For this contest I would like you to choose one number between 1 and 30 and I will send you a title to use as your prompt. Either use the comments box at the bottom of the contest page, or send me a message to do this giving me your chosen number and your username, so that I can mark that prompt as taken by you. The title must be used as the title of your finished piece and must inspire the piece that you write.
If you choose a title and you dont think you can work with it, pick another and I will send you another, however if you can not work with the second choice then I will not send another.
If you choose a number that someone has already chosen, I will ask you to choose another. I will try to keep up to date with numbers that are taken as much as possible, but I cannot be on 24 hours a day so it may be possible that more than one person may choose a number when I am offline. The person that chooses the number first will be given that title, if somone else has chosen it, I will ask them to pick again.
Contest will remain open until all 30 prompts are chosen. HM's may be added. Please read and abide by the rules.
Below is a list of numbers and who they are taken by (open prompts have no username beside them).
Taken Prompts
1. Taken by Rainbow Lips
2.Taken By EuphoricDysphoria
3. Taken by Midnight-x-Rose
4. Taken by lianonsidhe
5. Taken by XXVampireeyesXX
6.Taken By HpWICKEDangel
7. Taken by she still believes
8. Taken by januaryrain
9. Taken By flamesdragoness
10. Taken by ArtisticWeirdo
11. Taken By Desire
12. Taken By lunarlunacy
13. Taken by KleioKalamity
14. Taken By Xenvrae
15. Taken by storiesuntold
16. Taken By mayahee13
17. Taken By BarbedWireButterfly
18. Taken By iwuzrite
19. Taken By CingThroughBroknGlas
20. Taken By The Jigsaw Poet
21. Taken By Blackjack
22. Taken By aslanlight
23. Taken By hotchocolate
24. Taken By AlwaysbeBIG
25. Taken By Donchaquestionme
26. Taken By Cinarry
27. Taken By Joshua DePesa
28. Taken By Ylova
29. Taken By iamthebeatles
30. Taken By Entwining Beauty
31. Taken By Jeremy0826
32. Taken By LeanneBridgewater
33. Taken By sixxstringlove
34. Taken By SilverScent
Rules:
Stick to the prompt and use common sense, ie. if the prompt doesn't lean towards such things as cutting, suicide, erotica or depression for instance, then, don't write as such
Please label appropriately
I would prefer length between 10 lines minimum and 100 lines max.
No chat or txt speak
If entering dirty pretty, please keep punctuation to a minimum.
Please put Option choice in Author's Notes
No Bashing
If you choose a title and you dont think you can work with it, pick another and I will send you another, however if you can not work with the second choice then I will not send another.
If you choose a number that someone has already chosen, I will ask you to choose another. I will try to keep up to date with numbers that are taken as much as possible, but I cannot be on 24 hours a day so it may be possible that more than one person may choose a number when I am offline. The person that chooses the number first will be given that title, if somone else has chosen it, I will ask them to pick again.
Contest will remain open until all 30 prompts are chosen. HM's may be added. Please read and abide by the rules.
Below is a list of numbers and who they are taken by (open prompts have no username beside them).
Taken Prompts
1. Taken by Rainbow Lips
2.Taken By EuphoricDysphoria
3. Taken by Midnight-x-Rose
4. Taken by lianonsidhe
5. Taken by XXVampireeyesXX
6.Taken By HpWICKEDangel
7. Taken by she still believes
8. Taken by januaryrain
9. Taken By flamesdragoness
10. Taken by ArtisticWeirdo
11. Taken By Desire
12. Taken By lunarlunacy
13. Taken by KleioKalamity
14. Taken By Xenvrae
15. Taken by storiesuntold
16. Taken By mayahee13
17. Taken By BarbedWireButterfly
18. Taken By iwuzrite
19. Taken By CingThroughBroknGlas
20. Taken By The Jigsaw Poet
21. Taken By Blackjack
22. Taken By aslanlight
23. Taken By hotchocolate
24. Taken By AlwaysbeBIG
25. Taken By Donchaquestionme
26. Taken By Cinarry
27. Taken By Joshua DePesa
28. Taken By Ylova
29. Taken By iamthebeatles
30. Taken By Entwining Beauty
31. Taken By Jeremy0826
32. Taken By LeanneBridgewater
33. Taken By sixxstringlove
34. Taken By SilverScent
Rules:
Stick to the prompt and use common sense, ie. if the prompt doesn't lean towards such things as cutting, suicide, erotica or depression for instance, then, don't write as such
Please label appropriately
I would prefer length between 10 lines minimum and 100 lines max.
No chat or txt speak
If entering dirty pretty, please keep punctuation to a minimum.
Please put Option choice in Author's Notes
No Bashing
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 16, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 300, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Many thanks to all who entered. A few requested prompts but didn't bother submitting nor bothered messaging to let me know they wouldn't enter with their prompt, despite me messaging them, but that often tends to happen with contests and thankfully this was very few.
This is probably the hardest contest to judge that I have held, all the entries were that good. Congrats to all the winners and also a big thankyou to those who did enter but didn't get a trophy, all your entries were excellent and made it very difficult for me to decide.
I would have liked to add a few more HM's, but only allowed five max.
Again, I cannot thank you all enough. If anyone is interested, I have put up another Mystery Title Prompt contest (with revised entry format) that I hope to continue as a series, if you are interested, you can view and enter here:
http://allpoetry.com/contest/2430597
Contest Winners
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'Snakely, hissing words of death
All sweetened by her liquor lies'
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Lying minds made villains in the desert
conjured weapons that never existed,by hotchocolate 39 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 8 1:32 AM 2008. In Contest, Title Prompt
Honorable mention
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The breeze of the ocean touches my face
Tender and lightly we meet there with graceby iamthebeatles 32 lines, 2 comments, on Dec 3 6:30 PM 2008. In Love, Friendship, Nature, Spiritual Honorable mention
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [23]
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#15 I ask why with our minds we cant learn to love why do we fall always to push and shove who is so blind to our children that they refby storiesuntold 13 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 15 10:31 AM 2008. In Hope• Commented on by judge.
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Cut me out of this cocoon
encasing gargoyle aspirationsby lunarlunacy 4 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 15 4:14 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Twirl towards the stage
Call backs a rareityby Emilina 13 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 15 6:02 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
She looked into his bloodshot eyes
hoping for recognitionby januaryrain 13 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 15 9:58 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
I stole your poison
It's how I get through the nightby new born 25 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 16 4:15 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. -
Cascading glass whispering through the air
As another cage is brokenby BarbedWireButterfly 30 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 17 2:27 AM 2008. In Dark, Caged, Thoughts, Society• Viewed by judge. -
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I find myself lost in unfamiliar territory,
as my thoughts crash hard against my mind.• Commented on by judge. -
The taste of tears on her lip,
Her hopes are slowly starting to slip.by CingThroughBroknGlas 43 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 28 10:45 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
To walk straight is divine.
To turn and twist is insane.• Viewed by judge. -
My captain,
Please hear me out,by Joshua DePesa 39 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 29 12:17 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. -
My fidelity flies as far north, as far away, from the source of it's captor as excruciating as the beating of it's wings will allow.
I left everything behind me, on that shallow rock, packed neatly into rows so that they mayby sixxstringlove 5 lines, 5 comments, on Dec 15 7:32 PM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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3 please :]
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Your chosen title prompt is No.3: "Revelations"
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Can I have number 13 please?
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Your chosen title prompt is No.13: "Straddling The Limelight (With A Gun and a Fistful Of Invites)"
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Can I have 20??? please
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Your chosen title prompt is No.20: "A Cellphone Call To Indifference"
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number 5 please
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Your chosen title prompt is No.5: "The Dominion (Of Two Halves)"
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I'd like number four if it's still free!!
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No problem.
Title Prompt No.4 : "Serpent's Kiss"
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Number 25
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No problem.
Title Prompt No.25: "If A Hero Came Around"
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Can I have 14 please?
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Sure, no worries.
Title Prompt No.14: "The Mocking Of A Twist And Turn"
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k i should be able to do that =3
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Excellent, just choose a number that hasn't already been taken and let me know.
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Wait a minute....Am I getting you confused with someone who requested another number? lol
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I don't know??
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Yeah, I think it's just me getting all muddled up.
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no problem
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I know its really really late, but i've tried to write poems using that title and none of them seemed to fit...can i choose a different number please?
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Sure, I'll remove you from that number, if you just give me another number that is still free I'll send you the prompt for that one instead.
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Thank you
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No worries.
Title Prompt No.2 is: 'Scatter'
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yes!!! I can definitely work with that one!!!!! ~already has ideas forming~
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May I please have number 17?
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Not a problem.
Title Prompt No.17: "The Frequency Of Hate"
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6... i like that number.
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No problems.
Title Prompt No.6 is: "When The Gods Were Tired"
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Wowzers~
Helloooo~ could I please have number 11 or 16 if possible- Thankies for Your time
Best wishes to all
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Yes, you sure can.
Title Prompt No.11 is: 'Bad Words And Bad Intentions'
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I'd like # 19 please.
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Definately.
Title Prompt No.19 is: 'Wishing Well Politics'
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Number 26 please
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No probs.
Title Prompt No.26 is: 'Inflammation'
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16 please!
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Certainly.
Title Prompt No.16 is: 'A Series Of Inevitable Confusions'
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lemme try 23
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No problem.
Title Prompt No.23 is: 'A Victory Of Tainted Conclusions'
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32?
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lol there is no No.32, but I can add one for you if you want?
Title Prompt No.32 is: 'Diminished Irresponsibility'
The contest closes tomorrow night, but I will likely have to extend a day or two (probably until Monday) to see if I can finally get stragglers to enter their pieces.
Many thanks.
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am i too late to get a prompt?
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I was going to let the contest close tonight, but there are still some people who haven't entered their piece yet, so I am extending it until Monday, so I can give you No.33 if you still want to enter?
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yeah ill take it. thanks (:
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No worries, Title Prompt No.33 is: 'Low Fidelity'
Contest now closes midnight Monday/Tuesday morning.
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If you're still offering options can I have which ever number you're up to please? Thanks
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No problem, I can give you No.34.
Title Prompt No.34 is: 'Under Filtered Skies'
Be advised that this contest closes at midnight tonight and has been extended 3 times already, so tonight is the definate close date.
Many thanks!
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NOOO! I missed it by a few mins...I've been working on it this morning and just finished. I've posted it anyway. Thanks for holding this.
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Congratulations to the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable Mentions. An extended congratulations to all of the wonderful poets/poetess who scribed for this contest, everyone did such a fantastic job!
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