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For all of you Brilliant young Poets...20 and under....

PLEASE NOTE: I HAVE ADDED TEN SPOTS AND LIST OF HOW I JUDGE...PLEASE READ THE RULES CAREFULLY...ADD YOUR USERNAME TO AN.....AND SPELL CHECK...THANKS!


I have read some awesome stuff by the younger set here on AP....
I am a trying to hone my skills by judging for improvement.....trying to teach you how to make your poetry better....
I want spelling and grammar to be correct...if it's not...I will leave a message and ask you to edit...
I need your AN to include the theme of your poem...
and your username...I judge on a point system...and if you don't follow rules..I deduct points....simple..
I'm serious about poetry and contests...
Write any form....any theme.....please read some of the other entries (It's really nice to read them all...don't you want everyone to read yours?)
Anyway..back to rules:

Pen your best!
Points for creativity!!
Spell check...and have someone check grammar...
Put your theme in AN
Put your username in AN
Have fun!!
Here is what you will be judged on...10 points each
possible 100 points...

TITLE:
THEME:
THOUGHT:
PRESENTATION:
FLOW:
CREATIVITY:
IMAGERY:
IMPACT:
GRAMMAR:
RULES:

TOTAL:

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on June 8, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 350, Silver: 250, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 22 people
  • Final notes:
    Way to go all you brilliant young minds!! This was a great FIRST
    contest….I will be hosting more….Once you get to know me…
    you will know, I have read and penned a lot of poetry..all my life..
    and I am OLD…lol….so from now on, unless your “love” theme
    is very very very unique….it will not score high….also using
    the same word over and over.. is not something I like…use a
    dictionary or thesaurus and find new words!!! Love and above
    and dove…have been written by everyone…stay away!! lol
    in life, you have to learn to play by rules..or not play….
    I never disqualify anyone, or remove a poem for any reason…
    I ask that you do not pen anything in the adult category as it will
    not win..and since this is a contest for the younger set…I will now
    remove anything I deem not viewable by the younger set…with that
    being said, you will see one poem disappear …after judging…
    Thanks one and all…I judge as I go….and do not have a pre picked
    winner…HM not in any order...you can see everyone's score...hope to see you all again...Next contest will only have 10 spots!
    scores speak
    GOLD: PITCH BLACK
    SILVER: AN ODE TO SUSAN
    BRONZE: TO WAR AGAINST THE NINE
    If you haven’t read these…you should!
    See you all soon! Think BRILLIANT!!!!
    Write on and on….
    *PEACE*



    Temptress
    TITLE: 10
    THEME:10
    THOUGHT:8.7
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW:9.8
    CREATIVITY:8
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8.9
    GRAMMAR:9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 92.3



    Cunningly adroit, deceptively, adroit
    TITLE: 8
    THEME:9.7
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 8.7
    FLOW:8 (third stanza and caps throw it off)
    CREATIVITY:8.9
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8
    GRAMMAR:8.7
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 87


    Eternal Quest
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 7
    THOUGHT: 9.8
    PRESENTATION: 8 ( all caps and no stanza breaks….)
    FLOW: 8 (see above)
    CREATIVITY: 8.9
    IMAGERY: 7
    IMPACT: 7
    GRAMMAR:9.8
    RULES:9.9
    TOTAL: 85.4

    Words
    TITLE: 9.9
    THEME:9.8
    THOUGHT:9.7
    PRESENTATION: 9.8
    FLOW: 9.9
    CREATIVITY: 9.9
    IMAGERY: 9.9
    IMPACT: 9
    GRAMMAR: 9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 97.8


    Unwritten Ending
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 9.9
    THOUGHT: 9
    PRESENTATION: 9.9
    FLOW: 9.9
    CREATIVITY: 9.8
    IMAGERY: 9
    IMPACT: 9.9
    GRAMMAR:9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 97.3


    Beautiful Chaos
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 9.8
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 8
    FLOW:8
    CREATIVITY:8
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8.7
    GRAMMAR:8
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 87.5

    Panoramic Bangs
    TITLE: 10
    THEME:9.9
    THOUGHT: 9.9
    PRESENTATION: 8
    FLOW: 8.9
    CREATIVITY: 9
    IMAGERY: 9
    IMPACT: 8.9
    GRAMMAR: 8
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 91.6



    Attack of the Killer Barbies
    TITLE: 9.8
    THEME: 9.9
    THOUGHT: 8
    PRESENTATION: 8
    FLOW: 9
    CREATIVITY:8.9
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT: 8.9
    GRAMMAR: 8
    RULES:9 (username in AN)
    TOTAL: 87.5

    The Antique Mirror
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 9
    THOUGHT: 9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW: 9
    CREATIVITY: 9
    IMAGERY: 9.7
    IMPACT:9.7
    GRAMMAR: 8.7
    RULES:8.9 (theme and username missing from AN)
    TOTAL: 92.9


    An Ode to Susan
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 10
    THOUGHT: 9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9.9
    FLOW: 9.9
    CREATIVITY:9.9
    IMAGERY:9.7
    IMPACT: 9.7
    GRAMMAR:9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 98.9


    To War Against the Nine
    TITLE: 9.9
    THEME:10
    THOUGHT:9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9.8
    FLOW:9.8
    CREATIVITY:10
    IMAGERY: 8.9
    IMPACT: 9.9
    GRAMMAR: 9.8
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 98


    Devoiced Devotion
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 9
    THOUGHT: 9
    PRESENTATION: 8.9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:8.9
    IMAGERY:8.7
    IMPACT:8.7
    GRAMMAR:9.7
    RULES:
    TOTAL: 91.9

    TOTAL:
    A tuner’s struggle
    TITLE: 9.9
    THEME:8
    THOUGHT:8
    PRESENTATION: 8.8
    FLOW:8.9
    CREATIVITY:9
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8
    GRAMMAR:8.9
    RULES:8 ( no theme or username in AN)
    TOTAL: 85.5


    You make my heart go rave
    TITLE: 9
    THEME:8 …..love is soooo common
    THOUGHT: 9
    PRESENTATION: 8.9
    FLOW:8
    CREATIVITY: 9
    IMAGERY:8.9
    IMPACT: 8
    GRAMMAR: 8
    RULES: 10
    TOTAL: 86.8

    Time
    TITLE: 9
    THEME:9.9
    THOUGHT: 9.8
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9
    IMAGERY:9
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 92.7

    What it is
    TITLE: 9
    THEME:10
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 9.7
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9
    IMAGERY:9
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:9

    TOTAL: 91.7

    Pitch Black
    TITLE: 10
    THEME: 10
    THOUGHT: 9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9.9
    FLOW: 9.9
    CREATIVITY:10
    IMAGERY:9.9
    IMPACT:10
    GRAMMAR:9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 99.5



    My mother’s countenance
    TITLE: 10
    THEME:9.9
    THOUGHT: 9
    PRESENTATION: 9.9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9
    IMAGERY:9
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9.7
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 94.5

    (Through the Windows)
    TITLE: 8
    THEME:8
    THOUGHT:8.7
    PRESENTATION: 8.9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:8.9
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:8
    TOTAL: 84.5

    Stiletto Sonetto
    TITLE: 10
    THEME10
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 9.9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9.9
    IMAGERY:9
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9.9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 95.7


    Perfection
    TITLE: 10
    THEME:10
    THOUGHT:9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9.7
    IMAGERY:9.8
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 95.4

    Immortal Love
    TITLE: 8.9
    THEME:8.9
    THOUGHT:8
    PRESENTATION: 8.9
    FLOW:8.9
    CREATIVITY:8
    IMAGERY:7.9
    IMPACT:8
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:8
    TOTAL: 84.5

    It All Started With My Smiles
    TITLE: 9.7 ….just “My Smiles” would be better…to me.
    THEME:9
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 10
    FLOW:10
    CREATIVITY:10
    IMAGERY:9
    IMPACT:9.9
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 95.6


    Trapped in a Merciless Sanctuary
    TITLE: 9
    THEME:9
    THOUGHT:9.9
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:9
    IMAGERY:9.9
    IMPACT:9
    GRAMMAR:9
    RULES:9
    TOTAL: 91.8

    Jm
    TITLE: 10
    THEME:8.9
    THOUGHT:9
    PRESENTATION: 9
    FLOW:9
    CREATIVITY:8.9
    IMAGERY:8
    IMPACT:8
    GRAMMAR:8
    RULES:10
    TOTAL: 88.8

Contest Winners

  1. Pitch Black
    by Never Fall in Love 30 lines, 16 comments, on May 21 4:01 PM 2008. In Personal
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. An Ode to Susan
    by Age of Rain 40 lines, 14 comments, on May 26 6:43 AM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. To War Against The Nine
    Nine dragons to face,
    Nine unique in their own way.
    by Chocolate Chip 56 lines, 8 comments, on May 27 10:13 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4271158, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  5. Cunningly Adroit, Deceptively Adroit
    Borrowing words that don’t really seem to fit, / smoking, no— chain-smoking Marlboro cigarettes. / Caressing the keys, tentative type— / Wa
    by Avatar of Innocence 19 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 7 7:03 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Eternal Quest
    When fight becomes a liability,
    It is only convenience that you great.
    by Faded Dawn 18 lines, 5 comments, on May 27 3:09 AM 2008. In Life, Nature, Personal, Society, Thoughts, Other
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Beautiful Chaos
    No sound
    Only my heart beat
    by jeseejoy 35 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 21 3:32 PM 2008. In My own style, Escape
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. panoramic bangs
    as my hair starts to feel my eyes
    and not the metal
    by bird at rose 18 lines, 1 comment, on May 31 11:04 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. attack of the killer barbies!!!~
    A poem about KILLER barbies!!!~
    by SmartBrick 23 lines, 13 comments, on May 25 8:17 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  10. A Tuner's Struggle
    The Sun flew away across the crimson sky
    To leave me in a panic.
    by MichaelBe 11 lines, 3 comments, on May 24 3:45 PM 2008. In Nature
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. Devoiced devotion
    by coddledsoul 27 lines, 55 comments, on Mar 10 2:47 AM 2008. In noguest
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  12. You Make My Heart [Go Rave]
    "I don't know you-BUT-I might want to."
    by Nothing But No 53 lines, 3 comments, on May 16 11:17 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  13. Time
    The journey of learning starts in the
    Blissfulness of the hour,
    by Walk-Free 42 lines, 7 comments, on May 23 6:48 AM 2008. In Contest, Life, Society, Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  14. What 'It' Is
    Can you guess what
    the object is??
    by Rock-Junkie 28 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 4 8:14 PM 2008. In Other
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  15. My Mother’s Countenance
    Your unfrowning countenance
    Shows no mother quality,
    by AddenLee 19 lines, 4 comments, on May 13 12:19 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  16. Error: Unable to find finalist item 4271109, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  17. Stiletto Sonneto
    by lyrebird 18 lines, 40 comments, on Feb 29 9:20 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  18. Perfection
    “What can we do for you today?” she asks,
    I want to look like that one,
    by ladame 36 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 16 2:36 PM 2008. In Hairdresser, mirrors, other world, plastic, shiny scissors, shiny floor, precision
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  19. Immortal love
    for i stay where my body lay, by the corpse of the hung loved one.
    by Brokentruth93 8 lines, 3 comments, on May 27 2:47 AM 2008. In Dark, Pain, Personal, Sad
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  20. It all started with my smiles
    It all started with my smiles
    life is full of all my love
    by Sunshine Princess 23 lines, 12 comments, on May 8 7:26 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  21. Trapped in a Merciless Sanctuary
    A storm in your heart occurs And you are thrown
    by myusikah 32 lines, 9 comments, on May 26 2:09 AM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  22. Jm ♥
    by lostangel07 14 lines, 2 comments, on May 18 6:08 AM 2008. In Love, Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • notorious gold member
    May 27, 2008
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    Will HM's be added?


    • islekine gold member
      May 31, 2008
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      HM have been added...

      as well as ten more spots.
      Best wishes!
      Write on!
      *PEACE*


  • thearmsofsorrow
    May 27, 2008
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    Hey
    Sorry not really sure what you mean by Theme?
    Please explain
    Cheerio


    • islekine gold member
      May 31, 2008
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      The theme is what your poem is about...

      best wishes...I added more entries!
      Write on!
      *PEACE*


  • Never Fall in Love
    June 8, 2008
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    wow - I don't know what to say
    Thank you for the gold

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