Not Just Another Acrostic Contest!
Yes acrostic contests are fairly easy to find here at AP but we would like to offer you a bit more of a challenge. Rather than just a basic acrostic we would like you to wrote an acrostic in form. We will be using a point system to judge and part of it will be on the difficulty of the form you have chosen. The topic is open as long as it is PG. No profanity or adult content of any kind will be allowed, your poem will be disqualified.
Here are the forms that you can use and the points that will be awarded if the form is done correctly and there are no spelling or serious grammar errors.
Rhyming Acrostic (abab or aabb ) 5 points
Nonet or etheree acrostic 6 points
Sonnet or Terza rima acrostic 7 points
Abcdeian acrostic 8 points
Triolet or villanelle acrostic 9 points
Sestina 10 points
Double acrostic (in any above form)add 3 more points
If you want to know more about any of these forms please go to Shadow Poetry and they have fairly decent descriptions of each.
www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
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Points will be given for use of background and font color choice. If you are a free member you still can choose backgrounds and font colors that are appropriate to your poem. If you are Silver or Gold be creative, but remember neither of us want to have to highlight text to read your poem. If the background is too busy it takes away from the poem. This is an acrostic so we ask that all poems be left justified.
Maximum points for visual presentation 5
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The Poem
Yes above all else we want decent poetry. We would like to read something where the acrostic is secondary. A poem, that were it not in an acrostic contest you might just miss that fact, it can be done. This part will be purely subjective and up to the discretion of the judges. How well you incorporate your acrostic into the poem will be crucial. Humor, romance, nature, philosophy are all good choices. We will be giving a higher value to the poem itself than the form you choose, so it is quite possible that an outstanding sonnet will top a mediocre sestina.
Maximum points for Poetry 15
The inevitable rules:
No profanity, sticky caps or chat speak.
No adult poetry - as stated above keep it PG
Two entries per person, but they must each be a different form.
No prewrites for this one, although you may have an awesome poem in one of the above forms we would like you to try something new.
In your author notes, please state the form you have chosen and if you are a gold, silver or bronze member.
First will receive 600 pts, second 300 and third 150. Any poem that is done correctly to form and conforms to the rules will receive an applaud. Have fun and good luck.
Thanks
Susan and John
it has been brought to my attention that I made an error in the honorable mentions.
First honorable mention should be:
Dreams Shattered by Sanity
I knew I should have slept before attempting to post this, but I wanted to get it done for you all.
Sorry for the confusion, and Wheezyanna - your poem was good but not double bonus prize good..
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Thanks for your patience!
Susan
Yes acrostic contests are fairly easy to find here at AP but we would like to offer you a bit more of a challenge. Rather than just a basic acrostic we would like you to wrote an acrostic in form. We will be using a point system to judge and part of it will be on the difficulty of the form you have chosen. The topic is open as long as it is PG. No profanity or adult content of any kind will be allowed, your poem will be disqualified.
Here are the forms that you can use and the points that will be awarded if the form is done correctly and there are no spelling or serious grammar errors.
Rhyming Acrostic (abab or aabb ) 5 points
Nonet or etheree acrostic 6 points
Sonnet or Terza rima acrostic 7 points
Abcdeian acrostic 8 points
Triolet or villanelle acrostic 9 points
Sestina 10 points
Double acrostic (in any above form)add 3 more points
If you want to know more about any of these forms please go to Shadow Poetry and they have fairly decent descriptions of each.
www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
Next -
Points will be given for use of background and font color choice. If you are a free member you still can choose backgrounds and font colors that are appropriate to your poem. If you are Silver or Gold be creative, but remember neither of us want to have to highlight text to read your poem. If the background is too busy it takes away from the poem. This is an acrostic so we ask that all poems be left justified.
Maximum points for visual presentation 5
Finally -
The Poem
Yes above all else we want decent poetry. We would like to read something where the acrostic is secondary. A poem, that were it not in an acrostic contest you might just miss that fact, it can be done. This part will be purely subjective and up to the discretion of the judges. How well you incorporate your acrostic into the poem will be crucial. Humor, romance, nature, philosophy are all good choices. We will be giving a higher value to the poem itself than the form you choose, so it is quite possible that an outstanding sonnet will top a mediocre sestina.
Maximum points for Poetry 15
The inevitable rules:
No profanity, sticky caps or chat speak. No adult poetry - as stated above keep it PG Two entries per person, but they must each be a different form. No prewrites for this one, although you may have an awesome poem in one of the above forms we would like you to try something new. In your author notes, please state the form you have chosen and if you are a gold, silver or bronze member. First will receive 600 pts, second 300 and third 150. Any poem that is done correctly to form and conforms to the rules will receive an applaud. Have fun and good luck.
Thanks
Susan and John
it has been brought to my attention that I made an error in the honorable mentions.
First honorable mention should be:
Dreams Shattered by Sanity
I knew I should have slept before attempting to post this, but I wanted to get it done for you all.
Sorry for the confusion, and Wheezyanna - your poem was good but not double bonus prize good..
.Thanks for your patience!
Susan
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 17, 2005
- Rewards: Gold: 600
- Final notes: First of all WOW!
I never expected this many entries. I thought that by making the forms a requirement that it would deter most, but I was so impressed that so many stepped up to the challenge. With the exception of one or two posts everyone did an excellent job keeping to the form they chose.
I have read and reread most of these poems a number of times. I have looked at the backgrounds you posted and how well the words of your acrostics melded with the poem itself. As with any contest there was a degree of subjectivity but the top poems really did stand out.
I had 8 poems that I really liked and all were close in judging. Macandrew’s top 5 were also very close. We had many of the same poems in our top picks so it was fairly easy to come up with a top 3 after that.
The top three are:
Secret Yearnings by Samplette
Snowflake Snowdrops by Wheezyanna
Dumbing down love by Topaz135
Honorable mentions to:
Snowflake Snowdrops by Wheezyanna
A fat,fit,fathersday wish by Nadir
The Truth by Wheezyanna
The Tenth by Leander
I will get to commenting on all of these shortly. I have been working insane hours and have not commented on much of anything. Give me a day and I will get to all of you.
Thank you for all the wonderful entries. I like it when judging is so tough because they are all good! And thanks to Macandrew for helping me with this. He is a great wordsmith and always has new ideas about bending forms!
Susan
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~~RYHMED SESTINA ACROSTIC~~by qnhoneybee 63 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 7 4:52 AM 2005. In Hope• Commented on by judge.
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~~Villanelle Acrostic~~by qnhoneybee 40 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 8 7:50 AM 2005. In Love• Commented on by judge.
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I am sooooo going to bookmark this contest I have like lots of acrostics in rhyme (aba
but I will so try to get one in another form... like triolet or something allthough that seems very difficult to me 
anywho, I will so try to enter something for this contest
Leander -
yep some of them will be tough, but that is why the increased points for each form...
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I'm already frantically searching for an eight-lettered word that is conform with first letters for triolet... I'd better pee my pants I guess, my god, but I will succeed (I hope)
Edited on Jun 04, 1:01 p.m. because 'I'm dumb
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lol I have an entry ready, but I'm going to think about to post it... I'm not sure that's why
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Good grief you two!! Iwould struggle enough just to come up with an acrostic that I was happy with and you want me to do ~WHAT~ with it???
You know I have pick on you Susan cause I loves you Lady, but honestly... this is too far out there for me. I think far too simply when it comes to poetry. I totally support that whole KISS theory ya know... Keep It Simple Stupid. Yep! I do, I do! Have fun you two and good luck to all who enter!
♥ Kimberly -
looks great
Looks great. Can't wait to begin my reading.
John
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Have your mom read it... and you have lots and lots of time... no need to stress!
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Good luck, there are people who will love this challenge. Me, I'm not talented or energetic enough. But like I said, this is a challenge and people will love it.
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Susan darling this sounds like my kind of challenge, lets hope I can feel through the discomfort to come up with at least 1, hopefully 2... If not I wish you luck with this but I am going to have a pretty good try....................
Hugs and Love
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OH wow...this is challenging...I am intrigued, ya don't have to twist my arm...lol Great choices. Hope I can come up with a worthy entry.
Sam
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Sounds like this is the "mother of all" acrostic contest. I bet you get some great ones here-I keep thinking I'll give em a try, so I may come back. Otherwise, good luck to you.~vj
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I'm up for the challenge - anything to get me out of the limerick mode I'm stuck in.
Cheers
Anne -
What a great challenge for a contest
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you need to have confidence in your self and you cannot learn if you never do. So did you learn something??/ If so not all was for naught!
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Wow, with requirements like these, I have great respect for all those poets who have accepted the challenge. Bravo to all of you and good luck!
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With the rhyming sestina, would I also be getting the extra 5 points for 'rhyming acrostic'? No?
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Wish I could enter but I don't have time to write due to finals. Also, I found this: "...remember neither of us want to have to highlight text to read your poem." to be quite amusing. This being so because I had already highlighted the text on this page in order to read it.
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This is a very interesting contest...wish I would have seen sooner...would have liked to have entered...but will not have enough time since it closes soon...good luck with this contest -Amy
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I am bowled over...I cannot believe that mine was chosen to receive the gold honor..you had so many wonderful entries...I am so elated that I am near speechless...thank you thank you thank you...CONGRATULATIONS to the WINNErs and thank you thank you thank you...I really enjoyed the challenge..thank you...and before I forget..>Thank you!!
Sam
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Disappointing
Its very disappointing when one artists poem gets both a trophy and an honorable mention. Leaves no room for anyone else. Its difficult to not feel bitter when the judging was so obviously not thought out. Oh well, such is life. I realize other entries may not have been worthy.. but seriously.. What do you think this says to all the other hard-working poets who entered? -
Thanks for the Honorable Mention and congratulations to Sam and the other winners.. I read nearly every entry and I am amazed at the talents this brought out. Makes me proud to be a part of this group.
Best wishes,
Del -
yipes
thankies for the honorable mention and congratulations to all the winners here
Leander -
Thanks Susan for inviting me to assist in the judging. There were many great poems to read and some new favorites to add to my list of poets.
Well done everyone.
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CONGRATULATIONS to all the winners. They all deserve their trophys. Wonderful selections. Terrific contest. Take care, Sandy
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