Each poet may post up to 2 posts per day per forum. We reserve the right to move a post if it's not in the appropriate forum. So if it suddenly disappears, scout around to see where it may have been properly placed. *Anyone may be banned from this site if they fail to follow ezboards Terms Of Service or stir up dissention amongst other members. Remember, you agreed to ezboard's TOS in order to become a member! Therefore no explicit material of a racial or sexual nature will be tolerated! We are open to the general public and have some teenage poets within our community, so please use good sense and taste.
We ask that you take pride in your poetry and refrain from using profanity. Check your spelling before you post, so misspellings won't detract from the content of your poem and disqualify winner selection. Please do not double-post the same poem into more than one forum, because that impedes fairness of our judging process. We also request you use lower case letters for your text, as ALL CAPS means screaming to the cyber world and there's no need for us to shout our poetry!
We have a Workshop forum for those seeking constructive help from seasoned poets with their works-in-progress. It's also a place where experienced poets can introduce and challenge other members with various different forms of poetry! *We ask that you confine formal critiques to this Comets Workshop (unless a poet specifically and publically requests it of a piece posted elsewhere!)*
Everyone has an equal opportunity to win best poem, photo, or art, in our bi-weekly Planet Award system. *We also show recognition for excellence in poetry!* Exceptional pieces will be honored and showcased in our Shining Starz Gallery!
If you have any difficulties contact myself or one of Starz moderators for assistance. Please read and comment on the works of at least two other members for each piece you post! Responses are the lifeblood of any board and we ask that you actively participate. 'Tis the nature of the beast if you repeatedly Post ~N~ Run, replies to your work will drop off. Its also respectful to acknowledge responses to your own work. This allows members who took time to read and comment to know you appreciate their efforts.
Starz is a proud representative of Net Poetry & Art Competitions (NPAC)and can sponsor four exceptional poets plus three artists per month toward friendly competition between participating sister/brother sites! Check out our NPAC Forum for a better understanding of the process! I look forward to meeting everyone and feel free to invite others to our community! :) Blessings to all,
~Soulstar2000
EzOP/Administrator
P.S. Members graciously willing to contribute to CSC Gold to help us be rid of irritating pop-up ads, please don't hesitate! *Any donations to our site are greatly appreciated!!! Thank you! :) ~Camille
