Essential Contest Information
I knew the lure of points and membership would get you going!
BASIC INFORMATION : This is a 2 day contest that will close Saturday Night UK Time. I want you to write the best short poem you can; minimum length 3 lines (haiku) maximum length 16 lines. Make your poems powerful and read the rules carefully before posting. All entries will be read, applauded and a critique written on them. Critiques will be written during the judging period, which will be Sunday afternoon. Maximum number of entries per person is one.
DEADLINES AND PRIZES : The deadline is 18/03/2006. If you miss the deadline, IM me before Sunday with a link to your poem and I will let you know if there is enough space to consider your entry. The free one month membership is only available to entrants who do not have a Gold membership already. If you already have one and would like to donate it to a friend on the site, include the persons user name in your Authors Comments.
APPLAUSE : Any applause's of this contest or any of my work during the duration of this contest will be used to fund future contests. You get 4 free applause's per day, so if you could spare one for this contest I'd appreciate it.
A NEW CONTEST COMING SOON : I will be holding a Battle of the Champions contests for members who have been honourably mentioned or won a trophy of any of my 19 contests in April 2006.
I also have another contest running at the moment, which closes on 28/03/2006. Entry numbers are limited, so get your entry posted as soon as possible. Click here to view and enter.
CONTEST UPDATES: Finally, you can be kept up to date with the progress of the contest by looking up the contest in my Diary found here. The contest number of this contest is 1884199.
Poem Options
I want you to write a short poem on the following topics:
1. Obsession / Love : Whats the dividing line?
2. Pain and Sadness - Do we love to hurt?
3. Why break up with someone can be the greatest gift
4. Angels; do you have an angel in your life?
5. Over coming low self esteem
6. The irony of religion; do we practice what we preach? Is it OK to rip apart the view of atheists yet if the same is done to Christians / Muslims, this is seen as unacceptable? Is it ever acceptable?
7. Choose one of RhymingObituary's works and write a poem influenced by this (do not plagiarise). You can read his works at:
*www.allpoetry.com/poets/RhymingObituary*. If you choose this options remember to write down which poem you were influenced by.
Now for the rules
1. I will be strict in this contest. Anyone who does not abide by every single one of the rules will be disqualified without notification. Your work will not be read, no comment will be made on your poetry and your work will not be considered in the final judging.
2. Always use spell check and no StIcKy Caps.
3. State the option number in Authors Comments, along with a brief description of your poem.
4. Minimum poem length 3 lines maximum poem length 16 lines.
5. Make sure your poem is well presented and readable.
6. One entry per person, 30 maximum entries in this contest.
7. Poems only, no short stories, rants etc.
8. Make sure all views expressed in your poems are respectful.
9. Free One Month Gold Membership is only for those who do not already have Gold Membership already. If you want the membership to go to someone else if you win, include that persons user name if your authors comments.
10. If you have chosen option 7, please remember to write down the name of the poem that influenced you in your Authors Comments.
Prizes:
1st Prize: 300 points + 1 month Gold Membership
2nd Prize: Silver Trophy + 4 poem reviews + 2 applauses
3rd Prize : Bronze Trophy + 2 poem reviews + 2 applauses
I knew the lure of points and membership would get you going!
BASIC INFORMATION : This is a 2 day contest that will close Saturday Night UK Time. I want you to write the best short poem you can; minimum length 3 lines (haiku) maximum length 16 lines. Make your poems powerful and read the rules carefully before posting. All entries will be read, applauded and a critique written on them. Critiques will be written during the judging period, which will be Sunday afternoon. Maximum number of entries per person is one.
DEADLINES AND PRIZES : The deadline is 18/03/2006. If you miss the deadline, IM me before Sunday with a link to your poem and I will let you know if there is enough space to consider your entry. The free one month membership is only available to entrants who do not have a Gold membership already. If you already have one and would like to donate it to a friend on the site, include the persons user name in your Authors Comments.
APPLAUSE : Any applause's of this contest or any of my work during the duration of this contest will be used to fund future contests. You get 4 free applause's per day, so if you could spare one for this contest I'd appreciate it.
A NEW CONTEST COMING SOON : I will be holding a Battle of the Champions contests for members who have been honourably mentioned or won a trophy of any of my 19 contests in April 2006.
I also have another contest running at the moment, which closes on 28/03/2006. Entry numbers are limited, so get your entry posted as soon as possible. Click here to view and enter.
CONTEST UPDATES: Finally, you can be kept up to date with the progress of the contest by looking up the contest in my Diary found here. The contest number of this contest is 1884199.
Poem Options
I want you to write a short poem on the following topics:
1. Obsession / Love : Whats the dividing line?
2. Pain and Sadness - Do we love to hurt?
3. Why break up with someone can be the greatest gift
4. Angels; do you have an angel in your life?
5. Over coming low self esteem
6. The irony of religion; do we practice what we preach? Is it OK to rip apart the view of atheists yet if the same is done to Christians / Muslims, this is seen as unacceptable? Is it ever acceptable?
7. Choose one of RhymingObituary's works and write a poem influenced by this (do not plagiarise). You can read his works at:
*www.allpoetry.com/poets/RhymingObituary*. If you choose this options remember to write down which poem you were influenced by.
Now for the rules
1. I will be strict in this contest. Anyone who does not abide by every single one of the rules will be disqualified without notification. Your work will not be read, no comment will be made on your poetry and your work will not be considered in the final judging.
2. Always use spell check and no StIcKy Caps.
3. State the option number in Authors Comments, along with a brief description of your poem.
4. Minimum poem length 3 lines maximum poem length 16 lines.
5. Make sure your poem is well presented and readable.
6. One entry per person, 30 maximum entries in this contest.
7. Poems only, no short stories, rants etc.
8. Make sure all views expressed in your poems are respectful.
9. Free One Month Gold Membership is only for those who do not already have Gold Membership already. If you want the membership to go to someone else if you win, include that persons user name if your authors comments.
10. If you have chosen option 7, please remember to write down the name of the poem that influenced you in your Authors Comments.
Prizes:
1st Prize: 300 points + 1 month Gold Membership
2nd Prize: Silver Trophy + 4 poem reviews + 2 applauses
3rd Prize : Bronze Trophy + 2 poem reviews + 2 applauses
Did you know?
You can be kept up to date with the progress of the contest by looking up the contest in my Diary found here. The contest number of this contest is 1884199.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 19, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: Before announcing the winners, I'd like to say a huge thank you to all those who entered this contest. A huge thank you also to all those of you who have supported this contest by applauding my works, this contest and my Diary page. This contest has been a massive success in terms of the quality of work produced and as a result this contest has been my hardest contest by far to judge.
I have tried to critique each piece as best I can and I apologise in advance if your critique was not as indepth as one might have liked. I have tried my best to point out obvious mistakes and suggest ways of improving your works.
I’d also like to say before posting the results that I hope you don’t look at the results and see your name not there and be sad. Most people check the top three and don’t bother to consider what they’ve gained from this experienced from this. Hopefully, you will realise that by writing for contests on set topics will help you improve your writing, especially by reading feedback from fellow entrants and myself. Also, if you hadn’t have seen this contest, you would have never written those poems you entered. Every single entry was of an excellent standard; many of them provided me with a lot of joy to read. How can we be disappointed when what we have written has made someone happy? In a world where it seems only winning counts; perhaps we should ponder on that thought.
Finally, before announcing the winners, I’d like to say that I was a little disappointed in having to disqualify at least 3 entries for not following the rules. While I appreciate in this contest it took people a long time to write these works, it also takes a lot of time to critique over 20 entries and pay for the prize out of my own wages. Moreover, many of the entries that were disqualified were likely to receive at least honourable mentions, even trophies. Again these entries were wonderful to read and I appreciate you entering them. It is just frustrating not be able to include them in the judging.
Now for the trophy winners
GOLD - Prince, thou thinkest too much by talesien AN CY Gold
SILVER - Mirror Within by Vampstress CY AY Silver
BRONZE - My Angel by Viyannarosemarie AN CY Bronze
Honourable Mentions
My Friend by Faithful Dreamer
Awake (butterfly cinquain) by ManojAnmol
Broken by drkt
Well done to all the winners and I thank you all for taking part in this contest. The results will be added to my Diary section shortly. If your entry hasn’t been applauded yet, look to the diary for updates.
I’m also going to be creating a new Contest Club where we can have collective contests and poetry sections, based upon principles of fairness and integrity. If you are interested in taking part, please IM me and we can try and organise something.
Thanks again for all your time and patience!
Much Love,
Pinkypants
Entries [8]
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Walking through the marriage, united yet quite aloneI had lost the ability to be• Commented on by judge.
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(7) Inspired by "The Fairy Tale", by RhymingObituaryby talesien 16 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 16 1:27 PM 2006. In Love, Humor, Contemporary
Gold trophy winner
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how much of angel
she is everydayby Phoenix Renaissance 14 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 16 2:09 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
once to be told that she was loved made her feel physically sickshe had been taught that open emotion was weaknow on a journey to healing self• Commented on by judge.
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\My angel isn't really an angel,
He's as human as you or me.by Immortale Bellezza 18 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 18 9:08 PM 2006. In Love• Commented on by judge.
Bronze trophy winner
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Max of 16 lines? Alright. I will see what i can come up with. ^_^ Great luck to everyone in the contest!
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Well you asked for applause so I gladly donate one....though since I have just finished a wee write for this 'ere contest...it has to be worth it...LOL
...and I shall indeed read and comment on your works....been meaning to anyway as you did kindly comment on mine....LOL -
Great idea for a contest! I am definitely looking forward to entering. Here's keeping my fingers crossed that I can say what I want and need to within 16 lines!
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Excellent contest! I will try and come up with something!
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very nice contest...good luck to all
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Good luck!
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Great idea. I try to come up with something if i don't wish all the poet the best in this contest
Wish you the best
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Great idea and very generous- how can you tell though? I mean we all have gold memberships until sunday
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It's not for my benefit.. I will be renewing my membership on Sunday and Kevin will only give the free membership I get as part of that to someone who hasnt already had a paid Gold membership... It's just to make sure people don't get disappointed
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Ah that explains it then I guess he'll know Although we'll probably know by Sunday
If I remember, I'd love to enter this- sounds great!
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great idea will be entering
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Excellent idea for a contest. That gets applause right there
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I love the options within this contest and
I thank you for holding it.
love and light
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Yep, you offer a membership and people are guaranteed to enter. I'm not so good with short poetry so don't think I'll be one of them but i'm sure you'll get some excellent entries!
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Thank you so much for this contest...and your made wise comparrisons to consider...so I applaud you.
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Thank you so much for this contest...and your made wise comparisons to consider...so I applaud you.
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every little bit helps
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Thanks to everyone for all your wonderful entries. This contest is now closed for judging and the winners will be announced by 9pm UK time. The Gold membership will awarded to the Winners account by the end of today.
I just want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has supported this contest through applauding my Contest / Diary / any of my works. This will allow me to provide quality contests consistently in the future.
One final thing, I am holding another contest at the moment. You can view and enter the contest at :
allpoetry.com/contest/188454 4
Entry is limited to just 20 entries and the current prize will increase as we get closer to the entry limit.
Thanks once again for your support and good luck to you all!
Pinkypants
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i want to thankyou for allowing me to write for this contest. i am inshock that i even placed!!! wow!!! i am going to so cry. forget that. i already am. today would have been terry's 42nd birthday and this means so much to me. i can not express the gratitude my heart feels for this. viyanna r lanager
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congratulations to all the winners out there and thank you to pinkypants for holding a contest like this I enjoyed writing for your contest, win or lose I don't care I enjoyed writing this piece very much, the 3 winners deserved to win there poems were awesome, CONGRATULATIONS to all
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