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During the past 15 months, there has been a total of 87 PO' Contests created, reviewed, critiqued and scored;

Yet, none of this would have been possible, without the help of some very generous People -

Poets like yourself, who are dedicated to the Written Word, and unselfishly give large amounts of your time, talents and energy to make sure each PO' Contests remains fair and honest -

I would like to begin my thanks to a Man who never fails to show up, help out and support what we try to do;

That Man, is God; we are truly blessed to have His support, as we could not do this without Him -

Thank you Jesus!

Next, someone who has been a Sponsor since day one;  that man is Kevin, Owner of AP -

I thank you kevin, and I am ever grateful for your generosity in awarding numerous Poets a chance to better explore what AP has to offer, by extending your Silver & Gold Memberships to those who are deserving of Top Honors in the PO' Contests -

God bless you!

Next, I am most humbled by one individual who has been with me since day one, and her name is trista, aka, Julie -

Through times of Family affairs, late evenings without sleep, numerous Doc.'s Appt's, falling alseep on her keyboard & even through my absence in the past two weeks, Julie has been right here where she is needed most -

I shall be forever grateful for your dedication to the written word and the Poets who come out each week and each month to support us in what we have tried to do......and bottom line, we have only given a place for Poets to come and try to better their work without the use of Phrase Prompts, Picture Prompts, Backgrounds or Borders to enhance their writes -

Julie and I are certain, a poem does not have to be inspired by outside influence to create a masterful write.....however, we are certain, a Poem can be written within your souls imagination first, and then transferred to paper, just as our Fellow Poets of olden days have done;

This indeed, IS, the Challenge of the PO' Contests -

Thank you Julie, you have my deepest respect as a person, as a Poetess and as a Friend who was/is always there when I needed you,

....God bless you!

Next, the following Poets/Judges, are some of the most giving people I have come into contact in all my many months of writing here on AP -

The list is great, and so are the hearts of those who place such important emphasis on the PO' Contests:

trista

islekine

NeonRose

aboomer

Starz of Heaven

Lost Vampyre Angel

Cupcrazy

jamiedoring

RyanosaurusWrecks

xianaria

xianariaslifetime

Finally, for those of you who wonder just how we can keep this Series of Contests open, yet remain debt-free, you will find a group of Poets here who believe in what the PO' Contests stand for;

Without each of them, the PO' Contests would have broke my Bank a very long time ago, thus leaving no place for Poets to come and really Challenge their Quills;

We are forever grateful for each of you and your continued Sponsorships -

To name a few:

Kevin - Owner of AP ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Arkbear ( 6 X for POD, POW, POM )

trista ( 5 X for POD, POW, POM ) 

ChansonDuCoeur ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Sonja ( 5 X for POD, POW, POM )

cutiepie ( 8 X for POD, PW, POM )

Catauthor ( 1 X for POD, POW POM )

HeavenScent4U ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

islekine ( 4 X for POD, POW, POM )

jamiedoring ( 4 X for, POD, POW, POM )

A New World ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

DrunkenRam ( 1 X for POD, POM )

Cynthia ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

WolfHeart ( 1 X for POD, POW )

In Too Deep1 ( 2 for POD, POW, POM )

RedwingSpirit ( 1 X for, POD, POW )

RyanosaurusWrecks ( 1 X for POW )

Freed by Mercy ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Lady Altheia ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Cupcrazy ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Kelli Marie ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

pithyaplomb ( 5 X for POD, POW, POM )

In Too Deep1 ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Wynsom Trouble ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Creon Defeated ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Aerden ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

NeonRose ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Kathryn Bowden  ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

poppa  ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Sunshine Princess (2 X for POD, POW, POM )

faithwhisperer ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Starz of Heaven ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Katie Lazette  ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Peteskid   ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

sassylilpoet  ( 1 X fr POD, POW, POM )

Darkwell  ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

aboomer ( 3 X for POD, POW, POM )

SuicidalLover  ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

Livingemptyspaces ( 3 X for POD, POW, POY )

Darkwell ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

WWildBill ( 1 X for POD, POW, POM )

triste elle  ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

Elora Danon ( 3 X for POD, POW, POM )

LadyDementia ( 3 X for POD, POW, POM )

Frogzter ( 3 X for POD, POW, POM )

KayJay46 ( 2 X for POD, POW, POM )

God bless each of you as we begin to count down yet another year of PO' Contests and head into our second POY;

POY = Poem of the Year* Contest ~

Our deepest thanks to each of you who have come out to Support this Series of Contests over the past 16 months -

There are no better Friends, than the ones we have met as you all passed through the doors of the PO' Series -

The PO' Contests have changed dramatically in appearance over time, however, our goal shall always remain the same;

To provide a place for you to come and have honest & fair reads, in-depth reviews, full critiques and reliable scoring from each Judges' personal scoreboard, without, the use of any type of Prompt -

Your Imagination is your strongest tool,

                                                           ....use it wisely!

.....and all this has been done, because of you, the Poet -

God bless you all,

Sincerely, Bear, Julie & Staff -