Show me what scares you.
Use imagery and metaphor.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery and metaphor, you will have no chance of winning.
Use imagery and metaphor.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery and metaphor, you will have no chance of winning.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 9, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: The majority of the entries in this contest told instead of showed. Those same entries did not use much, if any imagery or metaphor, and therefore had no chance of winning.
The winners, on the other hand, entered poems with exceptional poems with imagery and metaphor.
Contest Winners
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [16]
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In the looking glass
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On top of juvenile flesh, inside of innocence self-inflicted disfiguring crevices barely hiddenby skyviewexpress 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 26 10:47 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Dark corners. Laughing winds, dancing outside of my window.by Ms Mar Malfoy-Depp 16 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 8 1:59 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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At my child hood days, as my destined motto
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