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Pictures and Options [Contest]


I AM EXTENDING THIS CONTEST DUE TO LACK OF ENTRIES!!







Options

1) choose any picture found on this contest page and write about it...anything that relates, if there is any possibility that I won't see the connection please explain the connection in your authors comments. If you know what the picture comes from (manga/movie/show etc.) great, if not MAKE IT UP! Take a long look at the image and write what YOU think is going on...or how the image FEELS to you...WHATEVER!! ^_^














2) Stardust arrived in theaters this past friday. It was based on a book by Neil Gaiman, one of my very favorite satire authors. Write about one of his books or the movie if you've seen it. If you choose this option please put which book or movie you chose in the authors comments.

3) I recently entered a contest where the theme was colors and I loved the idea...so write about a color...you can do everyday primary colors like red and blue or go crazy and find colors like carmine and cyan. Whatever. If you choose this option please put the color in your authors comments.

4) Form poetry: aubade, villanelle, haiku(nature only), italian sonnet, sestina, blank verse, epitaph.


Rules

-no cutting/suicide poetry. you will be DQ'd
-no chatspeak please...it hurts my eyes
-enter as many times as you like
-i may or may not open the contest for prewrites later.
-i will try to comment on every entry.


Prizes

-1st place : Gold trophy and 300pts
-2nd place : Silver trophy and 100pts
-3rd place : Bronze trophy and 50pts
-Any honorable mentions will recieve applause.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 17, 2007
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50
  • Final notes:
    Excellent work everyone! They were a pleasure to read and I thank you all for sharing them with us. The results are in!

    1st place: Just What I've Always Wanted
    2nd place: Little Girl of the Seas
    3rd place: I have captured the Sun for you

    Honorable Mentions:
    -A Clean Piece of Paper
    -(the)Tidepool
    -On Poetry as a Facade Behind Which the Essence Lurks

    I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD LEAVE YOUR POEMS IN THE CONTEST FOR A DAY OR SO, SO THAT I CAN COMMENT ON EVERY ONE ENTERED.

Contest Winners

  1. Error: Unable to find finalist item 3391450, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  2. little girl of the seas
    as a little girl, I dreamt of sleeping in whorls of fantasies and of touching
    by freestallion 40 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 10 2:33 PM 2007
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  3. I have captured the Sun for you
    I have captured the sun for you
    by Soulful Woman 26 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 19 9:35 PM 2007. In Dark, Fantasy, Thoughts
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. [remove]
  4. A Clean Piece of Paper
    A clean piece of paper
    No words tarnish it's surface
    by danceswsquirrels 28 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 23 1:53 PM 2006. In Other
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. On Poetry As a Façade Behind Which the Essence Lurks
    Meter comes easily. English tends to
    Shift and swirl in rhythmic fall-then-rise.
    by micol 14 lines, 14 comments, on Aug 9 5:28 PM 2007. In Poetry, Sonnet
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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