Is the hard pen calligraphy competition written word for word? Like a blanket.

Mainly depends on the requirements of the organizers. If the number of words is small, it is generally based on ancient poems and famous sentences, and the number of words is generally written in ancient Chinese. That's what the teacher taught them, but personally, it should be no problem to write some modern poems. The most important thing is to write a limerick in a solemn competition that meets the requirements.