For the following poets only;
Ken-Maverick
Fritz O Skennick
Werewolf Avarus
Littlemoon
Rakerman1
Sucks2beyou712
Noonithewitch
Sylvyrwyng
Lady-Pegasus
Desire
Harlequin Dance
Methusala
Fenrir Rising
Eye of the dark one
Black Narcissus
Lady Nightshade
the chase
bosiarbooger
Roaddog Wolf
EdenAnarchy
Saturn Grotesk
Suicide Suspect
Wolf Poet
AliceCullen1920
Xianaria
Before I get to your first task for this challenge, let me go over what is expected of you.
First, please make every effort to get an entry in. There are alot of points and time put into this competition by both myself and the judges. It is very dis-heartening when you post a round up and half do not bother to enter.
Some of you have done this before, welcome back. You all know what I look for and what I do not like to see. For those that are first timers here, I ask that you do NOT enter the following:
-suicide
-cutting
-dirty pretty
-have pitty on me BS
What we do want:
-DARK (duh!)
-your best and honest effort
Each round will be different and each round will see some of you eliminated, until we reach the final round. Expect each round to get tougher and more challenging.
So with that, your first challenge will be simple.
SORTA!
What we want!~
30 lines no more, no less
Find some dark inspiration from the following lyrics. Write what comes to you as you read these words.
World of Make Believe by Within Temptation
On golden wings
She flies at night
With her dress
It's blinding white
Countless diamonds
And her long blonde hair
The queen is coming
So you better be aware
Her plums and flowers
They're never the same
Blue and silver
It's all her game
Flying dragons
And enchanted woods
She decides, she creates
It's her reality
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
Unicorns appear in her sight
The fireflies lead her trough these woods at night
In search of the legendary amulet
And it's secret
In the big oak there is a door
Which will lead her
To the wizard shore
And she'll ask him
For the wind to sail her home
To the world where she belongs
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen
It's her reality
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen
It's her reality
Five of you will be eliminated in this round, so let's see what you guys got.
Good luck to all
Ken-Maverick
Fritz O Skennick
Werewolf Avarus
Littlemoon
Rakerman1
Sucks2beyou712
Noonithewitch
Sylvyrwyng
Lady-Pegasus
Desire
Harlequin Dance
Methusala
Fenrir Rising
Eye of the dark one
Black Narcissus
Lady Nightshade
the chase
bosiarbooger
Roaddog Wolf
EdenAnarchy
Saturn Grotesk
Suicide Suspect
Wolf Poet
AliceCullen1920
Xianaria
Before I get to your first task for this challenge, let me go over what is expected of you.
First, please make every effort to get an entry in. There are alot of points and time put into this competition by both myself and the judges. It is very dis-heartening when you post a round up and half do not bother to enter.
Some of you have done this before, welcome back. You all know what I look for and what I do not like to see. For those that are first timers here, I ask that you do NOT enter the following:
-suicide
-cutting
-dirty pretty
-have pitty on me BS
What we do want:
-DARK (duh!)
-your best and honest effort
Each round will be different and each round will see some of you eliminated, until we reach the final round. Expect each round to get tougher and more challenging.
So with that, your first challenge will be simple.
SORTA!
What we want!~
30 lines no more, no less
Find some dark inspiration from the following lyrics. Write what comes to you as you read these words.
World of Make Believe by Within Temptation
On golden wings
She flies at night
With her dress
It's blinding white
Countless diamonds
And her long blonde hair
The queen is coming
So you better be aware
Her plums and flowers
They're never the same
Blue and silver
It's all her game
Flying dragons
And enchanted woods
She decides, she creates
It's her reality
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
Unicorns appear in her sight
The fireflies lead her trough these woods at night
In search of the legendary amulet
And it's secret
In the big oak there is a door
Which will lead her
To the wizard shore
And she'll ask him
For the wind to sail her home
To the world where she belongs
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen
It's her reality
[REF:] In her world of dreams and make believe
She reigns forever
With all her glory
In this world of endless fantasy
She makes it happen
It's her reality
Five of you will be eliminated in this round, so let's see what you guys got.
Good luck to all
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on January 10
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 4 people
- Final notes: First off I want to say that there was some amazing entries here. However, it is unfortunate that there was 25 invited and just 15 entries after a week long extention as well. So, with that all 15 of you will be invited to the next round.
PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE YOUR ENTRY FROM THIS CONTEST SO THAT I CAN SEND YOU A LINK TO ROUND 2.
Should you remove your entry, you will not recieve the link to the next round.
To the top 3 entries.....AWESOME job...very well done with this prompt.
See you all next round.
Contest Winners
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Enchantress of the Nightby NooNiThEWitcH 41 lines, 16 comments, on Dec 28 12:09 PM 2008. In Dark, Contest, Fantasy
Gold trophy winner
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by Black Narcissus 48 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 21 12:53 AM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Contest
Honorable mention
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Lost, wandering through the darkness,
this place wasn't what she thought,by Werewolf Avarus 36 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 1 9:01 PM. In Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Other, Pain, My Own Style, Something Different Honorable mention
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Darkness deepens all around her,
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”Now I lay me down to sleep”
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She takes a glass and pours another stiff drink
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Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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Kewl contest. I love within temptation- sharon has such amazing vocals. have you ever listened to nightwish? they really good too. Hope you get some amazing pieces... i'm sure fritz will come up with something, he is very talented. Well anyways, good luck with the contest.
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Actually I love Nightwish, Within Temptation and Evanescence as my author page is cluttered with my favorite songs from all 3.
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i'm going to have to really work my noodle for this one
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awesome, thanks! i'll have to get working on a new one.
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Do spaces count as lines or just the lines with words in them
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spaces do not count as lines
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Ok. I'll submit mine towards the end of the deadline, so don't close early, lol.
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Bookmarked!!!
Thank you for the Gold in your last contest.
That was one of the VERY FEW dark writes i've done
and i was completey suprised it took out the Gold.
I will definately enter this round aswell.
Ken -
It's a shame you're not allowing more writers, as I wouldn't mind entering this. Oh well.
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One moment please...
So this is our new task, inspiration from lyrics by Within Temptaion?
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yes, as long as it is dark, it can be fantasy but still has to be dark
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You want DARKNESS OUT OF THIS SONG???!??!?!?!?
Geesh bro, there is nothing creepy scary or dark about it... lmao... but you asked for and now you shall receive.... in a few moments... lolol -
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you know I like to make it a real challenge..
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seems I missed out on this one.. and with my dark mood would have had lots of fun with it... best of luck to all of you ..
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*sigh*
This is such a good prompt but sadly my muse was stubborn and my effort is far from my best, for which I offer my apologies and hope to be able to try something like this again soon, perhaps she will be better inspired next time, for you know that I can write dark, and usually well. Ah well, good luck to all and thank you for including me in this! -
AGH! Sorry I didn't get an entry in on time, I just got back into town the day after New Year and I've been so busy
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I GOT GOLD!!!!
YAY
*DANCES AROUND THE HOUSE*
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THANK YOU JUDGES!!!
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Thank You!!
Thank You for the Trophy and points for I am Honored also Appreciative
Congratulations to all who placed
Another Wonderful contest to challenge the Mind-
get the quill dancing~~
Thank You for Hosting Sweet Souls!
Many blessings to You All
Best wishes in all You do
with much love & light~ Desire~*~
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