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First off, the rules.
No:
~cussing
~erotica
~chat speak
~special writing (italics, bold, underline, StIcKy CaPs)
I have seen people rate and stuff along with messaging the contest holder about their comment, etc. I have also seen said contest holder get confused. That said, please put your SN in the AN. I'm not a biased judge, so if you think that knowing me will get you extra points, you are wrong.
Make it flow. I don't care if it's a rant as long as if flows good.
Follow any extra rules said with each option.
Put the option in the AN.
If you reserve, you must have something written by closing time.
Shouldn't be too hard to follow, right?
Now, for the fun stuff.
Option 1: picture prompt --> the one that comes with this contest (I will add this when I get back to my laptop)
Option 2: Pick a number between 1-15, and I will give you your prompt within 3 days. Please use that number as your title, so nobody else picks it. thanks. (or at least before the title so you can have your own title.
Option 3: Titles
[] Losing Sorrow
[] Only Time Will Tell
[] How Much You Mean To Me
[] Shattered Moments
[] Tears Of Red
[] Bloodshed Memories
[] Calculative Heartbreak
[] Love's Last [fill in the blank]
[] Pinocchio Knew Something
[] Nothin' But A Fish
[] Fragmented Memories
[] Fragmented Thoughts
[] What The Fly Saw
Option 4: phrases
[] I lost tomorrow
[] you were alone, but I was with you
[] yesterday is new, tomorrow is old
[] that's when I died
[] swimming in nothingness
[] Shiny!!! (this is for a friend of mine)
[] this is for the one who hurt me (don't open or close your poem with this)
Option 5: write me a haiku/tanka
Option 6: Prompt: When you hear my name...
Option 7: Your SN is your prompt
Option 8: Prompt: together we fall apart
Option 9: Pick a letter between A-J. I will give you a scripture to use as a prompt within 3 days... Using the NIV version. If you use a different version, please put the scripture in your AN.. yes the whole thing... or at least the part you used.
Option 10: Finish this poem!
You were here by my side
Now you are gone
Vanished into oblivion
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I hope you liked these options. I was after something new; giving lots of options to choose from. I hope for a good outcome in this, but if not, . Please feel free to give me feedback.
More trophies will be added with more entries. I promise.
No PW's, but you can enter more than once. I'm going to try to be fair and say no one can win more than once, but... if the poems are just that good, I have to let them win. That said, perhaps you will step it up a notch.
Why do I have a feeling I'm going to keep extending this until I don't have any new entries for a while? For my first contest, it's really going great. For reservees, that means you have a little bit of time, but I'd still like things to be done by Nov. 21... Just in case I do decide to close it on the original date. Thanks all.
Alright, it's wearing down. I'm going to close this contest at 25 entries (I have 21) and I'm keeping it open until then, so it is now first come; first serve. I'm highly enjoying these entries, people, and I'm craving more.
First off, the rules.
No:
~cussing
~erotica
~chat speak
~special writing (italics, bold, underline, StIcKy CaPs)
I have seen people rate and stuff along with messaging the contest holder about their comment, etc. I have also seen said contest holder get confused. That said, please put your SN in the AN. I'm not a biased judge, so if you think that knowing me will get you extra points, you are wrong.
Make it flow. I don't care if it's a rant as long as if flows good.
Follow any extra rules said with each option.
Put the option in the AN.
If you reserve, you must have something written by closing time.
Shouldn't be too hard to follow, right?
Now, for the fun stuff.
Option 1: picture prompt --> the one that comes with this contest (I will add this when I get back to my laptop)
Option 2: Pick a number between 1-15, and I will give you your prompt within 3 days. Please use that number as your title, so nobody else picks it. thanks. (or at least before the title so you can have your own title.
Option 3: Titles
[] Losing Sorrow
[] Only Time Will Tell
[] How Much You Mean To Me
[] Shattered Moments
[] Tears Of Red
[] Bloodshed Memories
[] Calculative Heartbreak
[] Love's Last [fill in the blank]
[] Pinocchio Knew Something
[] Nothin' But A Fish
[] Fragmented Memories
[] Fragmented Thoughts
[] What The Fly Saw
Option 4: phrases
[] I lost tomorrow
[] you were alone, but I was with you
[] yesterday is new, tomorrow is old
[] that's when I died
[] swimming in nothingness
[] Shiny!!! (this is for a friend of mine)
[] this is for the one who hurt me (don't open or close your poem with this)
Option 5: write me a haiku/tanka
Option 6: Prompt: When you hear my name...
Option 7: Your SN is your prompt
Option 8: Prompt: together we fall apart
Option 9: Pick a letter between A-J. I will give you a scripture to use as a prompt within 3 days... Using the NIV version. If you use a different version, please put the scripture in your AN.. yes the whole thing... or at least the part you used.
Option 10: Finish this poem!
You were here by my side
Now you are gone
Vanished into oblivion
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I hope you liked these options. I was after something new; giving lots of options to choose from. I hope for a good outcome in this, but if not, . Please feel free to give me feedback.
More trophies will be added with more entries. I promise.
No PW's, but you can enter more than once. I'm going to try to be fair and say no one can win more than once, but... if the poems are just that good, I have to let them win. That said, perhaps you will step it up a notch.
Why do I have a feeling I'm going to keep extending this until I don't have any new entries for a while? For my first contest, it's really going great. For reservees, that means you have a little bit of time, but I'd still like things to be done by Nov. 21... Just in case I do decide to close it on the original date. Thanks all.
Alright, it's wearing down. I'm going to close this contest at 25 entries (I have 21) and I'm keeping it open until then, so it is now first come; first serve. I'm highly enjoying these entries, people, and I'm craving more.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 1, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Okay! Finally have that done.. yay. You people made this difficult to judge, and I don't know how many points I ended up using in this whole contest... I even used all 5 HMs, which I was NOT expecting. You all threw me for a loop, and I thank you. Great writing everyone. Thank you sooooo much for entering. I have the second contest up if anyone wants more options to choose from. Again, I thank all of you, and congrats to you winners.
Contest Winners
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by Black Narcissus 23 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 8 12:09 PM 2008. In Personal, Thoughts
Bronze trophy winner
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You told me to count the days.
Made sure that I marked each• Commented on by judge. [remove] -
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Scattered ever so gently,
floating through the air.• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4808627, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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The sun perched high in the sky,
a moment wrapped in perfection• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [24]
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The pedals litter my mind each a fragmented piece
all part of a puzzle that is swimming in nothingnessby my1lovewearsdiapers 8 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 7 8:47 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Tinkerbell was lying dead,
blond hair matted with drying mudby Socialgremlin 43 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 8 4:20 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Breaking me from the inside out
Destroying me from the outside inby katiekills4 12 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 7 7:45 PM 2008. In Pain, Abuse, Personal, Sadness, Loss, Depressed, Teen issues, Angst• Commented on by judge. -
Jeff.. I love you always and forever.
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There are times that I feel sad
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by AliceinPoetryLand 27 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 18 4:23 AM 2008. In Contest• Commented on by judge.
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Pondering life, my mind awhirl,
Slowly without thinking giving my coffee a swirl,by georgie 18 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 21 1:02 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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you have some great options here :]
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thank you. i hope you enter, and thank's for the luck!
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i like this contest!
all the options are amazing...
so i have this bookmarked and ill hopefully be able to enter soon
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sweet! the more compliments i receive, the better I feel... first contest... and it's skyrocketing..
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good luck in judging dear host !!!....i like ur options..like none i have ever seen before !! =D
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thanks
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bookmarked. lots of good options, hope my muse will wake up and cooperate.
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me too! thanks for the compliment.. guess i'm doing well for my first contest, eh?
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first contest huh? you are doing really well then. have fun with it! (i know i will)
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thanks. i have a few friends on AP that I know in person, and they have hosted a few, and I've seen a fair share of them, and I wanted something different (thus the title, I guess). All of your compliments have floored me; I know I'm doing something right. Now, I'm going to have to think up even more options for the next contest I host, so I can try to one-up myself
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wats SN >>> ??
...i reli donno
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screen name
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great contest and muchly enjoyed entering it... they were all good options but that picture really did it for me.
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thanks for the kind comment. yeah, i was browsing deviant art and the idea came to me that i should do something with coffee (most people like coffee), and saw that pic. it did me in, too. i knew people would react to it somehow. i'm glad you entered and can't wait to read yours (if i haven't already lol)
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This contest sucks. I hate it. It is the worst contest I've ever entered... Because I can't choose which options to do... lol All the options are the best i've ever seen. Rediculously awesome. I can't believe that anyone is that good at putting together options like that. I was stuck. And. Well now I picked them but...it was hard. And there was more that I wished to do but...Limited space yah know. Thanks for hosting a most wonderful contest. And no the first comments I made were not true. Hehe it was a joke. Laugh...please? lol
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In that case, I am glad it sucked. I'm actually working on my second one (which is why I put a limit on how many entries). I'm going to open it as soon as this one closes. Again, 10 options. Hope to see you there, but don't take all 25 spaces I think I'm going to put a limit on how many you can enter... hmm...
Anyway, I laughed at the whole comment. Thanks.
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Congratulations to the winners and thank you for hosting
Gaylene
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Thank you for the silver!!!
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