Corn field is your prompt.
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
No lyrics.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery or metaphor, you will have no chance of winning this contest.
Please check out my other active contests:
Like a Watercolor in the Rain http://allpoetry.com/contest/2433231
Envy http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2433237
Women Only: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2433779
No pedestrian rhyme.
No purple prose.
Show- don't tell.
No lyrics.
Imagery and metaphor are what I look for. If you enter something without imagery or metaphor, you will have no chance of winning this contest.
Please check out my other active contests:
Like a Watercolor in the Rain http://allpoetry.com/contest/2433231
Envy http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2433237
Women Only: http://allpoetry.com/contest/2433779
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 6
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 50, Bronze: 40, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: I never expected so many brilliant entries in this simple little prompt contest. More than half of you made it into the finalists. I can't tell you all how much I enjoyed your entries.
Contest Winners
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by Man of Harlech 12 lines, 31 comments, on Jul 5 1:07 PM 2007. In Adult, Contemporary, Pain, Personal, Sad, Society, Abuse
Silver trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 4791961, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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Lost in an endless field,
Afraid to move,by shadowmaster05 26 lines, 2 comments, on Jan 24 1:48 AM• Commented on by judge. [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 2685226, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [16]
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In bamboo matchbook jungles
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by paperparadox 28 lines, 5 comments, on Jan 29 8:02 PM 2008. In American Sonnet• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I see geese
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i walk through the fields near my home
in the land that was madeby kedoconnor 27 lines, 1 comment, on Jan 31 4:29 PM. In love• Commented on by judge.
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Could you pelase clarify something? I understand that you live in the USA, where "corn" means - first and foremost - "Maize". In the UK, corn is either a generic term for all eared cereal crops (excluding maize - which is called either "corn on the cob" or "sweet-corn"), while a cornfield means, first and foremost, a wheat-field. Could you please clarify what "cornfield" means in the context of your competition?
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Can you please show me an example of pedestrian rhyme and purple prose? I want to know what not to do.
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Here is one example of pedestrian rhyme: http://allpoetry.com/poem/2969191
and here's another: http://allpoetry.com/poem/4941007
and another: http://allpoetry.com/poem/4901895
And here is a blog that gives a pretty funny example of purple prose: http://todgoldberg.typepad.com/tod_goldberg/2005/04/and_let_me_guid.html
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Wow. Such impressive entries for the corn contest. My goodness. So inspiring.
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