Bad Poetry Contest: Credit Edition - $1000 Prize!!

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In honor of National Bad Poetry Day (that's today, August 18th), we’re kicking off a pretty awesome contest in which you could win up to $1000 toward your latest credit card bill.

What is the SpendOnLife Bad Poetry Contest?

Well, it’s pretty simple: Send us a poem related to your credit or debt woes, and you could win $1,000 towards your biggest credit card bill!

The "Rules"

While writing poetry should be a largely unregulated creative pursuit (artistic license and all that), there are a few things you should keep in mind if you want a shot at the prize money:

1. Your submission must be your own work of original poetry, and it must relate to credit or debt.
2. The contest will run for two weeks. We’re accepting submissions beginning today (August 18th) through Tuesday September 1st.
3. You can submit no more than one poem each day. Posting your poem in the Comments section does not enter you in the contest!
4. It’s all fair game: Funny, short, long, rhyming, free-verse, sonnet, haiku…even performance poetry if you want to send in a video! Bonus points for creativity! While this is a "bad" poetry contest, putting in some effort will help your entry stand apart from the crowd. And remember to title it!
5. By submitting your poem, you understand that we have republishing rights and will post your submission online (anonymously, unless you request otherwise). Our panel of judges will review the submissions, and the big winner will be announced on Wednesday, September 9th.

The Judges

Five popular personal finance bloggers have generously donated their time to review and vote on the submissions:

Matt from Debt Free Adventure

Pinyo from Moolanomy

Aaron from WalletPop

Steve from Get Out Of Debt

Nora from WiseBread

If you are the lucky winner, you'll need to submit your most recent credit card statement (minus the account number). We'll send you a check for the statement balance, up to $1000.

Drowning in debt, too many bills? Write some bad poetry and show us your skillz!

To see the submissions we've received so far, check out the links below. If you don't see your submission posted yet, don't worry or re-submit it. It will get posted in the next couple of days. 

Bad Poetry Submissions - Group 1

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