In collaboration with LittleAnn : allpoetry.com/poet/LittleAnn
Hello
We would like to make a contest for poems/short stories in the German language, because we have found out that quite a few AP members are German, Austrian, Swiss or know this language.
The poems can be any topic except the adult categories.
Rules
no sticky caps + no all caps
no swearing
no bashing
no pre-writes
Please do not enter more than two poems.Please do not enter more than one pre-write.Thanks
Prizes :
First place : trophy + 300 points
Second place : trophy (points : depending on quality)
Third place : trophy (points : depending on quality)
Viel Glück
Umlauts :
ä = ae
ö = oe
ü = ue or : allpoetry.com/Column/770650
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ß = ss
Hello
We would like to make a contest for poems/short stories in the German language, because we have found out that quite a few AP members are German, Austrian, Swiss or know this language.
The poems can be any topic except the adult categories.
Rules no sticky caps + no all caps
no swearing
no bashing
no pre-writes
Please do not enter more than two poems.Please do not enter more than one pre-write.Thanks
Prizes
:First place : trophy + 300 points
Second place : trophy (points : depending on quality)
Third place : trophy (points : depending on quality)
Viel Glück
Umlauts :
ä = ae
ö = oe
ü = ue or : allpoetry.com/Column/770650
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ß = ss
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 23, 2006
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
- Final notes: Thank you for participating in our contest.
We were surprised at the fact that quite many AP-members became a part.
And surprised that so many who do not have German as mother tongue dared to write a poem in German.
We did not mind, if there were some spelling and grammar mistakes, because we realize how difficult the German language is.
Some of you used a translating machine.
Though we did not forbid that in the contest rules, we need to tell you that these machines very often change the contents and something totally different from what you obviously intended turns out.
We judged on the German version, so in case you do not win a prize this might be not because we disliked the idea of the poem, but because it turned out strange in German.
Thanks for all your efforts!
Sommerregen : It did not work out to give HMs in the new system , so I will give the points directly to the authors of the poems below:
HM:
Unterrichtsmethoden oder Ihr sollt euch an der Pizza laben
Nachtgeflüster
Unsere Mahlzeit
- To judge this contest, you need to have at least as many finalists as you have rewards. You have 3 awards but only 2 finalists.
Contest Winners
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by cherche -d -ame 59 lines, 19 comments, on Nov 7 4:59 AM 2006. In Personal, Other, Love
Gold trophy winner
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German w/ English translation...• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Entries [11]
1 - 11 of 11
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auf Deutsch geschrieben.by thesilence 8 lines, 4 comments, on Aug 17 5:19 PM 2006. In Personal• Commented on by judge.
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my life is a prison, and i have a life sentance,
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Ein Leben neben dem Leben, Existenz ohne Tod
Eine Zeit ohne Alter, eine Existenz ohne Notby Belial90210 14 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 6 8:57 AM 2006. In Sad• Commented on by judge. -
Wir möchten essen
Und du bist unsere Mahlzeit.by Tom The Invader 11 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 6 11:50 AM 2006. In Dark• Commented on by judge. -
Schweigend geh ich durch die Nacht
das Laub unter meinen Füßen raschelt vor sich hin• Commented on by judge. -
br
Auf dem Marktplatz
brennt ein Feuer.by BobbyJean 20 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 20 8:44 PM 2006• Commented on by judge. -
Die Schule ist dafür bekannt,
Dass einst ein Menschlein sie erfand,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Wär' ich ein Blümelein,
br• Commented on by judge.
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Comments
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YESS finally a german contest LOL! I am soo going to enter. Sometime. Promise.
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Hey stef! Würde uns auf jeden Fall sehr freuen, wenn du enterst! (Wenn du die Zeit dazu findest! ^_^ )
Ich wünsche dir schon mal prophylaktisch GOOD LUCK!
Loveyou
Annie
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ein er i forgot how to spell number two my poem in german then consits of one word -
Ein by individuality
Ein
i hope you enjoy it
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..this would be great.. ♥
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Thank you
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Ha ha, Ok, Well I studied german for three years before i could drop it. I'm awful at it:
Ich habe zwei katze heisse Hattie und Archie. Hattie ist weisse mitt eine blau augen und eine grune augen.
That's me done Hope it was entertaining. Oh, I can also say:
Das tish ist tot und rose!
The table is dead and pink!
There..
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Yeah, it was def entertaining!
Thank you for your nice and funny comment!
Annie
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yeah, thank you for this entertaining comment
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great!!
this is an interesting, i might try and rustle up some german, who knows it may hep me with my german a level!! good luck with the judging! XxX -
Thank you
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Thanks for the invitation. I will most certainly try to come up with something for this contest,
Gruss and Kuss,
reenie
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This is a great contest. I wish I could have entered this but alas I am only in german 1 and don't know german as well. have fun, All4hugs
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i have a prewrite in german.. (and i suppose i might could write another poem in german.. lol.) a friend of mine also has a german poem that i imagine i could get her to enter.. but they're both prewrites.. are you very strongminded against allowing prewrites?
(also, ich habe Deutsch für fünf Jahren gelernt und es ist nicht perfekt... aber ich denke es ist am meistens logisch.. ^.^
..wenn Sie will, können Sie meine Gedichte lesen und sagen mir ob ich kann es für diesen Wettbewerb schicken.
allpoetry.com/Poem/2185481
vielleicht?
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Thank you for your time..
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Thank you, this would be great
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Thanks
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Hi girl-os
can I post a poem which I have already posted in English? It is written in both languages but I obviously only posted the English one. I never write German poetry unless it's really personal, more personal than the rest...
Sineana
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yep, du darfst
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Heyy again! I have a question? How many entries per poet are you allowing?
Thx
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ähm...two entries per person
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Oh, danke for the invite, I have been known to write and understand Deutsch, aber my understanding of das Sprache ist noch klein. I fear if I were to enter, my piece might seem like a German preschooler wrote it.
Thank you for hosting a contest that promotes this beautiful language!
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lol..i'm taking german in my school..but i'm afraid i'm not good enough at it yet..lol..good luck to all contestants! Viel Gluck!(sorry ..no umlau on my keyboard..)
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I will join.
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Will get out the old German Enlgish dictionary and create a poem for you before due date. Will give me a chance to dust it off and actually write German, not just speak it. Thanks for hosting...
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dear sommerregen,
thank you so much for your kind invitation.
believe it or not, I have never written a poem in my own mothertongue ! ask me why - I simply don't know ...
but since I am determined to widen my horizon and overcome the limits of my mind, I shall certainly take this challenge as a welcomed opportunity to try out what I have never tried out before.
why should I only write in english and french ?
silly, isn't it ?
so, I will have to get all my courage together and face again the language of my childhood with bravery (the german language has always scared me, I don't know why ... I'll ask my psychiatrist about it
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so, thank you and annie for hosting and hope to join you soon.
alles liebe,
marion
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That would be great
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No prewrites????? You're mean! Well, my German poems are a lot worse than my English ones, so I'll see if I can get something done.
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That´s ok Maybe reading some of the poems will be a pleasure for you
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Thank you , that´s ok
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great idea
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Great, looking forward to it
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Go forward and give it a try!
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Thanks.
Indeed.
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Ooooh! This sounds like fun I'll have to get my German/English Dictionary out and see if I can put something together! Should have fun with this one ...Deb
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Oh, you have some brave souls in here. Well, if they haven't lived in Swabia, maybe they aren't so uncertain about their German. LOL. I will have to look through and see if I can at least get the gist of these.
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Glad you give it a try, looking forward to your entry
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Ok
We are happy for everybody who dares the attempt.
Sure German is not the easiest language in the world, but we won´t be too strict if there are some mistakes.We know from not writing in our native language how easily mistakes happen.
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I think I will enter this later today if I can. I've not seen any German contests before, so this is unique.
Do you require an English translation somewhere with the post?
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This contest was extended due to request, feel free to enter!
A translation is appreciated but not necessary, the poems will be judged by the german version, not by the translation (I guess ^^)
Uhh... my English is horrible today...
looking forward to an entry from you,
Annie
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Never mind the last reply, I AM Annie, but reinhardt-napoleon isn't... sorry if I have confused you, i am very confused myself...
reinhardt-napoleon is my friend and I was typing up a poem for her on AP and I didn't notice that I was still logged in as "reinhardt-napoleon" when I replied to you...
I am the co-judge of this contest by the way And it WAS extended and I am still looking forward to an entry from you 
Annie
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Okay I just noticed that this is actually closed for judging. But yet it's still listed in the open contests page. Hmm.
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thank you for the Gold
Congratulations to all winners and thank you so much for the award of the Gold, as well as for hosting this contest. It gave me a chance to reach back for my German as I have very little opportunity to speak it here in the USA. I learned that language starting in first grade through High School, so I was very fluent in it, unfortunately one tends to forget a lot without practice and this was my chance
z and thank you again,
reenie
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YAY
Hey guys thanks soo much for the silver! I really enjoyed entering this contest and reading all the other entries. Hope too see another one soon
♥ Aureola -
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Congratulations! 
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Sorry didn't get an entry in
If you hold another one, I might find some time to enter. Having some family problems with my granddaughter - she is now staying with us as she ran away from home - not much else wa can do, so will try our darndest to see her through school.
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