THEME: LIM

PUB DATE	WEEK	TITLE	SYNOPSIS	THEMES	LINKS TO THIS CONTEST	WINNER	LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later)
May 23, 1993	12	HERE, DOGGEREL …	Write a limerick. It must contain one of the following names: "Hillary Rodham Clinton," "Jack Kevorkian," "George Stephanopoulos" or "Bosnia-Herzegovina."	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image
June 21, 1998	275	THERE ONCE WAS CONTEST FROM NANTUCKET …	Write a limerick in which the first line is about someone who comes from some place in the Washington area.	LIM WAS POE	Text file | Contest image
August 22, 2004	572	The Limerixicon	Supply a limerick based on any word in the dictionary (except proper nouns) beginning with ai- through ar-.	LIM POE	Text file | Post e-version
August 21, 2005	624	Limerixicon 2	Supply a limerick based on any word in the dictionary (except proper nouns) beginning with bd- through bl-.	LIM POE	Text file
September 11, 2005	627	Per-Verse	Write a limerick or other short poem with comically awful rhyming.	LIM POE	Text file
August 6, 2006	674	Limerixicon 3	Supply a humorous limerick based on any word in the dictionary (except proper nouns) beginning with ca-.	LIM LET POE	Text file
August 27, 2006	677	The News Gets Verse	Sum up wittily in verse -- but not a limerick -- any article appearing in The Post or on washingtonpost.com from Aug. 28 through Sept. 4.	POE LIM	Text file
September 3, 2006	678	Limerick Smackdown!	Chris Doyle and Brendan Beary will go head to head in a series of 10 limericks.	LIM POE	Text file
August 12, 2007	726	Limerixicon 4	Supply a humorous limerick based on any word in the dictionary beginning with cl- through co-.	LIM POE	Text file
August 9, 2008	777	Limerixicon 5	Supply a humorous limerick featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters da-.	LIM POE	Text file
August 8, 2009	829	Limerixicon 6	Supply a humorous limerick prominently featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters di-.	LIM WOR LET POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 14, 2010	882	Limerixicon VII	Supply a humorous limerick prominently featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters dr-.	LIM LET POE	Text file | Post e-version	Carole Lyons	Text file (pub 9-11-10) Text file (pub 9-25-10)
September 25, 2010	887	Plus-Fours	Write a limerick whose third or fourth line is one of those listed above.	LIM POE	Text file
August 7, 2011	931	Limerixicon 8	Supply a humorous limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters ea- through -el.	LIM POE	Text file | Post e-version
September 25, 2011	938	Free and Lear	Write a limerick using the first two lines of any of Edward Lear's 115 limericks plus your own remaining three lines.	LIM POE	Text file | Post e-version
June 3, 2012	974	Eat our dust!	Write a limerick humorously describing a book, play, movie, or TV show.	LIM LIT TEL MOV POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version	Chris Doyle	Text file | Contest image (pub 7-1-12) Text file (pub 8-19-12)
August 12, 2012	983	Limerixicon IX	Supply a humorous limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with the letters "eq-" through "ez-".	LIM LET POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
March 10, 2013	1012	The news at 5	Write a limerick about a recent news event.	LIM CUL POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 11, 2013	1033	LimeriXicon	Supply a humorous limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "fa-".	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 10, 2014	1084	Limerixicon XI: Fi-, fo-, go!	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "Fl-" through "fo-". (Conversational text)	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 16, 2015	1136	Gaah! It's Limerixicon XII	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "ga-". (Conversational text)	POE LIM	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 21, 2016	1189	Gee, it's Limerixicon XIII!	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "ge". (Conversational text)	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 13, 2017	1240	We GIVE you Limerixicon XIV	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "gh-" or "gi-". (Conversational text)	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
April 22, 2018	1276	What 4? A limerick contest	Use a limerick using one of the provided lines as Line 5.	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 12, 2018	1292	Golly gosh, it's Limerixicon XV	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term, beginning with "gl-" through "go-". (Conversational text)	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
May 19, 2019	1332	We'll call them Spellimericks	Write a humorous limerick that's an acrostic: a pertinent five-letter word or name spelled out by the first letter of each line.	LIM LET POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 11, 2019	1344	Well, that's just great -- It’s Limerixicon XVI	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "gr-".	LIM LET WOR POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 9, 2020	1396	Hail Limerixicon XVII: Write a limerick featuring a 'ha-' word	Supply a humorous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any English word, name or term beginning with "ha-". (Conversational text) (Limerick Guide)	LIM POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
June 20, 2021	1441	\'Rick rolling: songs as limericks	Sum up or otherwise reflect a well-known song as a limerick. (Conversational text)	MUS LIM	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
August 8, 2021	1448	Hear, hear -- it's Limerixicon XVIII	Supply a humerous, previously unpublished limerick significantly featuring any word, name or term beginning with "he-". (Conversational text)	LIM	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
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