Poet Survivor is a lengthy rounds contest that tests poets' strength in all aspects of poetic endeavor, including use of devices and forms, and display of creativity,impact, and technical ability.
This season began with DOZENS of contestants, out of whom the FINAL 18 were chosen. Those 18 poets submitted themselves to many difficult challenges, many giving out or becoming eliminated along the way. THREE outstanding poets survived to the final round. The judging panel (consisting of Ryno, Cupcrazy, and ten thousand cicadas) are pleased to announce this season's FINALISTS!!!
They are.....
chugglepuff http://allpoetry.com/chugglepuff
Everwind Rising http://allpoetry.com/Everwind%20Rising
Peteskid http://allpoetry.com/Peteskid
Each of these poets display a wide variety of talent, style and skill, and all are deserving to claim the prize.....but that's not the way Poet Survivor works!! The winner of Season Three was required to bring the best poetry to EVERY ROUND. So, two of them will now be eliminated, and by an EXTREMELY THIN MARGIN. In fact, this season was so close that the SECOND and THIRD place winners were originally tied for SECOND, and had to undergo an additional round to find some point of differentiation! We encourage you to visit the pages of each of these fine poets... You will NOT be disappointed!
And now for the moment that so many have been LOOOOOONNNNNGGGG been waiting for.... THE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!!
Below you will find the point announcements for POETS SURVIVOR FINALE ROUND C, which previously remained unposted to maintain the winner's secrecy until the tie for second was broken. In addition,the scores for ROUND A and ROUND B are also added into the final tally... giving us the winner!
In third place earning the honor of THIRD PLACE, and receiving a reward of 1000 pts....
and 3 poems FEATURED (poet's choice) is...
chugglepuff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, Bryony. You really gave these older guys some tough competition. Your freshness, imagination, and crisp poetry is absolutely excellent.
SCORES:
Life Support (ROUND C)
Ry Bu Te
05 05 05 Understandable theme and phrasing (5)
05 04 04 Impact or Emotion (5)
05 04 05 Originality of thought and/or phrasing (5)
05 05 05 Stands alone as its own poem (5)
05 05 05 Last words are used skillfully with no awkwardness (5)
04 05 05 Mechanics (5)
05 05 05 Original poem meets general Survivor standards of excellence (5)
05 05 05 Last words exactly match the pre-write (5)
05 05 05 General subject matter is the same as pre-write (5)
03 05 05 Style is similar to the pre-write (5)
47 48 49 SUB-TOTAL
Ryan + Bunny + Ten TOTAL= 144/150
Rounds A + B + C TOTAL= 138 + 133 + 144 = 415/450 !!!!
Tie breaker Ranking (lowest wins)= 6 pts
(Ranked 1+2+3)
So, WHICH poet originally tied chugglepuff with a total tally of 415/450 points???
Was it Everwind Rising???
Was it Peteskid????
Either would be completely deserving to be the Season Three POET SURVIVOR!!!
But...
Only ONE OF THEM is !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winning a hard-fought-for SECOND PLACE ...
as well as 2500 points...
and 3 poems FEATURED (poet's choice).....
is...
Peteskid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Congratulations, PK. Your poetry has been so impressive...always full of heart, weight, and impact...you consistently came through with top-tier poetry!!! WOW!
SCORES:
Afterthoughts
Ry Bu Te
05 05 05 Understandable theme and phrasing (5)
04 04 04 Impact or Emotion (5)
03 04 04 Originality of thought and/or phrasing (5)
05 05 05 Stands alone as its own poem (5)
05 05 05 Last words are used skillfully with no awkwardness (5)
05 05 05 Mechanics (5)
05 05 05 Original poem meets general Survivor standards of excellence (5)
05 05 05 Last words exactly match the pre-write (5)
05 05 05 General subject matter is the same as pre-write (5)
05 05 05 Style is similar to the pre-write (5)
47 48 48 SUB-TOTAL Ryan + Bunny + Ten = 143
Rounds A + B + C TOTAL= 137 + 135 + 143 = 415
Tie breaker (lowest wins)= 5 pts.
(Ranked 2+1+2)
Finally, let us congratulate our winner whose total points for the three final rounds totaled 423/450 points...
Everwind Rising!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everwind's poetry always takes a fresh perspective; is crafted with meticulous attention to detail, layering, and poetic device; and most definitively, is always written with such clean articulation so as to exact the intended impact. Well done!!!!
SCORES:
Only This (ROUND C)
Ry Bu Te
05 05 05 Understandable theme and phrasing (5)
05 05 04 Impact or Emotion (5)
04 04 04 Originality of thought and/or phrasing (5)
05 05 05 Stands alone as its own poem (5)
05 05 04 Last words are used skillfully with no awkwardness (5)
04 04 04 Mechanics (5)
05 05 05 Original poem meets general Survivor standards of excellence (5)
05 05 05 Last words exactly match the pre-write (5)
05 05 05 General subject matter is the same as pre-write (5)
05 05 05 Style is similar to the pre-write (5)
48 48 46 SUB-TOTAL Ryan + Bunny + Ten SUBTOTAL= 142
Rounds A + B + C TOTAL= 143 + 138 + 142 = 423/450
As the Season Three POET SURVIVOR, Everwind wins the following:
10,000 points!!!!!
He will be featured as AP Poet of the Month in February
5 poems recommended for FEATURE (poet's choice)
10 poems listed for comment REWARD (poet's choice)
Congratulations, Everwind!!
Thank you to all those poets who entered and worked so hard in this contest, and especially to our three finalists who stuck it out to the end!
Thank you to Ryno and Cupcrazy for helping put up points for these and other rewards, and for assisting with this difficult judging task. Thanks also to our guest judges, Canonsfire, Mirthryl, and CarolDesjarlais.
Also a special thank you to Hekate for making it possible to feature the Season Three POET SURVIVOR as AP point of the month. Be checking your AP main page for this in February!!!
--ten thousand cicadas--
After months of grueling competitions and hair-splitting eliminations, only one poet has ultimately SURVIVED. See who earned the much-sought-after title of the Season Three POET SURVIVOR !!!!
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Thanks to judges for all your hard work. Thanks to my fellow contestants for the inspiring competition and poetry. To Chugglepuff and Peteskid thanks for the late nights wringing my hands and the ulcers from worrying what I would be up against in these final rounds--just kidding. You two have shown yourselves to be top notch competitors and absolutely top tier poets!
Byrony, you have the gift of being able to write from a perspective that belies your age. I wish that I was writing like you do when I was your age. I have been astounded at your talent time and again. Your use of imagery, metaphor, and emotion is gripping, unique, and always perfect.
Peteskid, your pen is a fount of beauty and wisdom and your competitive spirit is matched only by your ability to write cascades of imagery that wash over and immerse us in your poetry. You have that rare ability to entwine spiritual themes with earthly--seeing more than most and recording it in expertly written verse. -
Wow, what an ending! Big congratulations to Peteskid and Everwind Rising, of course, and thanks so much to all the judges for keeping this going, it's been a wonderful thing to do!
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Congrats to the entrants thanks to the judges. This was an interesting contest, and i think many people put a lot of work into this, for my part ..a sincere thanks for all the effort, all the hard work, Congratulations to the winners...PK
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......exhale......
Well it was a BLAST everyone! A very long BLAST, but I enjoyed it immensely. Thank you to everyone who participated on all fronts, and thanks Ryan for allowing me to be involved. Wooooooooootttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ten
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Congrats Byrony, PK and Everwind - you are talented, talented writers and each have your own impressive style that is unique to you.
I had no clue who was going to win - I knew all three of you could've went all the way!!!
Thank-you Bunny and ten for assisting me in judging this - and ten, thank-you for taking the hosting part of this out of my hands when I became to overwhelmed over the summer. I am sad that I could not be here throughout the middle, but proud that I was here for the start and end.
Well done and thank-you to everybody.
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