It's been a while since I've run a contest, I have to admit - a very long while, while to be ashamed of, thinking the amount of contests I've won. So, I decided to do it all again - new contest, Masky style!
I've mentioned on my profile that I am the "Cliche Queen". I am not. I want to find the Queen (or King??) of the cliche poetry! Give me your poems that have been called cliches over time (or that you yourself think of as cliches!), so I can evaluate them and ...well, give the points away.
So! Any rules, you ask? Of course. Here you go (Help yourself to the cookies, while at it):
1. No Adult/Erotica/Sensual. Only 14. Can't read it, wouldn't read it if I could.
2. Get as cliche as you can be! Nursery Rhyme, overused topics, hit me with your best shot!
3. I would much rather read rhyming poems, but I've liked Free Verse before (See my other contests, see the winers, so you can get a good idea of what I like
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...Just a little hint: I like stuff that makes me think. I know I don't seem like much (And I've said it a lot before!), but I can understand a nice message in a poem!
4. Might add more Honorables, if the poems are THAT good!
5. I have a short attention span, so...Somewhere under 30 lines will do it.
6. Pre-writes, as usually, accepted. Just ...make sure they are cliche!
7. Don't make me get my dictionary from under the desk lamp! That doesn't mean you have to write like you're writing a poem for a 5-year-old, but...I think you get the idea.
8. You can swear, but only if you really, really, REALLY have to.
9. Of course, no bashing of other poets' poetry. How would you feel if someone said bad stuff about yours? (I, for one, won't.)
I know it seems like ...a lot, but really, the rules aren't that hard - should be pretty simple to be followed, if read with enough attention!
I will try to make my comments as constructive as I can, but I do tend to get a little away from the point from time to time. Don't hurt me!
Also, don't get impatient if I am a little late with commenting - just the way I judge these things ^_^
Any more questions? Ask me if anything, message me if anything wasn't clear. Now off you go!
I've mentioned on my profile that I am the "Cliche Queen". I am not. I want to find the Queen (or King??) of the cliche poetry! Give me your poems that have been called cliches over time (or that you yourself think of as cliches!), so I can evaluate them and ...well, give the points away.
So! Any rules, you ask? Of course. Here you go (Help yourself to the cookies, while at it):
1. No Adult/Erotica/Sensual. Only 14. Can't read it, wouldn't read it if I could.
2. Get as cliche as you can be! Nursery Rhyme, overused topics, hit me with your best shot!
3. I would much rather read rhyming poems, but I've liked Free Verse before (See my other contests, see the winers, so you can get a good idea of what I like
)...Just a little hint: I like stuff that makes me think. I know I don't seem like much (And I've said it a lot before!), but I can understand a nice message in a poem!
4. Might add more Honorables, if the poems are THAT good!
5. I have a short attention span, so...Somewhere under 30 lines will do it.
6. Pre-writes, as usually, accepted. Just ...make sure they are cliche!
7. Don't make me get my dictionary from under the desk lamp! That doesn't mean you have to write like you're writing a poem for a 5-year-old, but...I think you get the idea.
8. You can swear, but only if you really, really, REALLY have to.
9. Of course, no bashing of other poets' poetry. How would you feel if someone said bad stuff about yours? (I, for one, won't.)
I know it seems like ...a lot, but really, the rules aren't that hard - should be pretty simple to be followed, if read with enough attention!
I will try to make my comments as constructive as I can, but I do tend to get a little away from the point from time to time. Don't hurt me!
Also, don't get impatient if I am a little late with commenting - just the way I judge these things ^_^Any more questions? Ask me if anything, message me if anything wasn't clear. Now off you go!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 5
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 300, Honorable mention: 13 people
- Final notes: "NO WAY!" you must be thinking - "She actually judged the contest!!". Well, I'll reply, yes, I have, and I'm sorry it took me soooo long! It was the end of the 8th grade, exams, and such. Plus, I'm slow at judging, and that's a known fact
I will have to tell you that I never expected to do what I've done in this contest: to add HM for all the poems entered! I was actually astonished by the quality of the entries submitted to my review, and there were many I wished I could've given Gold, many I wish I could've given Silver and many that deserved Bronze. But I could only pick 3, so I did, and ...I want to let you all know that the HM's are in absolutely NO particular order, because it was hard enough to decide for the top 3, ...no way in the world I could've picked all the other great poems over others just as great. So, there we go. HM's for everyone!! And, once again, sorry for the delay - if it makes it any better, I did use the time studying, and came in third, regarding my English examination! (I'm getting off-topic)
If my lenghty comments bored anyone, I apologize - that's just the way I do things around here, at AP.
Thank you ALL for entering your poems in my contest, for the pleasure I had reading them! I'll most likely return to this contest's page to read some of them again, sometime - thank you again!
~Masky
Contest Winners
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~*~by Never Fall in Love 36 lines, 71 comments, on Feb 16 9:17 AM 2007. In Love, Personal, Valentine
Gold trophy winner
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Come my dear and sit a while.
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by jadedsnapdragon 24 lines, 13 comments, on Apr 22 10:28 PM
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Laughter echos through her body,as if a silent cave. Her smile sends chills through his mind, starting to engrave.by notsotorturedartist 16 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 20 1:36 PM
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Tears fall from my eyes
As I gasp air for youby ForeverLastingComa 37 lines, 36 comments, on Jan 31 7:16 PM 2007
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FOR THE LOVE OF YOU
If I could have youby Jeremy0826 57 lines, 11 comments, on Sep 26 3:31 AM 2007. In Contest, Love, Life, Hope, Thoughts, Unconditional Love
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with every passing day
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That life’s a cliché
In such disarray
by xxbrokenxagainxx 13 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 28 6:17 PM. In Life, Hope, Inspirational
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The full moon / Is out this night / With romance / Lingering / In the air /• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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My Wife Is A Beauty
Her Good Looks Excel• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
The heart break you caused All the tears flowing from my eyesby Night Mistress 1 28 lines, 3 comments, on Sep 24 1:31 AM 2007. In Pain, Heartbreak, Loss, Love, sadness
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Taken in by the grain fields supplicating mid conciliate winds. Teeming I tarried to view them as I ambled along amid the swaying stalks feby Jamesleelong37 20 lines, 29 comments, on May 18 10:45 AM. In Hope, Life, Love, Nature, Other, Thoughts, Spiritual, Personal
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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is it ok if the poem is 33 lines or no?
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Sure!! 33 is not that big...somewhere under 30, somewhere between 30 and 40...perfectly fine
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oh ok thank you =)
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lol it is so hard to choose, i think at one point or other someone has said cliche to me on every poem i have ever posted here
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Roll a dice, then!
Or try
www.random.org
*Yes, I mean it...it's like, my Bible, or something.LOL!*
I'm sure I'll love any poem you enter
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*heart attack*
I'm not sure if gold is a compliment, hahaha - but thankies
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Of course it's not a compliment - it's a MEGAcompliment! *hyper again* You're welcome!!
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wow! you gave everyone something, thats pretty cool! thank you for the HM and congrats to all other winners. =D
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Everybody deserved something ^_^ I knew as I started to read the first poems it would be hard to judge! You're very welcome for the HM, you've earned it!!
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