Gimme your best prewrite from March 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 February 2009 or April 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 April 13th, 2009.
Have fun and good luck! Impress me with some incredible writes!
picture credit: http://roccobot.deviantart.com/art/St-Patrick-80227739
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 22
- Rewards: Gold: 800, Silver: 400, Bronze: 200, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Thanks for entering. Judging is always hard for me because rules aren't always followed. But that just gives others a chance at receiving well deserved trophies.
Contest Winners
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photo copyright@Imogen Cunningham
by thelordreigns 12 lines, 23 comments, on Mar 1 6:28 PM. In Love, Nature, magnolia
Honorable mention
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by Salty Hibiscus 30 lines, 22 comments, on Mar 4 11:57 PM. In x factor 2, noguest, ostara Honorable mention
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We sat in the overlook above the Serpent Mound
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Entries [32]
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I cradled your breeze
in the pockets of my lungs,by Twins 4 me 25 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 16 4:05 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The utility room was where you'd find
all manner of useful, practical things,by Judith Chandler 11 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 21 9:52 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I'd like to see you someday;
Both sides, not just one.by Nostalgic Moon 29 lines, 21 comments, on Mar 9 3:00 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I watch a fly buzzing around
Caught inside the night lamp.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
There's always gonna be
another mountainby Xxnightmare21xx 17 lines, 9 comments, on Mar 24 1:36 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I swear it seems like yesterday
[The last time I saw your face]...by Loveberry 28 lines, 11 comments, on Mar 3 7:57 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I never knew you'd be gone so soon.
We grew up.by Blue-Rose Beauty 22 lines, 27 comments, on Mar 27 8:01 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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by mask-malfunction 18 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 27 6:35 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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You stupid butterfly
With your fragile wingsby TaintedLoveSong 25 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 18 9:16 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The condoms floated in the air
as the airplane took off,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I sit myself under the 3 moons of
life, time and past.by blackfang4318 14 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 22 8:34 PM
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lust dies
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Apologetic,
Enclave of unopposedby Anu-Nataraj 13 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 21 2:35 PM. In Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Gnarled
roots;by Apocalyptic Scarves 20 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 31 2:04 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
It matters not, what I do this gloomy night, the cursed clock
will not be stayed in its appointed rounds, and the time passesby graybeard 19 lines, 18 comments, on Mar 23 10:38 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
1. More than anything, you want someone to care.
by TabbyCat 47 lines, 23 comments, on Mar 10 1:45 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
between your certainty and
my directionless desperation.by aestival 26 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 15 3:51 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Comments
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asking for a plain background is a lame rule...why should i have to change to format of my prewrites to suit this contest...some of the backgrounds i have chosen amplify the feeling of the poetry written on them...
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im basically not entering because of this alone
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well good for you
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This is my best, if you have to dq it for any reason, I won't mind.
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Hope my bacground is plain enough. If you have to DQ mine....that is just fine. Hope all is well.
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when you ask for plain do you mean white background black words? or do you just mean no designs that obscure the writing??
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if you say its unfair to everyone to enter a poem that has won bronze or higher then why is the contest not anonymous? It's unfair to everyone to have subjective judging like that
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mine was too long (._.) i don't blame you for DQing it
ok im over it now
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sorry about my background, i hope it's okay that i changed and readded the poem to the contest.
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Thank you so much for the honorable mention! Congratulations to all the winners.
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Thank you!
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