ode" will make the revisions ... within reason.
My first grader wrote the greatest poem about Limburger
and I wrote a masterpiece about milking a cow.
If I enter them both, will my poems be judged
along with my child's?
No.
Your first grader's poem(s) will be judged against the poems of other
children in his or her age group and category (see below).
Okay, I'm seeing below. What does "category" mean?
On the entry form, the entrant is asked to specify the category
or style of their poem.
The categories are:
- Rhyming verse,
- Limerick,
- Haiku,
- Free verse,
- Other.
I don't know what category my poems falls into. What do I do?
"Dairy Ode" will help you by assigning them a category.
How many poems may I enter?
As many as you'd like.
And tell your friends and family to enter too.
The more, the merrier.
My granddaughter wrote me the loveliest poem last year. May I enter that?
With your granddaughter's permission, certainly you may.
And please give credit where credit is due.
Whether filling out the form or emailing your submission,
specify your granddaughter as the poet, not yourself.
Does my poem have to be about cheese?
The Online Dairy Ode contest is only for poems about milk, cheese, yogurt, cows, goats, dairy farming, cheesemaking, or anything having to do with dairy products and dairying.
But I wrote a poem about my beloved pet lizard, Skeeter, that I'd love to enter.
Sorry, no poems about lizards allowed.
Now, if Skeeter happens to like to eat cheese and you want to write about that,
feel free.
Note:
"Dairy Ode" does not condone feeding your lizard cheese just to have a subject for your poem.
When will I know if I won?
After the contest closing date, web visitors may vote for their favourite dairy odes. When the voting is over, the votes will be counted and the winners will be notified by email.
Who is judging the contest?
The online readers.
Hey, what's to stop someone from voting over and over again for their own poem?
Your computer's IP information is logged along with each vote.
When the voting closes, we weed out all votes that clearly were made by the same person on the same computer at the same time.
So let's get down to the important stuff. What do I get if I win?
A lovely certificate - And the envy and admiration of others.
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