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Form Contest! [contest]

For this contest I want to pose a real challenge, something that will make the entrants work, I want you to really earn these trophies/points.
I saw absolutely no form poetry advertised in contests or while browsing...and so that is what I'm going to ask for here.

Pretty straightforward contest. I will list the types of form poetry I will accept. You may enter ONE prewrite and/or ONE fresh piece.
This can be any subject but I'll give you some hints. I hate whining and cutting and if you submit something that is supposed to be funny...it had better floor me, I have a strange sense of humor.

I will read and comment on each and every entry in the contest and then the points/trophies will be awarded as follows:




1st - ONE gold trophy and 300pts.
2nd - ONE silver trophy and 100pts.
3rd - ONE bronze trophy and 50pts.

Any honorable mentions will recieve applause.





Listed below are the forms I will accept(If it is a specific type of one of the following...for example an italiansonnet... please let me know which one, in your authors comments or an IM)
--Sonnet
--Villanelle
--Ghazal
--Blank Verse
--Sestina
--Aubade
--Epitaph


I reserve the right to disqualify any poetry that I feel does not fit in the contest and to extend and, as a last resort, cancel the contest if I recieve too few entries or the ones entered do not meet my standards.

ready...







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GO!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on December 25, 2006
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
  • Final notes:
    Thank you all for entering and giving me some truly amazing form to read. This was very hard to judge which I always think is great as it means I had so many amazing entries. I hope you all had fun and I wish everyone luck in the future, keep on writing!!

    Happy Holidays!

    ~ Laura

Contest Winners

  1. Mind The Gap (Sestina)
    by davidj3d 45 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 10 1:01 PM 2006
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. We needed a fourth
    It's not about me, but rather about you
    Don't know if you know, but you're buried here too
    by JustADutchie 8 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 22 8:09 PM 2006. In Humor, Personal, Contest
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Heartbeat. A Villanelle
    by Shenton 25 lines, on Nov 8 5:56 PM 2006. In Love
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2403025, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. Winter
    Winter is the hollow end
    Of days that empty out the year
    by Bill Robertson 17 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 9 9:53 AM 2006. In Personal
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. 29 Going on 30
    by Alexis-Rueal 46 lines, 6 comments, on Dec 22 10:17 AM 2006. In Life, Adult, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Steel
    When all the world is fading into steel
    And interaction pales behind machines,
    by Macey Muse 18 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 2 7:13 AM 2006. In Society, Angst
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2405355, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  9. How Often Not
    How often not the sands of time indulge
    by DefinitiveFreak 17 lines, 20 comments, on Nov 21 6:59 PM 2006. In Shakespearean Sonnet
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  10. Error: Unable to find finalist item 2403409, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  11. Illuminated(Ghazal)
    by Billbard 26 lines, 6 comments, on Apr 26 7:25 PM 2004. In Other
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  12. An epitath
    My bag is tattered and un-sown
    by Fisher 3 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 9 5:42 AM 2006
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

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  • Frodofan silver member
    December 25, 2006
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    Thanks for adding me to the finalists!