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RAIDERS OF THE LOST WRITES Encouragement Tournament

20 entrants will participate in this tournament
for a chance to obtain "Fortune & Glory".

In honor of Poetry Month & the upcoming
installment to the Indiana Jones films;
I present the following:

The links given are ten "lost writes"
by poets I am familiar with.
Your adventure begins by exploring each
of their writes and leaving a QUALITY
comment that is both encouraging & honest.

Then, enter your own write under the theme:
"Fortune & Glory"...prewrite or new one.

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3622080
"Broken Before the Standing Will"~~
Benjamin D. Warden

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3989885
"Otherworlder" ~~DayDreamMuse

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3890313
"The Caper"~~DragonBlue

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3858541
"Stunned"~~Ithica

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3884419
"I'd Hate To Tell Ya, But"~~Jinsays

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3782895
"Fabric Eruptions"~~Lex-i-Con

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3695188
"Connections"~~Mirthryl

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3866991
"Birth Of Breath"~~Pamela Lamppa

http://allpoetry.com/poem/3709752
"Safety's In The Flight"~~Rhyming From Rehab

http://allpoetry.com/poem/4094851
"Where I Stand"~~Swan Song

Any comment left that is deemed intolerant
or tactless will be removed along with the
poem entered for that person!

*None of the Featured Poets can enter this round!*
***Reservations WILL NOT be accepted...if you are
concerned about losing your spot, enter a PW
until you complete your new write for the theme.

***Entrants must do the following***
Copy/paste page link into Author's notes
of their entry along with AP name.
This is to verify who is leaving comments
and so I have access to your other writes.

JUDGING GUIDELINES:

1} Quality of comments given to featured writes
2} # of comments given (max is 10~one for each write}
3} Quality of write submitted by entrant
4} How well write pertains to theme given.

AWARDS:

1}I will leave a thorough comment on each entry
2}ALL the finalists will be featured in my
next "Lost Writes" tournament (I choose the write}
3}Points & Trophies! I will not award green cups,
but if HM's are added; I will give-out points!
4}The chance to get your work noticed while giving
encouragement to others (you may find new fav's)

Use common sense and read the guidelines...
Three winners-HM's may be added

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 3, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 430, Silver: 350, Bronze: 270
  • Final notes:
    Thank-you to the four who found the time
    and incentive to encourage others with
    their comments and entries! I am very pleased with each entry and am happy to
    have the chance to feature you all in
    my next contest within this series.
    I know the ten featured poets are very
    appreciative of the time and attention
    given to their works. Let's all hope for
    a better turn-out next round! Blue

Contest Winners

  1. Faust Revisited (English Sonnet)
    by maa 20 lines, 12 comments, on Apr 30 3:04 AM 2008. In Humor, Spiritual
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. The Dream
    Freedom is a dream swelling in the night,
    come to men who have labored long,
    by ten thousand cicadas 30 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 30 12:30 PM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Fortune and Glory
    Fortune and Glory
    By: Star of Atlantis
    by Star of Atlantis 42 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 17 8:32 PM 2008. In Other
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  4. Hope’s New Spring
    by Idle Mind Wondering 66 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 25 8:02 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [4]

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  • JinSays gold member
    April 16, 2008
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    This is a fantastic contest idea, Blue. I only regret not being able to enter. Best wishes to the participants, cannot wait to see what they think of that write
    LOL-it was Fat Tuesday, give me a break. . .

    Jin


  • Star of Atlantis
    April 16, 2008
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    BRILLIANT idea... i am always wantiting to incourage more comments... i am so doing this


  • Star of Atlantis
    April 16, 2008
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    also being a witchy woman i love the background

  • Star of Atlantis
    April 16, 2008
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    my entry of immortal is a place holder only.... i will be back to enter for real thank you for the awsome contest


  • maa gold member
    April 17, 2008
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    an amazing contest idea, dear one !
    I just love it ...
    thank you for serving the community in such a selfless way ...

    much love,

    maa

  • Star of Atlantis
    April 17, 2008
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    ok now its not a place holder its the real thing hope you get more people here to do this its a most fantastic idea and i adored all the poems that i read. thank you for the introductions to all those new and lovely poets. i am pretty sure you dont need my nom de plume in my author notes as per i tag all my poems ... but if you dont see that then let me know and ill go amend my author notes to fix


  • DragonBlue gold member
    April 20, 2008
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    Thank you. I was wondering why I was getting some strange people reading and replying to my poetry that I had not seen before and then remembered you emailed me about this pen being hilighted here.

    This is a great contest and I love your background...those pentacles get me every time. If you have been to any of my sites, you would know that I have at least one on almost every page. I put them there for various reasons, but one of them being it is a good protection from those who wish to harm me, another is to ward off those who find my pentacles evil. The pentacle is almost perfect in the shapes of triagles and the circle. The center of the pentacle is where all the power resides as I have found this to be a very effective tool in some very desperate situations.

    Anyway, can't wait to enter your next contest like this, as per usual you host it with class. You really are an F.I.N.E (fine) Lady. Right On~ Write On! Right On~

    Namaste~
    )O(
    DragonBlue


    • Idle Mind Wondering silver member
      April 23, 2008
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      hey, I'm not strange!!!


      • Blue Rew silver member
        April 23, 2008
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        Did you miss the part will I will be following this up? And yes, you are strange, interesting strange...not a stranger.
        I fully intend on featuring you
        sir as if there should be any doubt. In the meantime, make yourself useful and enter here
        to encourage these other souls.
        And remember {with me}, you always get what you ask for...
        so be careful!!!

  • Blue Rew silver member
    April 20, 2008
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    DB, did you just feature my theme?
    If so, you are just too special...
    thank-you very much for giving it
    some added attention! Blue


    • DragonBlue gold member
      April 23, 2008
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      uh, yah, you caught me. **smiles**
      And thank you for featuring me in your contest.

      hugs,
      db


  • ten thousand cicadas gold member
    April 22, 2008
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    LOVE THIS IDEA! What a fantastic to spread community and to share our affinity for poetry.

    Thanks so much for this!

    • Blue Rew silver member
      April 22, 2008
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      Thank-you so much for taking the time to say so! I do hope you will enter as well as pass the link along to others who may be interested.
      I am sorely lacking entrants at this point. Blue


  • Peteskid gold member
    April 23, 2008
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    a very good thing here Blue, there is need for a better balance of competition, fun, and improvement in my view...this is a good step...ty...PK

    • Blue Rew silver member
      April 24, 2008
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      PK, you too are a wonderful poet whom I am familiar with. I can only hope that this theme will be a success so that I may keep following it up with ten more poets and their "lost" writes at a time. AP offers the exposure...us writers need to make sure we give the encouragement.
      Love to have your participation.
      Blue


  • Idle Mind Wondering silver member
    April 28, 2008
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    I am saddened by the lack of response to this wonderful idea...

    Ah, but we are a lazy lot

    • maa gold member
      April 30, 2008
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      indeed, 2 entries for 200 views is a small percentage ... but there is still hope ... let's stay confident ...


      maa


  • Idle Mind Wondering silver member
    May 3, 2008
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    Blue, Thanks for a great contest. congratulation to all.

    • Blue Rew silver member
      May 3, 2008
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      Your points are on their way!
      Thank-you for adding to the modest success of this contest. I look forward to featuring your work in
      the next round which will be getting underway shortly. Blue

  • ten thousand cicadas gold member
    May 3, 2008
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    Thank you so much Blue for the silver acknowledgement. This means so much coming from one who's heart concerns itself with promoting the work of other poets. You are a most gracious host.

  • maa gold member
    May 4, 2008
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    thank you so much for this wonderful reward, susan ... I so much enjoyed connecting with the featured poets through reading and commenting on their poetry ...

    thank you so much for hosting this amazing contest-series, which is a true blessing to all - exactly as you are ...


    maa

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