Ok peoples, I have points to award to some lovely writers, so... CONTEST TIME!!! 
Now, here's what I want you to do... I'm gonna put together some word banks, and you're gonna take one (or more) of them and write me something wonderful! Got it? Good...
Rules (I hate them too, but ya gotta have SOME!):
1. SPELL CHECK SPELL CHECKSPELLCHECK!!! 'nuff said.
2. For the love of all that is good, USE GOOD GRAMMAR!!!! rawr... bad grammar gives me a headache...
3. Enter as many times as you want, but just know that it makes you look desperate if you enter too many times...
4. I can't think of anything else at the moment... but yeah... follow the aforementioned rules and you'll be fine...
The Word Banks:
1.
Apathy
Caress
Speakers
Photograph
Purple
Tongue
Touch
Crown
Roses
Beat
Horns
(now, the words Speakers and Beat are meant to be used like electronic speakers, as in the ones in your computer, and beat like the beat of music or the beat of a drum. You can also use any form of these words, as long as I can tell which was the original)
2.
Yellow
Bottle
Paper
Trash
Blood
Novel
Piano
Umbrella
Chair
Sweater
3.
Headphones
Trailer
Letters
Glass
Smoke
Sky
Orange
Never
Lipstick
Shadow
4.
Ceiling
Cracks
Stones
Blue
Hate
Bleach
Power
Rhythm
Crawl
Breathe
5.
Fly
Cable
Plum
Necklace
Fruit
Magazine
Rainbow
Battery
Mangle
Poem
I may add more banks later, but I think that should do for now...
Write me something good!
Also, I may up the awards a little if I can scrape together some more points, but dont count on it...
If you feel so inclined, I wrote a poem with all of the word banks that I used in this contest. Please check it out...
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 30, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 75, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: All I have to say about this contest was that it was soo freakin hard to judge! I put it off for a couple of days so that I could think about it, but it still took me a while to pick my favorites! THanks be to everyone who entered, and I hope that I will have the opportunity to see more pieces by them.
Prizes:
1st Place: Ashes
2nd Place: Souls on Thins Ice
3rd Place: He Left Her Roses Again
Honorable Mentions:
You Got (a-way) With Words
Orange Lip-Stick Wishes
What If?
Rhythm of Silence
The Haunted Hands Girl
Contest Winners
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by throwing the rocks 22 lines, 7 comments, on Apr 14 2:19 AM 2007. In mangled, tangled, twisted.
Silver trophy winner
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He left her roses again / They are a sign he is sorry / She remembers the night before / His gentle caress / and his enthusiastic tongue / As the speakers played her favourite song / His crown turned to horns /• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Your tongue, your touch, and caress used to be a part of me / Now they say that apathy never departs far from me / I hope you feel safe wiby maybememories 37 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 27 6:42 PM 2007. In Angst, Thoughts, Dark, Fantasy, Hope, Love, Pain
Honorable mention
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Orange lip-stick kisses / the shadows, between / the illusionary border of smoke / and glass / where the catapillar / of Alice / awaitsby discardedtears 23 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 27 3:07 PM 2007. In Weird, Fantasy, Thoughts Honorable mention
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It shakes you when we touch
Like a ghostly tongue spitting electric life• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [19]
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i used #4 word bank for this and i didnt use two of the words and they are hate and cracksby serenity silvermoon 7 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 2 5:35 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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His apathetic caress
Inflames my sensesby travis34dietC 20 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 3 6:57 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. -
every day they look onto me and all they have to say is who is he
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Staring up
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Twist not the tongue / It touches the hottest acid drops / / Crown the nature and photograph it with all your might / the lovely roses rev• Commented on by judge.
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he was like a
fly that clung
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Yellowed paper in a bottle / A cry for help that was never found / I piece of trash to some / The ones that weren’t around / / But over byby Boiled Candy 49 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 27 11:20 AM 2007. In Other• Commented on by judge.
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As I lay face up, staring at the Ceiling / Cracks apper on my face / Stones seem to fall from the creases of my eyes / Blue and black are the colors of my heart / And It Rips at me, picks at me and causes me to bleedby Fey Absinthe 19 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 27 1:07 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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The blue eyed fly glided over the cake / Trying to find the best place to land / The jumble of cables confused it / Causing it to miss a plum crumb beside the plate / / The necklace glittered in the sunlight / Bby My Nemesis 25 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 27 7:41 PM 2007. In Humor• Commented on by judge.
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Escape while you still can.by aestival 19 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 27 7:45 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Nice job assembling this contest. I like the eye on the side of the page.
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this seems like a fun contest. I might give it a try if i have the time
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ohh word banks are fun, but i cant think of anything for them atthe moment... ill post as soon as inspiration hits...
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if you would like some inspiration, I wrote a poem with all of the word banks that are listed above, here: http://allpoetry.com/poem/2870684 have a look... maybe that will help
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hey! thnx
that should help heaps
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i just realized how many entries this contest does not have...it seemed like there were more....?
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ha, no... i guess people just dont want to enter my contest! there's been 8 entries for about two weeks... so I guess I'll just see what happens when it gets closer to closing time. there's usually a few stragglers that enter then. but yeah, this has been disappointing...
-alex -
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aww..haha
yea..I want to start a contest...but uuum..eeeh..I'm not sure I am the right person to do that..because I am pretty picky when It comes to reading poetry..which.I shouldn't be..but I am..buuuut...what can I say...? -
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hey, having a contest is an excellent excuse to be picky. you can look for just the right poem, and comment on it without having people be all "jeez, you're mean when you comment"
not that that's why I hold contests, but its still an excuse!
-alex
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Great contest, I love word banks. I hope you like my attempt.
Laura
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