Dog.ger.al: n. Crudely or irregularly fashioned verse, often of a humorous or burlesque nature.
 
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is" 

--Francis Bacon

It's true: even academics need to cut it up every now and again.  So we invite you to participate in the most unique competition of letters in the country: PCM's Doggerel Contest.  Submissions are accepted for lewd, crude, irreverent, and salacious verse from all PCM participants.  Censorship is not an option, but laughter certainly is. 

* Do you hope to pay homage to Snoop Dogg's hoes through Romantic sonnet? 
* Or perhaps construct an ode to the wonders of the "Dutch oven"? 
* Care to sing the praises of toilet humor? 
* Or rhapsodize about that chap from Nantucket? 

Then please, submit your most ridiculous, insubordinate verse alongside your abstract and ask to be placed in the Doggerel Contest!  All submissions will be read aloud at the close of the conference, during the wine and cheese reception at the Virginia Ball Center.  A winner will be announced from the readers and a prize rewarded along with resounding applause and cries of, "Encore!"   

Don't have anything titillatingly trite right now?  Fear not.  Submissions are accepted up through the day of the conference, so get to work on a dirty limerick today!