Ludicrous Limerick

The Prompt

What is a limerick?

In order to qualify as a limerick, your submission must meet the following requirements.

• It must be five lines.
• The first, second, and fifth lines must rhyme with each other.
• The third and fourth lines must rhyme with each other.
• It must be submitted to the Poets community. Choosing a community is a final step in the submission process. Your poem will be rejected for word count requirements if it is submitted to any other community.

The Prizes

• Grand Prize: $2,000
• Second Place: $250
• 10 Runners-Up: $25

For your limerick to be eligible, it must be 5 lines (where the first, second, and fifth lines rhyme with each other, and the third and fourth lines rhyme with each other), and adhere to our Community Guidelines. Poems published on Vocal and entered into the contest up until March 23, 2023, at 11:59 PM ET will be considered. You may submit as many entries as you want. Official Rules for the Challenge can be found here.

The Ludicrous Limerick Challenge is exclusive to Vocal+ members. To learn more and upgrade to Vocal+ visit https://vocal.media/vocal-plus.

To be eligible to win the grand prize, second place, or runners-up prizes, you must be over the age of 13 and residing in a country where Stripe is available at the time of entry. A complete list of countries where Stripe is available can be found here—winners will need to have a Stripe account created and connected in order to receive the prizes. For this reason, entrants located outside of any of these countries will not be eligible to win.