> I pushed it to July 4th, this is the LAST time I push it forward, I /REALLY/ want people to read the rules. Follow them, specifically the part of author notes. Good day! <
> Pushed to July 3rd, I had to DQ some really good entries, due to not following all the rules, but I really hope they re-enter after following the rules. <
> Pushed to July 2nd, I'm still hoping for further entries <
> If you're DQed, re-read the rules. <
Welcome to the Weird Options Contest!
In this contest you will be tested and tested some more. Why? Because I want to see what YOU can do with little things..little little little things!
NOTE: Each submission should be for one (sub / option only; you may enter as many options and suboptions as you want though.
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I do not want to see you signing your name, do not state who you are, and do not allow others to say who you are. I >will not< be commenting until the contest is over, but I will be commenting on each entry that makes it. Only gold will be given points, no HMs unless I get more points.
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>Include the option and suboption in your authornotes<
Option A)
..Pre-Writes allowed!
...(if you have prewrites that fits .. sweet)
>No Adult Pieces<
a1) Write a poem about thumbtacs.
a2) Write a poem about an experience with chocolate.
a3) Write a poem detailing the best and worse moments of YOUR life.
a4) Write a poem about something beautiful becoming something beautiful.
Option B )
..Prewrites are not allowed.
>No Adult Pieces<
b1) Write a column detailing what you go through every day, but write it as if you're preparing to write a poem about it.
b2) Write a poem about preparing, writing, and after taking a test. How do you feel? How do you look? What is going through your mind?
b3) Write a poem about how your family makes you feel.
Option C)
..Prewrites Not Allowed.
> No Adult Pieces <
c1) Write a poem based on a graphic below:
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/crosscutting/images/poverty_main.jpg
http://www.imacfreak.com/abstract.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/credmond/images/Abstract.jpg
c2) Write a poem based on a quote below:
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" - Abraham Lincoln
"Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people." - Albert Einstein
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." -Albert Einstein
"Mother is the word for God on the lips and hearts of all children" - The Crow
c3) Write a poem based on one of your poems; include it in the author notes.
Option D)
> No Prewrites! <
> Be as graphical as you want. Mark in the appropiate categories <
d1) Write a poem about one of your past experiences, but write it from someone elses point of view.
d2) Write a poem about your saddest memory, but write it from the view of an inanimate object.
d3) Write a poem about a memory that makes you cry upon though; write it as first person.
d4) Write about taking pills, why are you taking these pills? What are you thinking about while you do so? Who is around? Are there medical reasons? If so, what are they? If not, why? What is going on to make you take them, what are they doing to you?
d5) Write about a time you wish you were in; why do you want to be in that time? Why do you not want to be in this time? What is going through your mind when you imagine being there?
Option E)
> Prewrites Allowed <
> No Adult Pieces <
e1) Write a poem about your favorite childhood memory, what are you doing? Would you still do it? If so, why not? If not, why not? What is stopping you? If you are a child, how often do you play? Why don't you play more? Why do you play a lot? What goes through your mind? Be honest here, please.
e2) What are you doing tomorrow? Write a poem about it.
e3) What are your hobbies? Do you enjoy motocycles? Write about it. Be honest here.
e4) Write a poem about making a comment on a poem, write the poem as well. This may be tough, but I want to see what you can do.
e5) Write a poem about your keyboard.
> Pushed to July 3rd, I had to DQ some really good entries, due to not following all the rules, but I really hope they re-enter after following the rules. <
> Pushed to July 2nd, I'm still hoping for further entries <
> If you're DQed, re-read the rules. <
Welcome to the Weird Options Contest!
In this contest you will be tested and tested some more. Why? Because I want to see what YOU can do with little things..little little little things!
NOTE: Each submission should be for one (sub / option only; you may enter as many options and suboptions as you want though.
>
I do not want to see you signing your name, do not state who you are, and do not allow others to say who you are. I >will not< be commenting until the contest is over, but I will be commenting on each entry that makes it. Only gold will be given points, no HMs unless I get more points.
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>Include the option and suboption in your authornotes<
Option A)
..Pre-Writes allowed!
...(if you have prewrites that fits .. sweet)
>No Adult Pieces<
a1) Write a poem about thumbtacs.
a2) Write a poem about an experience with chocolate.
a3) Write a poem detailing the best and worse moments of YOUR life.
a4) Write a poem about something beautiful becoming something beautiful.
Option B )
..Prewrites are not allowed.
>No Adult Pieces<
b1) Write a column detailing what you go through every day, but write it as if you're preparing to write a poem about it.
b2) Write a poem about preparing, writing, and after taking a test. How do you feel? How do you look? What is going through your mind?
b3) Write a poem about how your family makes you feel.
Option C)
..Prewrites Not Allowed.
> No Adult Pieces <
c1) Write a poem based on a graphic below:
http://www.earthinstitute.columbia.edu/crosscutting/images/poverty_main.jpg
http://www.imacfreak.com/abstract.jpg
http://homepage.mac.com/credmond/images/Abstract.jpg
c2) Write a poem based on a quote below:
"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." - Abraham Lincoln
"Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?" - Abraham Lincoln
"Nothing in the world makes people so afraid as the influence of independent-minded people." - Albert Einstein
"Weakness of attitude becomes weakness of character." -Albert Einstein
"Mother is the word for God on the lips and hearts of all children" - The Crow
c3) Write a poem based on one of your poems; include it in the author notes.
Option D)
> No Prewrites! <
> Be as graphical as you want. Mark in the appropiate categories <
d1) Write a poem about one of your past experiences, but write it from someone elses point of view.
d2) Write a poem about your saddest memory, but write it from the view of an inanimate object.
d3) Write a poem about a memory that makes you cry upon though; write it as first person.
d4) Write about taking pills, why are you taking these pills? What are you thinking about while you do so? Who is around? Are there medical reasons? If so, what are they? If not, why? What is going on to make you take them, what are they doing to you?
d5) Write about a time you wish you were in; why do you want to be in that time? Why do you not want to be in this time? What is going through your mind when you imagine being there?
Option E)
> Prewrites Allowed <
> No Adult Pieces <
e1) Write a poem about your favorite childhood memory, what are you doing? Would you still do it? If so, why not? If not, why not? What is stopping you? If you are a child, how often do you play? Why don't you play more? Why do you play a lot? What goes through your mind? Be honest here, please.
e2) What are you doing tomorrow? Write a poem about it.
e3) What are your hobbies? Do you enjoy motocycles? Write about it. Be honest here.
e4) Write a poem about making a comment on a poem, write the poem as well. This may be tough, but I want to see what you can do.
e5) Write a poem about your keyboard.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on July 12, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 456, Honorable mention: 8 people
- Final notes: I really wish I could of had enough points to give to everyone, but in the end I didn't, and I SERIOUSLY apologize about that. I do believe this is the correct decision though, I also want to thank Redtearstains who gave me one hundred points for HMs. I also commented right before the contest ended to get some more points for the contest, and ALL of it went to HMs and the gold winner.
I want to thank ALL of you for entering and hope you choose to enter any contests I hold in the future, I apologize about it taken so long to judge, as this was REALLY hard to judge. Thank you all again! All those who got trophies please enjoy them, and to all those who didn't you ARE winners. I love each entry, you guys all did a wonderful job, and remember to NEVER stop writing. You all have wonderful gifts - keep it up.
Jeff, Your Not-That-Evil Contest Judge.
Contest Winners
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Read write, think, fail / Read write, think, fail / Why can't I remember? / Am I doomed to lose / Think, read, think again umm / Read, think, say it aloud / Still why can't I remember / Am I doomed to lose• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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I lost my tooth the other day / I couldn’t find it to my dismay / I looked and looked and still no! / Where has my tooth decided to go? / Mom told me not to worry so / A brand new tooth will start to grow / I• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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the elbow is connected to the arm bone / the arm bone is connected to the hand / the hand is connected to the fingers / and the fingers are• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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AS the night drifts away- / the sun drowsily peeps out of it's endless lawn / and the stars vanish with the crack of dawn. / Purple and auz• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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To weave each word, each strand of thought, / Each tiny glimpse of image caught. / Each hint of taste, as yet untold, / To be tried as word• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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Prozac and Adavan / slide down my throat so easily / after all these years / they're supposed to help me with my mood / But I am still / crying all these tears / when I don't take them / I feel a little sha• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Sometimes I wonder / At the ache in my heart. / As I long so very much to see / Your faces peering up at me. / One set ice blue / The otherby DragonBlue 54 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 24 11:23 PM 2007. In Life, Love, Personal, Sad, Thoughts
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Blast me back to the time, / of lacrosse matches, / of jolly hockey sticks, / of tea parties, / of long dresses and corsets, / of midnight feasts, / For here in this modern world, / I do not belong. / I yby MuffinTree 25 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 3 6:57 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Perfection is unlimited, / And here I lay, / In this shallow top drawer / Lacking appreciation and life. / Oh, curse the life of a thumbtacby Trent plus pen 35 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 3 8:38 AM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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November 9th, it's 3 in the morning. / A knock at my door startles me. / I go to find a friend at my door. / Telling me to call my mom. / P• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Dadadadadad na na na / MMMMMM / Lalalalaa / Hum Dum Dum / MMMM / Why do people eat sing / Because it drives me round the bend / Its just aby Redtearstains 28 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 3 12:20 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Babysitting used to be a / Thing of childhood dreams, / Holding young babies and / Getting worried when they'd scream. / When finally your parents let you / Take care of the gorgeous things / You'd think "wh• Commented on by judge.
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lol when you said weird, i had no idea it would be like this, this is weird some of these options are really strange lol, and considering i have had to write from the view of a TV before that is nothing compared to these options lol, i hope you have fun reading all the entries
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its the problem is finding the inspiration for another entry lol they're all a challenge
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Well..
Poetry contests SHOULD be challenging, challenge yourself, be weird .. be out there .. have fun!
And most of all! Remember to wear your rain boots in the snow!
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No No No you got it wrong, remember to wear your sandels in the snow, thats weird lol, and trust me your feet get very cold
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lol it was still very cold, i also have a habbit of walking up to people and just screaming wubwubwub as I walk past and often run through a door at the same time, great fun especially the looks on their faces
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Wub is too obvious.
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lol still scares the hell out of them
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Yeah, but it's too obvious, I mean .. wubwubwub .. who wouldn't expect that?!
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"Write a poem about your keyboard"
It attacks without warning,
Rarely showing signs of hate.
Poke it to hard and beware
For it can control your fate!
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*too
*hides*
Nice poem by the way.
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Yeah I couldn't be bothered fixing that
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Lazy
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Thank you for the fun contest, and the honorable mention! I have a 3 chocolate poems now, so if you ever decide to run a contest alowing prewrites for chocoholics, I'll be your first entry!
Congratulations to all who placed, especially gold, silver and bronze!
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Thank you for entering.
I may host another contest, but who knows?
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LOL umm all i can think is THANKYOU!!!!!! i only hoped for a honourable mention let alone gold AND silver, i am just frankly stunned were they really that good??? i thought authors note was a rather poor attempt so this has really made my day cause its been pretty poor cause of my wrist being bandaged up all day so thankyou so much i feel a little greedy now considering i took the gold and the silver but still wow thanks for running such a weird but great contest
Darkened Seraph
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You're quite welcome. :D
Yes, they are good, I judged the contest based on how much a poem stuck out to me. If the poem truly stuck out to me and made me remember it (as in being in my head) then it went on the finalists list. As you can see a bunch of them did that, but yes yours stood out to me dramatically. ^-^;
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