I have decided to keep this contest open for another week due to low numbers...
I want to know about you. The real you, not the screen name,
not the image you portray as you go about your business...
Who are you, and what makes you tick?
Paint a clear picture of Who you are, what helped to shape you,
where you come from,what you look like, and why you are who you are.
(gimme descriptives!)
This isn't a contest to hide behind a bunch of abstract foo-foo.
I want real, clear visuals, and honesty.
Especially honesty.
No matter who you really are, tell it like it is, warts and all.
Remember, this is a contest of personality. I wanna know who you are!
That's about it!
Now, of course the rules...
No Emo twaddle! (keep your razors in the cupboard!)
18 and over, please. If you're any younger, you've got a while
longer before you have any clear picture of yourself.
10 line minimum, 100 line maximum.
Label everything appropriately
NoN3 Ov Th1$ N0n$3nSE!!!! I will kick you out in a flash!
Last but not least, just be yourself.
Thank you for your interest!
Now get to typing!
("Reader meet author" taken from the Morrissey song of the same name.)
I want to know about you. The real you, not the screen name,
not the image you portray as you go about your business...
Who are you, and what makes you tick?
Paint a clear picture of Who you are, what helped to shape you,
where you come from,what you look like, and why you are who you are.
(gimme descriptives!)
This isn't a contest to hide behind a bunch of abstract foo-foo.
I want real, clear visuals, and honesty.
Especially honesty.
No matter who you really are, tell it like it is, warts and all.
Remember, this is a contest of personality. I wanna know who you are!
That's about it!
Now, of course the rules...
No Emo twaddle! (keep your razors in the cupboard!)
18 and over, please. If you're any younger, you've got a while
longer before you have any clear picture of yourself.
10 line minimum, 100 line maximum.
Label everything appropriately
NoN3 Ov Th1$ N0n$3nSE!!!! I will kick you out in a flash!
Last but not least, just be yourself.
Thank you for your interest!
Now get to typing!
("Reader meet author" taken from the Morrissey song of the same name.)
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 3, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 750, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: Well, after perusing these collected works, I feel that I got a clear picture from some of you, but unfortunately others couldn't get past the everyday masks...(If you aren't among the finalists, please don't assume I'm speaking about you.) This was an interesting exercise for me, because I wonder If I would be able to drop everything and be completely honest...
At any rate, I thank one and all for your poetic contributions, and all the best to each of you in the future!
Contest Winners
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after sincere deliberation she gives way to hefty sigh
liberated from insistent stronghold of her inner-childby poetryality 33 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 2 11:35 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal
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I am my mother's daughter
from a father who left me for a better familyby cheyennea3436 30 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 13 6:18 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
I ponder your question...
Looking in the mirror...by StegsGirl 40 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 13 10:35 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
probably totally not what was asked... if so: sorryby michichoeret 11 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 2 4:53 AM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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I am who I am, and that's how I'll stayby stargazer7 23 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 26 3:43 PM 2008. In other• Viewed by judge.
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Two decades lived
and many to goby shtrdglassheart 37 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 2 2:34 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
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I like school,
and I don’t play the fool.by charmander13 91 lines, 12 comments, on Dec 2 10:29 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Personal, Thoughts, Weird, Life, Other, Contest• Viewed by judge.
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"18 and over, please. If you're any younger, you've got a while
longer before you have any clear picture of yourself."
To be blunt, I think that's a bullshit statement. A person definitely grows and changes, but I knew exactly who I was at age sixteen. And then at age eighteen. And again at twenty. And so on. I've changed a hell of a lot since I was a sophomore in high school, but to tell a kid they don't know who they are when they're a teenager is incredibly insulting. -
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It's not very often i enter a contest that you have to write something new, because i can't write on command. but i tried my best, i can't really explain myself or put my personality into detail, my writings do that for me... even if it's not about me. It was a really good idea for a contest though so i thought i'd give it a shot. But like i said, i tried my best and i hope it's what your looking for. And not to be rude but i have agree with tinuelena, it's very rude to put an age limit just because you don't believe a under 18 year old doesnt know who they are. Life doesn't consider age when it comes to suffering or shaping. I know there are 13 year olds out that have suffered more in just 13 years then some have at 26 or 38.. i'm just saying. But i hope the contest goes well. Hope you have more of these in the future. -
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I'm not even referring to suffering, etc. When you are young, you only see half the picture. Also, I enjoy adult writes, with grit, honesty, hind and foresight that children simply are not capable of. I know that somewhere out there, there must be a poetic wunderkind who is the end all be all of poetic skill, but the majority of what I read on AP by under 18s is either trite, or emo cutter fluff. Yes, we all felt the weight of the world on our backs as teenagers, but it's delusional self-pity in 99% of cases. And besides. It is, after all, MY contest. And I get to set the rules.
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You Misunderstood My Comment or perhaps i didn't phrase it right. Please Let me apologize
Oh yes. I absolutely agree. Hell, that's 99.9% of the writer's on allpoetry. "i hate my life, cut cut blah blah". Most the time it is delusion self-pity, as you say.. but then every once in a while there are children/young adults who are simply trying to find out who they are and are expressing what the have felt so far in their life through writing, which I encourage. You say you enjoy writes with grit, honesty, hind and foresight and that you believe children are not capable of. Which is entirely untrue. If anyhting children posses that more then adults, they see the world in a different light and are achingly honest. This is because they haven't not experianced all the obstacles life holds for them. It is their innocence that allows them to see their life and world as beautiful. Please let me apologize- I wasn't trying to offend you, i am truly sorry if it seemed that way. I can be very opinionated sometimes and can get carried away. I wasn't trying to suggest that the contest or rules needed to be changed- because IT IS your contest and i completely approve, i thought it was a wonderful idea. I was just trying to say that there are SOME under 18 yr olds on ap that have beautiful work and none of it deals with emo cuttery and such nonsense. But I do hope the writes you recieve are enjoyable... i didn't like mine very much, i never could write on command. Oh well. So sorry once again, but it really was a wonderful idea for a contest. Please take care. -T
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Thank you for your generous comment, and for awarding me the Emerald Chalice. I am grateful!
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!
Much Love ♥
Renee
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