The winner is announced!
After over 50 hopefuls, the Judges of Poets Survivor Two began rounds and narrowed the contestants down to the best possible 15 they could choose. Key-van, oboebaybee, countrybabe, trista, maa, sheltered, Elora Danon, B Chandler, poetryality, mayflowerbg, Laura Lamarca, The Sisters Grimm, -Ink Artist-, Errant Panther and Poetesse were all chosen because of their worthiness. Anyone of them could make it to the top. But who would prevail? After the first 9 rounds, -Ink Artist-, poetryality, trista, maa, The Sisters Grimm and Laura Lamarca all found themselves still remaining making up the final six. And after 4 more rounds… Julie (trista) and Laura prevailed and found themselves among the top.
After over 100 beautifully penned poems, many trophies, conflicts, AP points, comments, and challenges… tonight, after some delay… the winner will be announced. The winner and title of Poets Survivor 2 and 6000 juicy points to go along with it.
But first, Julie and Laura had to pen 3 poems each in the finale ( which can be found at; http://allpoetry.com/contest/2376696 ) and then judges, and former contestants, who had the time, each casted three votes, one for each separate challenge/poem. 21 votes were cast. Whoever received the most is the winner…. and is very close… so lets begin.
The first vote was rewarded to….
Laura.
The second vote was sent to….
Julie.
The third vote is bestowed upon….
Julie.
And the fourth vote? Who’d that go to?
Laura!
After the first four votes were down to a tie. Shall we continue?
Fifth vote is….
Award to….
Julie.
And the fifth vote is cast on…………
Julie!
The sixth vote is for…………
Who?
Well…keep scrolling…
It is for…
Julie!
Guess what? Laura received the seventh vote!
Laura has 3. Julie has 4. Lets continue.
The eighth vote is…
Laura.
Congrats. You are now in the lead.
5/4.
Vote number 9 is….
Laura!
Laura is in the lead with 5 votes, and Julies not far behind with 4.
Vote number 10 is a gift for….
Laura.
Laura has 6 votes, Julie has four.
But wait! Vote #11 is for Julie!!!
Julie is catching up now at 5/6.
So lets continue.
Vote #12 is…
For LAURA!
The next nine votes determine will be determining who wins…
Vote #13 is cast for…
For JULIE!!!
VOTE #14 IS FOR…….
JULIE!!!
Julie and Laura are tied at 7/7.
I told you it would be close… so, lets continue.
Vote number 15 is…
For who? For…
Laura!
Laura (8), Julie (7).
So lets continue one.
Vote number 16 is for…
For…
For…
For…
Julie!
Julie! You are at 8 votes!
Laura! You are also at 8 votes!
Close, eh?
Vote numero dix-sept is…
Pour….
Julie!!!
Julie, you are in the lead at 9 votes, and Laura is just behind at 8 votes… anything could happen…
So, vote number 18?
Told you anything could happen.
Its for Laura!!!
You are tied AGAIN at 9/9!!
You know what that means? We are down to the last 3 votes. And they will decide who the winner is. I will tell you this now. 2 of them are for one person. 1 of them is for the other. Whoever gets those two votes wins….
Vote number 19 is casted for…
Julie!!
And vote number 20 is for…
Laura!!!
This final vote decides who is the Winner of Poets Survivor 2… the stakes are high. But here we go. The winner, of Poets Survivor 2, 6000 points and the final vote of this season is….
LAURA LAMARCA!!!!!
Congratulations, you have fought hard, penned masterpiece, stuck besides Poets Survivor in its darkest moments and you have prevailed mostly among everyone else. You, are the winner of Poets Survivor Season 2. You are the winner of 6000 points. You are the winner of bragging writes. And most of all, you are the winner of a strong honour. Congrats!!!
Trista, Julie… be very proud of yourself. Second place is something to be proud of, you are also a fantastic writer and I want to congratulate you on how far you’ve made it.
Now, as a wrap up; the votes were as follows;
#1: Laura
#2: Julie
#3: Julie
#4: Laura
#5: Julie
#6: Julie
#7: Laura
#8: Laura
#9: Laura
#10: Laura
#11: Julie
#12: Laura
#13: Julie
#14: Julie
#15: Laura
#16: Julie
#17: Julie
#18: Laura
#19: Julie
#20: Laura
#21: Laura
And, here is a little grid (leaving out votes names for privacy) show who was voted for what in each individual challenge. (It shows the combination of votes for each individual voter).
CHALLENGE:
#1-------#2------#3
Laura Julie Julie
Laura Julie Julie
Julie Julie Laura
Laura Laura Laura
Laura Julie Laura
Laura Julie Julie
Laura Laura Julie
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THANK-YOUS
Poets Survivor Season 2 could not be possible first off without the amazing display of talent among all individual contestants. Thank-you to anyone who competed. Thank-you anyone who auditioned, or even showed interest, without you there would be no Poets Survivor. Thank-you to Laura, as being our displayed poet, the whole purpose of Poets Survivor is to display talent. Thank-you to the consistent judging panel; ten thousand cicadas, Cupcrazy, and Alice(inPoetryLand). Thank-you to Tyler (Tangled Angle) for your help at the beginning of Poets Survivor, you helped get it off its feet. Thank-you to all judges whom stuck around just during the first rounds, you helped us discover our top 15. Thanks to Bunny, who developed the scoring system and helped me through many times in PS2. THANKS TO ANYONE WHO I FORGOT. SPECIAL APPLUADS.
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Congratulations, Laura!
Even aside from the three finale challenges, looking at the top-notch consistency of your poetry throughout the Poet's Survivor challenge I know how hard you've worked for this. You are a wonderful poet, and very deserving of this.
I never expected to make it this far, so second place is an honor for me. I had a horrible case of writer's block when this final challenge was posted...thought seriously about dropping out at that point...but I'm so glad I was able to stick it out!
To Ryan...you are ruthless, hun!
Over 100 poems? That's insane! lol Do you realize that's about half of the poems I have posted here on AP??? 
I can honestly say many of them wouldn't have been written without the challenges you provided, and I can't thank you enough for that and all the hard work you've put into this. s for you too.
A huge thank you to our other judges as well. The feedback I've been provided has made me a better poet, and persevering through this challenge even when I had zero cooperation from my muse has made me a better, stronger person. I hope none of you underestimate the the positive influence you have on other poets, both by your own work and the comments you leave.
One final thank-you to whomever cast the last vote. I had a feeling Laura and I might be tied at that point, otherwise I don't believe Ryan would have kept us in suspense this long. lol
Okay, that's it! My love ands to everyone who has supported me through this...I appreciate you all.
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I'm glad to here you enjoyed the competition
Yeah, the person who cast the final vote deserves big claps, along with everyone who voted
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WOW! CONGRATULATIONS MUM! You are very talented, and I know you deserved it!!!!!
Congrats to Julie too... Even though I don't know her, to get this far is still an accomplishment to be proud of! Well done to both of you
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Congrats to both Laura and J, they're both so awesome poetessess, and I can hardly imagine what stunning pieces they both must have created.
A clash between these exquisite literati's is unimaginable. Wow ~
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Ok...I found my voice
Firstly, thank you to Ryan for holding this challenge and pushing me so hard to succeed, I put blood and sweat into some of those writes...mainly I put my whole heart into them.
Secondly, thank you to all of the judges who have been present in the challenge at some point or another...without you, I wouldnt be here...thank you all for having faith in trista and I.
Thirdly, thank you trista, just for being you and for sharing the amazing experience of that final with me...it's been a pleasure.
And lastly, but certainly not leastly...thank you to all the people who believed in me, it means more to me than the actual win.
Thank you
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Glad you found your voice. Wonderful word Laura
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Well done La, we deserved as the overall winner .. Trista coming runner-up is an acheivment in its self and you both should be very, very proud of your selfs, your talents have shone through this extremely difficult set of contests and I think this proves without a doubt you are both poets of the highest quality.
special for my AP wife La ... knew you would come through
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Congrats to you Laura, It always amazes me the level of the talent that makes it in to the finals on these challenges. You would think that the winners would be readily apparent from early on in the contest, but you have had to pen your best to make it to the top. I'm glad this got judged in the end and the final pieces were nothing short of unbelievable. Take a bow Laura, congrats again and Trista should be happy with all she has taken away from this too. Second is really an amazing achievement in this contest and her pieces truly showed her talent as well. Both deserve much more in way of comments, but suffice to say that I look forward to next time and will follow this challenge closely in the future.
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Congrats to Laura and to Trista, you were both amazing and I am glad to see this decided in the manner that we all had in mind from the beginning. All the contestants were fabulous but you two started out shining and the just continued to blaze. Your hard work has finally been rewarded. Thanks to Ten and Aliceinpoetryland, Ryan and Tyler for making the judging such a pleasure to be involved in. Looking forward to the next survivor Ryan, it's been a blast. Hugs, Bunny
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Thanks Bunny
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You put lots of effort into this contest, congrats to all finalist and to Laura for taking top spot. Way to go.
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WHOO HOO for Laura! COngrats to all!!!
Lynda
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Heck yes! Congrats to Laura!
Also, good job to Trista.
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'Twas close Glad to see you again Tyler
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Congrats to both of you for consistent, wonderful writing! You both really displayed you talent and skill and provided much enjoyment to all of us who got to read your work. Well done, gals!
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Thanks for being a judge
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I want to congratulate both Laura and Trista, first and second place are great. And Ryan, thanks for putting so much effort into this. Good job!
Chelsea
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Aww, thank-you for being a contest
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Congratulations Laura, a wonderful achievement, and to Trista congratulations there are only winners here...PK
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Indeed, congrats to both
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I honestly thought I'd got 2nd...I just wanted to lose in a fair and just manner...I'm gobsmacked and will have to return when I find my voice...for now, thank you and well done trista...you made me pen the best I could
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Congrats Laura Well deserved
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