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Beautiful minds....please enter.

I am posting this contest on the group...Beautiful Minds, Dark addictions...but anyone can enter!
Here are the rules:
Write your best.
Write about anything you want.
Put username in your AN.
Spelling and Grammar count!!
You must read at least three other entries...and comment...it is a nice thing to do...if you don't...you won't win...Okay..lol...it has been brought to my attention that I can't make that a rule...the comment part...
so just do it to be nice...ok?
Follow AP rules.
Have Fun!
Reopening for more entries!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 11
  • Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 160, Honorable mention: 13 people
  • Final notes:
    Okay people....all entries are very worthy...
    and I realize now, there is no way to pick the top three out of so many great entries...
    My partner is getting ready for his big radio interview...and has helped me to the point of picking our favorites...we put them in the finalists as we read them...I am leaving them in that order...and have added thirteen HM.
    I will be posting another contest soon...this time NO pre-writes!
    Thanks again to everyone for entering!
    Write on and on!

Contest Winners

  1. '(>'.')>'
    by written-in-ink 40 lines, 31 comments, on Jan 1 10:16 PM. In Thoughts
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Between the Lines ...
    When you seek asylum’s presence
    don’t expect too many signs,
    by waydownuponjoy 26 lines, 21 comments, on Jan 20 6:25 AM 2007. In Contest, Thoughts, Lost in thought, Abstract
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. The Tempest
    Sailing into the moonset sky with cold against my brow,
    I watch the fog role in around and consume the weathered bow.
    by Brandon Ashley 27 lines, 27 comments, on Feb 11 7:28 PM 2008. In Nature, Human Perserverence
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Moon Songs
    And each can find it possible
    to say, "I am included"
    by Man of Harlech 25 lines, 45 comments, on Jun 30 5:29 PM 2005. In Lyrics
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Damages
    It is not without affection that I curse my love for you.
    A wrenching lie, a haunting winter's tale to tell that's true.
    by gypsyfan 22 lines, 25 comments, on Dec 21 2:18 AM 2008. In Personal, Pain, Nature
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. A great decision (The gift)
    Life and death, perfect loyalty, they always go together
    Going through this world with arms round each other
    by Perfect Asymmetry 66 lines, 15 comments, on Dec 3 2:51 PM 2008. In Dark, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Ascension
    To hold with tangential rhyme
    upon the aura spirals
    by penman 33 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 2 4:52 PM. In Other
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. Imagination
    Wanton wondrous happiness
    as imagination sings...
    by Terry-too 38 lines, 11 comments, on Jan 3 10:09 AM. In Life, Love, Pain, Sad
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. Xanax
    A tiny little white pill.
    That’s all.
    by Bean Sidhe 22 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 9 6:37 PM 2008. In Drugs, Addiction, Abuse, Personal
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  10. Things Left Unspoken
    What is this spell you have cast upon me?
    With nothing more than a simple hello,
    by JadedSparrow 19 lines, 7 comments, on Sep 13 10:58 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. Just a Dream
    The world I imagined
    the world I believed
    by LocoforCOCOZ 16 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 28 7:37 PM 2008. In dreams, Other
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  12. Why Can't it All be Beautiful?
    Sing to me, like bluebells, the forgotten hymns of rings and roses;
    my honeysuckle lullaby played softly on your lips.
    by theroseofbattle 82 lines, 21 comments, on Dec 15 11:16 AM 2008. In contest, pain, personal, thoughts, hope, life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  13. Finding a way
    by sadcryingsoul 20 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 2 2:06 PM. In Abuse, Adult, Angst, Dark, Hope, Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Weird, Meth
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  14. Hollywood Dreams
    by mysticstorm 19 lines, 54 comments, on Mar 28 1:24 AM 2007. In Thoughts, Sad, Teen issues, Message, Dark, Life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  15. My Darkness
    As the sun slowly sets
    My eyes open wide
    by BluesMan 33 lines, 79 comments, on Jan 9 1:30 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Sad, Addiction
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  16. Reverie Of Dusk
    White mystic light, silent highness, my goddess,
    How many are the chants that resonate,
    by PetitePrincess 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 3 6:57 AM. In Angst, Life, Society, Misery, Sorrow, Sad, Dark, Thoughts
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • Terry-too silver member
    January 2
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    Where did mine go this afternoon?


    There was room for many more at the time.
    I looked for it and it is not here.
    Specially written for this contest, not a rewrite...
    Contest has closed and I am--in a word,
    devastated.

    Can you do anything for me?

    http://allpoetry.com/poem/4917837

    Terry-too


  • written-in-ink
    January 11
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    thank you love
    <33
    congrats to everyone