So, as Spring is right around the corner where I am, I would LOVE to see your Spring related haiku and/or tanka! There are only a few rules, please do follow them.
-Please use spellcheck.
-Please follow the form you are using, a good haiku has an AHA moment, not the 5-7-5 they taught you in elementary school.
-NoNe Of ThIs please, or THIS STUFF.
-No adult, erotic, or emo suicidal poems, they do not fit with the prompt and will be DQ'ed.
-No hard to read backgrounds.
And for a few other words:
-If you would like a picture prompt, reserve and I will send you one.
-If you use a picture prompt, credit it in your author's notes.
Each poet is allowed 2 entries, so start writing!
-Please use spellcheck.
-Please follow the form you are using, a good haiku has an AHA moment, not the 5-7-5 they taught you in elementary school.
-NoNe Of ThIs please, or THIS STUFF.
-No adult, erotic, or emo suicidal poems, they do not fit with the prompt and will be DQ'ed.
-No hard to read backgrounds.
And for a few other words:
-If you would like a picture prompt, reserve and I will send you one.
-If you use a picture prompt, credit it in your author's notes.
Each poet is allowed 2 entries, so start writing!
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 2
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 300, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Hey everyone! Sorry it took me a while to judge! Thanks to all of you that entered. I quite enjoyed reading everyone's poems. However, the ones in the finalist list are the ones that stood out the most to me, they were written so well and so beautifully that I wish I could give them all a gold. Unfortunately I cannot, but know that you all deserved one!
Contest Winners
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A time of new growth
Rejuvenates in springtime,by Summer52 9 lines, 12 comments, on Mar 22 1:39 PM. In Life, Nature, Sprung Season, Tanka Contest
Silver trophy winner
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aching for spring
listening each night for the echo of loonsby Draig aine 4 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 17 1:54 PM. In Contest, Contemporary, Life, Nature
Bronze trophy winner
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(contemporary haiku)by between slices 17 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 1 1:12 AM. In Contemporary Haiku, Spring, School, Nature
Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
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Dried trees wave their heads
water ponds clear snow stocksby Purush 3 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 17 8:14 AM• Commented on by judge. -
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spring mist
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cold melts into the
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Spring's warm breath melts snow
Trees awaken, leaves unfurlby CrystalLizard 2 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 25 4:49 PM. In Haiku• Viewed by judge. -
winter's withered streams
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Golden leaves are great
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I should have liked to enter this. However, I do not enter competitions that exclude "previously written" work, even if - as in this case - I have something in my files that has not yet appeared on the Allpoetry site. (The Allpoetry rules do, in fact, consider such work as "new" - but even so I feel that this would be contrary to the spirit of the judge's wishes. However, if you change your rules to admit previously written work, please let me know.
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I do not exclude previously written works to be rude- I exclude them from my contests because when I do allow them, it's all I get, and no one takes the time and challenge to write something new. Sorry, but this is how I feel about prewrites on contests such as this one, as I have held many haiku and tanka contests in the past and only gotten prewrites. I may hold a contest in the near future that will allow just prewritten haiku and tanka though. I could actually run it now, I don't have a problem with it...
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I agree with you 110%.....Bear -
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plzz allow pws plzzzzzzzzzzz
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Sorry, I am only looking for newly written work this time around. I may hold a contest soon that will allow prewrites.
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wow I am stunned
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Just spread the contest around to people you may know that write haiku and tanka, I'd like this one to be huge!
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I have to enter this *__*
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Thanks for gold! *hearts*
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No problem! It deserved it.
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