Hi all guys
This contest will be judged over two days 16th - 18th January 2007.
Best of luck to you all
Pnks
It's winter - cold, frosty, isolating and dark... However, there is a something about the depths of despair, that brings us joy and happiness, something that wakes us up in the morning - something that makes us feel alive.
For this contest, I want to you reach within your soul and encapsulate through poetry what makes you tick this time of year.
The following words / themes may help you understand what I am looking for: winter, chill, light through darkness, strength through sadness, moving beyond the hurt, discovery, self worth and loneliness, reaching out for a kindred spirit.
I am more interested in 'sensations' and feeling, rather that events, so I hope your poems will focus on trying to encapsulate a feeling, instinct or emotion rather than to describe an event. However, if describing an event can help you achieve this goal, then I will not think less of your work.
There are only a few things I ask. Can you please:
1. Make sure that the words you write are what you feel. Words are nothing if you don't mean them. Make them personal and individualistic - I am not looking for a run of the mill poetry. I want raw emotion, I want you to encapsulate life in the best way you can.
2. Read over your work a few times before submitting. It will ensure your final submission has less mistakes and is more fluent - especially if you read it back to yourself.
3. There are only 20 entries allowed in this contest. Make sure your poem is a worthy contender. Give it your best.
4. Finally, sometimes less is more. Your poem should be 16 lines or under.
Best of luck
Pinks
p.s. I have extended the length of my contest due to the number of entries (its that time of year!!) and also my lack of internet access. All entries will be read and comments will be left.
This contest will be judged over two days 16th - 18th January 2007.
Best of luck to you all
Pnks
It's winter - cold, frosty, isolating and dark... However, there is a something about the depths of despair, that brings us joy and happiness, something that wakes us up in the morning - something that makes us feel alive.
For this contest, I want to you reach within your soul and encapsulate through poetry what makes you tick this time of year.
The following words / themes may help you understand what I am looking for: winter, chill, light through darkness, strength through sadness, moving beyond the hurt, discovery, self worth and loneliness, reaching out for a kindred spirit.
I am more interested in 'sensations' and feeling, rather that events, so I hope your poems will focus on trying to encapsulate a feeling, instinct or emotion rather than to describe an event. However, if describing an event can help you achieve this goal, then I will not think less of your work.
There are only a few things I ask. Can you please:
1. Make sure that the words you write are what you feel. Words are nothing if you don't mean them. Make them personal and individualistic - I am not looking for a run of the mill poetry. I want raw emotion, I want you to encapsulate life in the best way you can.
2. Read over your work a few times before submitting. It will ensure your final submission has less mistakes and is more fluent - especially if you read it back to yourself.
3. There are only 20 entries allowed in this contest. Make sure your poem is a worthy contender. Give it your best.
4. Finally, sometimes less is more. Your poem should be 16 lines or under.
Best of luck
Pinks
p.s. I have extended the length of my contest due to the number of entries (its that time of year!!) and also my lack of internet access. All entries will be read and comments will be left.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 20, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 60, Bronze: 30
- Final notes: Hi all,
Thank you to all who entered. As it has been a busy Christmas and New Year, I hope you all had a good time. I left the contest open a little longer than I would have otherwise wanted to allow people enough time to enter.
I have left comments on every entry. I have left constructive comments where I can to help with future poetry writing. However, I think that genuinely people tend to spend too much thinking about metaphors or form rather than concentrating on what really matters - what you feel and putting raw emotion into words.
Essentially this is not just what this contest is about but also amateur poetry in general.
I would like to say a big thank you to all of those who have entered. I would also like to ensure that every entrant understands that there are no winners or losers. Sometimes we enter pieces of work to contests and when we do not win something we class it as a failure.
Poems and poetry is always a work in progress.
Keep on writing from the heart and the feeling of "winning" will be replaced with feelings of joy and you will always have that snap shot of your feelings at that point in time.
Take care all.
xx
Contest Winners
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How hard this wait for genesis
in pewter sludge of passing plows• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 3695968, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by Inverted-Hearts 20 lines, 14 comments, on Dec 10 9:42 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Entries [10]
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Wakeful at 3AM, watching stars Glare unblinkingly against dead black,by micol 17 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 11 3:40 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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The darkness of the world is closing in, robbing me of self-sustaining heat.• Commented on by judge.
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when i am once wandering
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Tantalising smells waft visabley
Through the cold winter airby Little-Green-Alien 23 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 14 6:49 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Fantasy, Hope, Life, Nature, Personal• Commented on by judge. -
Everything is slow. The music feels right,• Commented on by judge.
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