NO RHYMING POEMS IN THIS CONTEST
Okay, the last contest I held was offering people critiques of their poetry with the idea that they would make revisions and the contest would be judged based on those revisions. I was a bit disgusted the responses I got from a large number of the entrants. They thanked me for my critique, but said that they were happy with it and did not want to revise the poem. Why enter a contest that is about revision if you do not want to revise your poem in the first place? I spend a lot of time critiquing each poem, and I hate wasting my time.
Anyway, for this contest, I decided to have another contest where I critique the poems, but do not enter a poem that you are already happy with and do not want to revise. Enter poems you genuinely want to improve, and in your author’s comment box, tell me what it is about the poem that you are not satisfied with so that I can concentrate on that when I make suggestions. Those who forget to leave a comment in the author’s notes telling me what they want to work on in the poem will be disqualified.
If you disagree with my suggestions, that is fine. I don’t think that my opinions are the only valid ones, but don’t write to me and tell me why you won’t use my suggestions. That is the ultimate slap in the face after I have spent so much time critiquing it. Anybody who does that in this contest will find themselves automatically on my ignore list.
I am not up to critiquing rhyming poems, so please do not enter any. They will be removed.
Okay, the last contest I held was offering people critiques of their poetry with the idea that they would make revisions and the contest would be judged based on those revisions. I was a bit disgusted the responses I got from a large number of the entrants. They thanked me for my critique, but said that they were happy with it and did not want to revise the poem. Why enter a contest that is about revision if you do not want to revise your poem in the first place? I spend a lot of time critiquing each poem, and I hate wasting my time.
Anyway, for this contest, I decided to have another contest where I critique the poems, but do not enter a poem that you are already happy with and do not want to revise. Enter poems you genuinely want to improve, and in your author’s comment box, tell me what it is about the poem that you are not satisfied with so that I can concentrate on that when I make suggestions. Those who forget to leave a comment in the author’s notes telling me what they want to work on in the poem will be disqualified.
If you disagree with my suggestions, that is fine. I don’t think that my opinions are the only valid ones, but don’t write to me and tell me why you won’t use my suggestions. That is the ultimate slap in the face after I have spent so much time critiquing it. Anybody who does that in this contest will find themselves automatically on my ignore list.
I am not up to critiquing rhyming poems, so please do not enter any. They will be removed.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 27, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 75, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Thanks to everyone who entered. I hope my comments were helpful, and I hope that you will enter my future contests.
Contest Winners
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I keep writing you off:
basket case, one night stand,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
We were packed into the car,
resumed our interrupted sleep• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Peach fuzz sandwiches her Mohawk,
which stands, a true testament to hair wax,• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [11]
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Hitting the ground with my insecurities,
Our love hid our immaturity.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
there was a crash
a fallen momentby Chelsea dagger 28 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 16 11:02 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Flashlight
Flashlight• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Walking through the forest with sun shinning through trees onto the forest floor.The native birds are singing their beautiby Kahlan Amnell 17 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 19 4:04 PM 2007. In Nature• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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a noble effort. i can only hope you dont get flooded with entries and over your head. then again youre probably more disciplined than i. im still working one of my deep critique contests off. best of luck to you.
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You can't
Sorry but AP didn't allow me to add authors notes to a prewritten poem. So I'm putting the note here. I would like to improve upon the flow of my poem "still waiting" and want more imagery. -
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You have to click on edit and scroll down to the author's note box in order to add author's notes to pre-written poems. But that is okay, just go ahead and re-enter it. I am not trying to be difficult, I just want to make sure that I am helping people in the areas they are looking for help in.
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Sorry about that, ma'am!
I was a silly head and wrote my author notes in the "brief preview" section (still getting the hang of this site) so it cut off my notes before I could request your areas of specification. I fixed that and am re-entering.
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I want a real critique on this one. I know where you live. Do it or else.
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LMAO, you really do know where I live, but I doubt you will drive all the way up here to kick my ass over a critique.
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Oops!
Accidentally yanked my poem from your contest. Did not mean to do that. -
missed the boat
Darn, looks like I'm too late for this one. I truly appreciate your time and input, and would welcome it again. You've been very helpful and useful, and right on target 90% of the time. I just think reasonable and creative minds can still differ. good luck with this round, and keep fighting the good fight. -
Danna,
Thank you so much for doing this. It is a great service to ap poets. I am learning so much just reading your critiques of others' works. You are also reinforcing "rules" were not effectively explained to me before, such as words ending in "ing". Can't wait for you to get to my piece. -
Thank you for my shiny green trophey. It;s icing on the cake! The real prize was the wonder critique you gave me, Danna.
Again, thank you so much!
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