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Welcome to the first annual Raven Contest.
Commenced in January of 2007, the Raven seeks to uncover genius in the written word by actively pursuing and endorsing the creation of notable works through a paradigm of recognition.
General Contest Outline
The qualifying round for the Raven Contest will begin on June 1st, 2007 and last until July 1st, 2007. Site assigned contest end dates will be extended to meet that time-frame. Entries into the qualifying round will be accepted between those dates only.
From July 1st, 2007 until August 1st, 2007 the qualifying round will be judged by the current Raven Judge pool. A listing of current Raven Judges can be found here.
On August 1st, 2007 the final round of the contest will begin. Entrants into the final round will be comprised of all trophy winners from the qualifying round (including honorable mentions).
Judging of the final round will take place during the month of September, 2007. The judge's final decisions will be issued no later that October 1st, 2007.
Prize Pool
Over the course of the contest 30,000 points will be awarded to participants. Additionally, $200 has been contributed to the contest and set aside as prize money to be divided between the winners of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in the final round. The collection of prize money carries conditions which are outlined in the Raven Contest Regulations (RCR).
In the final round of the contest part of the 30,000 point prize pool will be awarded as grant funds to be used by winners to execute contests of their own. For questions about grant winnings please consult the RCR, the FAQs, or the official Raven prize structure page.
Depending on participation and eligibility, the 2007 Raven Contest will award, at most, one hundred and fifty-three trophies for excellence in the written word.
The Judges
To insure fairness and assuage poetic ethnocentrism an international judge pool consisting of ten members has been assembled. Over the past two months the judges have worked together to create a contest that embraces diversity in culture and writing styles.
Raven Contest judges are individuals who are secure and competent both in particular forms and writing styles as well as in general contemporary poetic creation. Each has several years of writing behind him or her and many have a multitude of contest experience here on Allpoetry. Every judge has pledged to dedicate their time and energy to establishing, continuing and adjudicating the 2007 Raven Contest in an unbiased and responsible fashion.
Questions about contest rules or procedures should be addressed to the Judge in Charge of the qualifier you are interested in entering. A listing of all JICs can be found here.
The Rules
A complete listing of the rules can be found by consulting the RCR by clicking here, and some general questions are answered in the FAQs. To get started, however, it is important that entrants read and understand the following:
1 ) There is no prohibition against formatting, including sticky caps, background or colors, or off-mainstream character use. Some judges may dislike them, however, and so you use them at your own risk.
2) Most entries are allowed, however specific qualifiers should be entered if the work you wish considered falls within their parameters. Works not falling into one of the specific qualifier categories may be entered into the general qualifier. If your work is removed because it doesn't fit the qualifier entered, you may re-enter the correct qualifier.
3) Entrants are allowed one entry per qualifier, which means you may enter a maximum of five times (this is per person, not per screen name).
4) Works entered must be of your own creation. Plagiarism, even with the author's permission, is strictly forbidden.
5) Works espousing, promoting, or otherwise praising hatred or intolerance are generally prohibited from receiving prizes or standings. For this reason, entry of these works is discouraged.
6) Entries must be in a poetic format. Short stories are prohibited.
7) The Raven Contest seeks to uncover genius in the written word. Given that, you should enter your best writing, and hold nothing back.
8) A minimum of three people per qualifier will move on to the final round. In addition, judges may assign up to twenty-three honorable mention placings (also per qualifier), winners of which will also be invited to move on to the final round.
9) The Raven Contest offers advertising consideration to those who wish to sponsor the contest. Information on sponsorship can be obtained here. Contest sponsors are prohibited from entering.
10) Questions regarding any aspect of the Raven Contest may be directed to any JIC or RavenContest@comcast.net. Issues regarding dispute resolution should be directed to that address.
11) You are not required to read all or any of the rules listed in the RCR. However, the rules pertain to judges and entrants alike, regardless of familiarity.
About this Qualifier
Entries into this qualifier should be works included in the culture category, including; religion, society and/or politics. If you have a question regarding whether a particular poem is suitable for this qualifier please contact one of the JICs responsible for this category.
Despite the JIC ruling on the permissibility of the work, you may be asked to move your entry to a different category during the term of the contest. If this happens, don't worry. No legitimate entry will lose standing consequence to being moved.
Please email RavenContest@comcast.net with any remaining questions regarding the Raven Contest.
The Raven Contest is sponsored in part by Life, DRF LLC and by the current judge pool.
Navigate the Raven! Use the Raven Navigational Portal for access to articles, contests, information and all things Raven.
Thank you for playing a part in this contest through your entry and best of luck to all participants.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 1, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 22 people
- Final notes: The contest administration, judges and staff wish to thank all the entrants into the 2007 Raven Culture Qualifier.
Only the first three entries are in order relating to contest standing. The honorable mentions are in alphabetical order(1).
Those of you who have placed with an honorable mention or higher should visit http://allpoetry.com/poem/show/3256904 for instructions on what comes next.
Those of you who have not placed with an honorable mention or higher have the right to dispute your standing. You may make use of this process by sending an email to ravencontest@comcast.net in which you should declare the nature of your dispute including the reasoning behind why your standing is incorrect. Contest participants who have used the dispute resolution system in the past may still avail themselves of this process now. Please consult RCR rule 9.5 for more information on the dispute resolution process. All disputes must be submitted no later than September 1st, 2007.
On October 1st, 2007 the contest administration will launch a 2007 Raven Feedback contest which you are all invited to join. To receive an official invitation to this feedback contest simply leave your entry posted within this contest, and you will be sent a reminder message when the feedback contest launches. In the event that you desire to remove your entry please send an email to ravencontest@comcast.net requesting an invitation to the feedback contest.
The purpose of the feedback contest is to allow you a chance to let us know how we did this year, and what we can change for 2008.
After the final round of the 2007 contest year is judged the administration will release an unpublished collection of accredited works. You may elect to purchase this volume for the cost of its production, or you may download it for free in Microsoft Word format. For more information please email (you guessed it) ravencontest@comcast.net.
Thank you all for your participation. Without you we would have no quest to undertake, no journey to honor, and no path upon which to tread.
Best Wishes,
~RC Administration, Judges and Staff
1 - In the event that the alphabetical order has any errors in it, you can bet that's going to keep us up nights.
Contest Winners
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I had a dream not long ago, yet my eyes were open wide. / I knocked the dust from a little black book, that had long laid on its' side. Asby sassylilpoet 66 lines, 84 comments, on May 30 3:27 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Life
Bronze trophy winner
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I am he that walks in the graveyard, / That strolls in the moonlit fields, / Welcoming the dead souls to their graves, / And dancing with sby Daidulus 24 lines, 2 comments, on May 25 1:52 AM 2007. In Dark, Life, Death, Afterlife, Spiritual, Weird
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Being banished from heaven
Because of god's creation...• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
round like pills, she shapes air bitter
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A soul is trapped within societies conscience,
each breath an illusion to conquer realities thirst.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2941158, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Meridiana / When Gerbert of Aurillac came of age / Loving the daughter of Provost of Rheims / Rejected he despaired and came to rage / Projected future illby PerVirtuous 55 lines, 30 comments, on May 31 5:47 PM 2007. In Dark, Ottiva Rima Honorable mention
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I follow the moon along it's traverse
Finding my food along the wayby Lady-Pegasus 26 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 26 10:43 AM 2007. In Sad, Society, Dark, Homeless Children Honorable mention
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Open fire,
Women and Indians crowd the gates of the city, haunted and trembling under totems and mask power ritualsby Hermit Risin 8 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 23 11:48 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
If im not theirs who am I ? where do I belong
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The world is round- / Some wished to keep it / As a single entity. / The world is flat- / Some accepted the edges, the corners / That haveby i write passion 67 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 20 5:02 PM 2007. In society• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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How in this world confusion in life and love is way too common.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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I bet ya readin me, think and see me in prayin in mah own secrecy,
but forget that, i'm gonna rap and pray till yall get sick of me,by sublimewriter 32 lines, 20 comments, on Apr 20 10:51 AM 2007. In Lyrics, Spiritual, Inspirational• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Innocent eyes they looked into mine / Asking if I knew the way to salvation / Wandering aimlessly each one unknowing / Seeking a leader, seeking a grounding / "Are you the one?" They would ask / Anby Gypsy Rover 49 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 2 11:37 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
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Believe what you read
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Thank you for loving me when i couldn't love my self
Thank you for saving me when i called upon your name• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
They said they didn't need him, they'd make their own way
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It set beside Dad's recliner six days a week,
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by Alexander Hine 50 lines, 34 comments, on May 4 11:20 AM 2007. In spiritual???• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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With these souls that I have bought
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We all live in one trillion shades of grey
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I was once a sweet, svelte perfume:
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There Was Another Way / / / -By Lisa Parks ©- / / / Did you see? Were your eyes open or were they shut? / / / Were your ears pluggeby BeautifulFlame 58 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 11 10:05 AM 2008. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I was only dreaming but my world was bright / I was only imagining day and night / I returned, time and again / Creating life and love and friends / Creating new additions for the sacred place / Every day a brand nby XxGoldenxXDawnxX 57 lines, 32 comments, on Jun 1 5:58 PM 2007. In Contemporary, Spiritual, Thoughts, Weird• Commented on by judge.
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Jesus is all about love
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A nameless grace
Falling on my faceby Angel w o Wings 22 lines, 13 comments, on Mar 25 11:54 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The air is hot and dry,
catches in my throat.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
My rose soft and tender,
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Allah, in His infinate wisdom and care, please hear my Salah.by Mare Lacrimarum 53 lines, 5 comments, on May 4 11:06 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Pain, Message, Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Blind! You sell everything and buy emptiness:- / Pocketfuls of dirty green rags and fingers lacquered in bloodgems, / Professional foolishness, petty raises and steady stabs towards the top: / ITS ALL THROWN OUT IN THE• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Our simple minds / cannot grasp / our tangled inventions. / Who do we reject, / ourselves or the facade? /by OrganizedFreedom 7 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 20 12:58 AM 2007. In consumerism, Spiritual, Thoughts, Society, Hope, Life• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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No luck for the lady, / I guess this proves religious folk, / perhaps still are hiding inside their own arses, / Sick of the relative fear• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I can see a vast wilderness, completely void of life. The hollow shells of former inhabitants slumber in an infinitely deep sleep. As far as my eyes can see there's desolation and gloom...death a cemetery. Wandering around da• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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>The sound of a knife, slipping softly through flesh / > cooked rare and seasoned sweet / > slowly tearing /• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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How do I run from this gun that's been held against my spine? It's out of sight, out of sound, out of mind, cuz I.............am a writer. / Call me fake for your sake, but my only mistake is the fact that I waited so long• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Love enters the dark garden
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Waterfalls spill into tranquil golden shore
Flooding my life with everlasting peaceby Twins 4 me 13 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 20 4:57 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
the weight of thewood bearing heavy
on 9-year-old shoulders as I fall for a third timeby liltandrhyme 40 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 18 7:16 PM 2005. In Personal• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The driving heartbeat of the clock pushes,
The city pulses;by dking 9 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 3 12:57 AM 2007. In Contemporary• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I chanced upon a midnight sable / Fluttering atop my table. / He is tempted by the alluring light, / Which kept stumbling, through his flight. / At times the creature broke free / Yet others, he flew too close / T• Commented on by judge.
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He must have missed the bus.by impurfekshun 27 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 8:54 PM 2007. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Dismal days dissing old times and modern relationships; / Pleasant chatter muting undertones of desperation, and / Lonesome sighs intermittently peppering the conversation. / There’s a sight here. Worlds of lost wordsby a1111111111111 32 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 24 10:11 PM 2007. In Society, relationships, family, religion• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Walk with me in righteous indignation / complacency is swimming on our shores. / They’re all blind, they’re all bores, they’re all whores. / And they hide behind righteous indignation. / Coziness from opulence,by Aphroheidi 60 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 26 11:52 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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A thick white fog is rolling in / as the plane slides smoothly along the runway. / Taking off with a bump, thump and grind, / the smell of exhaust is creeping through the cabin / igniting that small flame of doubtby six of diamonds 14 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 13 1:14 PM 2007. In Travel, Airplanes, Goodbye, Cities, Light, Dark, Other• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Two-faced 'preachers' proclaim the truth through rose-colored-glasses
as Satan's shareholders in our Souls watch carefully the rise and deby JadalaStar 20 lines, 7 comments, on Jan 7 3:43 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by -Ink Artist- 42 lines, 38 comments, on Mar 29 5:25 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Society, Contemporary, John Lennon inspired• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Let us say Farewell
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God cries of shame and sorrow.
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A poem filled with Love- beauty- and human irony.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I sit back watching, the world spin out of control / the youth robbing people, young and old / the murders and the rapes, wheres the discpline gone / the police took over the job, of the dads and moms / they sby trace3grls 17 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 14 5:29 AM 2007. In sad• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Have you seen the Freedom Fighter? / The one over in Iraq, / Have you seen the Freedom Fighter? / The one dressed in desert camo, / Have you seen the Freedom Fighter? /• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Give me all that you hold / Release unto me all you know / When the darkness to come devours you / I will be there to claim you as my own /by constance64 43 lines, 3 comments, on May 27 9:51 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Sad, Lyrics, Dark, Life, Death, Inspirational, Escape• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I stand in my room / Looking in to my / Soul, into my heart / What I see frightens me / What I see gives me hope / / As I look at myself / Looking deep inside / I see many thingsby writer-of -poems 89 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 25 3:59 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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When it rains and potholes turn to puddles / we walk around them though we might often wonder why / I once decided to be different asking mby Roaddog Wolf 35 lines, 23 comments, on May 25 5:28 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Nature, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Sad, Dark, Hope• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Part 1- / Any body want to Buy-bull, / Plagiarism spat in blurbs? / Stand in line, / pay the collection jar / to repent with perfection. / God will accept you into his temple, / but only for a fee.by alexandrathegreat 74 lines, 10 comments, on Jun 19 3:49 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Interesting, didn't know this was up. Thought people might like easy links to the other Qualifiers:
Raven Qualifier - Romance: Love, Fantasy and Passion
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2352374
Raven Qualifier - Dark: Anger, Angst and Goth
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2352376
Raven Qualifier - Erotica: Straight, Gay and Bisexual
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2352380
Raven Qualifier - General: Free Verse, Rhyme and Everything Else
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Thank you for posting the links to the other contests. Entrants can also use the RNP featured at the bottom of each qualifer for all things Raven.
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One entry per qualifier only, but you can enter all 5 qualifiers.
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I have four more to read. I am taking my time so I can give each of your poems a fair chance. I will be back tomorrow to finish the last four.There a nice variety of talent to these works it going to be a challenge to make a selection. There has been some really good topics. The admiration for all of your talent and time.
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Thank you
Thank you so much for the HM trophy and points I really appreciate it.
Congrats to the winners and other HM's.
Countrybabe
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another delightful surprise for me this morning : a second honorable mention in this contest-series, after the one received in the general section ...
I am overwhelmed with joy and thank you so much for this honor ...
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Thank you so much!
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Congrads to all the HM and winners! Good luck in the next round!
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