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Gimme your best prewrite from February 2009.
You must follow the rules. There will be no explanations because upon entering this prewrite contest, you are expected to adhere to posted guidelines below. You get angry at me or say something back because it's not fair, not my fault you cannot read. Please take your time selecting the best piece for me to read. I like to be impressed! *Points increase as more entries are received.
**Remember, I am a gold member, so I can see you & quick comment the piece without ever even viewing it.**
Now time for the dreaded Rules:
NO religion, EMO/CUTTING/SUICIDAL, cliché, rhyme, erotica, political agenda, or tYPing LIke ThIs will be accepted. If Isee it, I will remove it. No ifs, ands,or buts about it.
if it's already won bronze or more, consider not entering it. It's not fair to everyone else.
- Please, if you have any picture posted with the poem, make sure you credit the picture. You wouldn't like it if someone used your poem without permission.
Only Poetry will be accepted.
- Please no poetry from January 2009 or March 2009. I can check the date it was written. I WILL DQ IF I SEE IT.
- Only the best will win, so please make sure any grammar errors and spelling is fixed.
Also, if you use first person pronoun, "I", it MUST be capitalized.
I will not read it if you leave that out. So before you enter, please take the time to edit.
left aligned.
plain backgrounds.
diction choices & good imagery is always awesome.
gimme something I will salivate over, something to inspire my imagination.
abstract.
Shorter pieces WILL have a better chance. See my grading rubric below.
no crap, please, or I will remove it.
- Please only enter pieces shorter then 30 lines. Honestly, long pieces bore me and it's not fair to you.
I grade using a rubric of my own creation: 25/25
1. Must follow rules 100%: 5/5
2. originality/not cliché: 5/5
3. Grammar & all other English mistakes are fixed 5/5
4. abstraction draws me in/imagery is salivatory 5/5
5. Must keep my attention: 5/5
This is how I grade. Whoever has the highest score wins gold. That simple. See my first and second winner's list to see what I prefer.
make it really, really good.
I like to be impressed.
*Closes at my discretion. I reserve the right to remove a piece as I see fit without explanation*
This ends February 13th, 2009.
Have fun and good luck! Impress me with some incredible writes!
picture credit: http://rocamiadesign.deviantart.com/art/February-103165310
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 12
- Rewards: Gold: 750, Silver: 275, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: congrats to everyone!
Contest Winners
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It's cold in here.
I feel the wind creeping• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 5060292, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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I stretched moonbeams
with my fingertips• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] - Error: Unable to find finalist item 5079331, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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- Error: Unable to find finalist item 5039659, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
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by Glasyalabolas 26 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 13 3:11 PM. In Abstract, Weird, Freewrite
Honorable mention
• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [24]
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so thin is the line
between desire and deception.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In the insanity of my madness
is where I will be.by Swan song 23 lines, on Feb 6 12:15 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i'll come back. promise!by Apocalyptic Scarves 19 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 24 8:07 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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There is a shoot just above the earth.
The frost still covers the trees.by AllexisReed 27 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 26 10:27 AM. In Contest• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
by BehindTheShadow 25 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 28 9:55 AM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Everywhere I turned, there you were
The sight of you gave me a high.by SaraMaria 38 lines, 24 comments, on Feb 11 7:07 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
She steps into the small pool of light,
the barrel cascading down her small, slender lips,by LucyLightning 28 lines, 2 comments, on Feb 26 3:48 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Two minutes to midnight
Heat shimmers rise from sidewalks, neathby graybeard 19 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 28 8:26 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i will live life with two faces,
one cries and the other scream.by eizen-wolf 24 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 21 9:47 AM. In Life, Pain, Personal, Sad, Other, Lost in thought• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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amara it's tuff to find poems not judged yet from feb...some of us don't want to disrespect a host by entering another contest...I just wanted to let you know this
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This is easily one of the most specific contests I've seen around here.
Kind of hard to say what is and isn't the best prewrite when there are so many conditions. However, you may be on to something.
There are too many prewrite contests out there that don't have any requirements and are just a numbers game.
Best of luck to you!
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I just have high standards and don't want to read crap.
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A very admirable stance, as long as your standards are objective. Here's hoping you don't get any crap in this contest (and that my entry doesn't fall into that category)
*fingers crossed*
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Most of my ramblings this month were prose... But I manged to pull a poem from among them
Hope you like 
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You certainly know how to make a contest with strick rules. I really like that, because it challenges people; especially in a prewrite contest.
But I'll have to sit this one out. The only non-rhyming piece I wrote that month has won a trophy so not many choises... lol -
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you can go ahead and enter. I just put that restriction on because people enter pieces that are in 4565654 other contests, know what I mean?
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I do know what you mean; I've come across a few of those... Personally, I don't like to enter my all-ready-won poems to prewrite contest; it feels like I'm not fair to others that way... I think I'll just sit this one out and wait for your future contest. If they're as strict as this one, I'm sure I'll like them.
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Unfortunately, I only wrote one poem in February, and it's political in nature. Anti-war, basically. Oh well. Have fun judging! Hope you get lots of great entries.
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Hmm...I'd like to read that. anti-war isn't really political, it's really your own personal opinion. Political agenda I mean is BASHING a certain party or really getting into something. I'm totally antiwar too.
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Well, in that case...
*enters*
Thanks! ^_^
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Thanks for bronze!
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you totally are an amazing writer!
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Thank you so much for the shiny & for hosting!!!
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Hi there! Thanks so much for the honor of gold here, wow! It was a great contest... and gracious of you to offer a little prewrite festival. I do apologize for taking so long to send my thanks... for some reason I missed the judging announcement and only now happened through my old contests and noticed.
Thanks again for hosting and for your time and lovely comments to us all.
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