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Let's hear it for adventure

No epics please keep it under 200 lines.
Prewrites are okay.
Free verse or rhyme your choice.

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 19, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 2 people
  • Final notes:
    I've finished faster than I anticipated and have chosen the winners. Thanks again for your entries and patience.

    P.S. Take some time and read a fellow contestants work there are some great poems here.

    I'll see you somewhere down the road.

Contest Winners

  1. Just another calf...
    I hitched him on and hollered “Let’s go, now!” with all my breath,
    then looked up and I saw a thing that scared me half to death.
    by dericlee 59 lines, 8 comments, on May 17 10:21 AM 2003. In Other
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. The Dragon at Retal
    Far out across a blue, blue sea,
    white-capped and billowing, and free,
    by ecrivain01 110 lines, 29 comments, on Mar 20 9:59 PM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. I've got to be moving along
    by rbruce 76 lines, 22 comments, on Jun 26 4:23 AM 2008. In Life, Love, Sad, Pain
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. everyday adventure
    by marlene47 12 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 7:05 PM 2008. In Contest, haibun
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. The Warden's House
    The damp heavy smell of asbestos reeks from the shredded wallpaper
    Where the spirits of the insane dead once clawed at, ripped at.
    by BlackSwan 43 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 30 2:32 PM 2008. In dark, horror, personal, thoughts, weird, imagery
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • CelticQueen
    July 7, 2008
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    You say "no epics", but what are your length restrictions, actually? celtic queen


  • marlene47 silver member
    July 19, 2008
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    Thank you for the contest and its engaging topic. Thanks too for the HM.
    Marlene