Hey everyone! My best friend innocence jaded.xx and I have decided to host a contest together! =] You may write about any topic EXCEPT erotica. Please spare us the details of your love life!! ;] Each poem will be graded according to the rubric below.
Other than that, there are only a few rules, and LOTS of options.
HAVE FUN AND BE CREATIVE. THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. TRY TO WRITE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. Are you up for the challenge??
♥shestillsmilesx and innocence jaded.xx♥
RUBRIC:
Emotion: __/10
Grammar/Spelling: __/10
Metaphors/Imagery: __/10
Creativity: __/10
Originality: __/10
This is the rubric you will be judged off of. Each poem will be judged out of a total of 100 points, 50 of them will be from me and the other 50 from innocence jaded.xx. At the end of the contest, after all five poems are entered and their scores are tallied, the ONE poem from your five that scored the highest will be in the finalist list. BUT, whoever scored the most at the end out of the 500 total points will be the winner.
**ALSO: if you choose to do the prompt where you are inspired by one of our poems, you will receive an extra five points, BUT you can only receive the five extra points ONCE.
RULES:
- prose/freeverse ONLY. no rhyme please. (:
-spelling IS important. spellcheck is your friend. use it.
-no erotica. sensual is fine.
-swearing/cussing is fine. but keep it to a minimal please.
-5 entries per person ! can be written anytime during the contest, but you MUST have 5 by the time the contest is over.
- PLEASE put the prompt you used in your author's notes for EACH of your poems.
Categories:
Quotes && Song Lyrics:
1] “Sometimes you think you’ve found love, when it’s really just one of those objects that are shiny in a certain light -- a trophy, say, or a ring, or a diamond, even. Glass shards, maybe. You’ve got to be careful, you do. The shine can blind you. The edges can cut you in ways you never imagined. It is up to you to allow that or not. You are the protector of yourself."
2] “Lot of people spend their time just floating
We were victims together but lonely
You got hungry eyes that just can't look forward
Can't give them enough but we just can't start over
Building with bent nails we're
falling but holding, I don't wanna take up anymore of your time”
-- Jack Johnson
3] “I will not leave a letter
Nothing at all
I'm sure you won't notice,
That I'm even gone,
I won't break this silence we've shared for so long,
I will be strong.”
-- Crossfade
4] "I don't want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can't think again. Not ever again. I don't know if you've ever felt like that. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or just not exist. Or just not be aware that you do exist. Or something like that. I think wanting that is very morbid, but I want it when I get like this. That's why I'm trying not to think. I just want it all to stop spinning."
-- the perks of being a wallflower
5] “Without you, I live it up a little more everyday
Without you, I’m seein myself so differently
I didn’t wanna believe it then
But it all worked out in the end
When I watched you walk away
Well I never thought I’d say
I’m fine without you.”
-- Hinder
6] I’m done with blaming myself
for something that wasn't even my fault.
I’m done with thinking I’m not good enough for you,
because the truth is:
you're not good enough for me.
7] people have scars in all sorts of unexpected places.
like secret roadmaps of their personal histories.
diagrams of all their old wounds. most of our wounds heal,
leaving nothing behind but a scar. but some of them don't.
some wounds we carry with us everywhere and
even though the cut's long gone, the pain still lingers.
8] I'm trying not to think about
All the things you did before,
But sometimes it all just gets to me.
I can't fake it anymore.
I'll stay with you,
But remember to
Be careful what you do,
Cause I'm not bulletproof.
-- Kerli
9] you're letting her think you're emotionally available.
you're letting her think she has a chance.
and there is nothing worse in the world than
thinking you have a chance, when you really don't.
10] I'm mad at myself, not you. I'm mad for always
being nice. I'm mad for always apologizing for
things I didn't do. I'm mad for getting attached.
I'm mad for depending on you and wasting my
time on you. I'm mad for thinking about you, and
most of all for not hating you when I should.
Objects:
1] Key
2] Notebook
3] Compass
4] Safety Pin
5] Radio
6] calculator
7] locket
8] matches
9] cardboard
10] felt-tip pen
Titles:
1] I Won't Look Up When You Walk Away.
2] Here I Am, Expecting A Little Too Much From The Wounded.
3] Love Pulled Us Down In The Gutter.
4] I Hear Your Name In Certain Circles; & It Always Makes Me Smile.
5] Am I The Only Place That You Have Left To Go?
6] Not Everything Is Black And White
7] I’ll Tell You What You Missed When The Ocean Met The Sky
8] With Every Goodbye, You Learn
9] I Think My Mind Got Lost In The Airwaves
10] I Never Want You To Feel Lost Again
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Poems:
By: shestillsmilesx
Thanks For Making Me A Fighter
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5026537
Seeing The Universe With The Eyes Of Another
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5226971
Sweet Dreams That Won’t Come True
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5187327
All We’ll Ever Have Is Now
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5230465
You Gotta Believe I Have Suffered Enough To Be Free
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5069321
By: innocence jaded.xx
Story Of My Life
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5052251
Embittered
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4949149
I Listen To You Talk But Talk Is Cheap
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4990059
Once Upon A Time (Only Read In Fairytales)
http://allpoetry.com/poem/4681037
I Honestly Believed In [You]
http://allpoetry.com/poem/5058769
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 19
- Rewards: Gold: 2000, Silver: 1000, Bronze: 500, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: Hey everyone! Sorry this took soooo long to judge, but we have had a very busy past few months and we didn't expect to see so many amazing entries! We decided to skip the rubric because it was just too much to judge with
However, thanks so much for all the hard work everyone put in *especially the people who wrote 5 poems* and congrats to all of the winners!!
~innocence jaded.xx and shestillsmilesx
Contest Winners
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by amaranthine lover 64 lines, on May 13 11:34 AM. In Contest, Abstract, noguest
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i sit and watch you smile
halfwayby lifeattacked.ilived 12 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 26 11:58 PM• Commented on by judge. -
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The distance that lurks between us
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Somewhere once- angel wings were crafted in purple fire.by Writing0Freedom 29 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 29 11:21 PM• Viewed by judge.
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If I was five and I tied ink stained balloons to my wrist, and jumped off the monkey bars- you'd come running out and catch my brittle hot air before it dissipated.by Writing0Freedom 17 lines, on Apr 29 11:09 PM• Viewed by judge.
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My scars are luminescent fireflies imprinting raspberries stains into my elbows- tranversals physically made by freckles, and emotionally bby Writing0Freedom 20 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 29 10:31 PM• Viewed by judge.
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Your eyes blew twisted star into blow guns disguised as words, flickering choked fireworks in shades of piercing topaz and toxic cobalt. The crimson cells undershadowng your eyelashes seemed to buzz with emptiness of twilightby Writing0Freedom 37 lines, 2 comments, on May 3 10:28 PM• Viewed by judge.
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My equations never evened out to the time
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I deconstructed my thoughts and set them
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Paint me a picture in words,
Show me the highlights and shadows.by dark morbid angel16 21 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 27 1:39 PM• Viewed by judge. -
Laying inside an empty mind
Your arms around my waist, but its always the pain that stingsby AshleyAesthetic 39 lines, on Apr 27 2:45 PM• Viewed by judge. -
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I don't want to touch it,
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We live in a world unstable
everything is twisted and turned.by Timeless Wisdom 18 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 4:44 AM
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How could you curse me
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Im dangling by your fingers
tempted by your very willby Timeless Wisdom 38 lines, 1 comment, on May 26 4:22 AM
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A simple invention, the radio.
A few twists of a knob and out comes musicby Hide-in-the-shadows 44 lines, on Jun 25 1:42 AM• Viewed by judge. -
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We grew from the ground and shared
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The sky is a marvelous shade of blue,
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my room was covered with hundreds
of photographs.by thegirlsafaultline. 71 lines, 1 comment, on Apr 29 3:33 PM. In NaPoMo• Viewed by judge. -
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Bloody, battered, bruised and broken
Just another day in paradise.by Hide-in-the-shadows 26 lines, on Apr 29 8:16 PM• Viewed by judge.
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the prompts are all so amazing!
but I'm just a tiny bit confused, you want each person to enter exactly 5 poems? or maximum 5? -
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yesss 5 points each, because at the end of the contest the points will be tallied up by a rubric [which will be placed here shortly] and the total of each poem will be 100, because we'll both read the poem and the scores will be out of 50, so added together equals 100. lol, obviously
then, so one person doesn't get all the trophies, the ONE poem with the highest score will go in the finalists, and then at the end, ALL the points will be tallied up out of 500, and the highest score wins.
we're still editing the rules and stuff, so sorry if it's confusing right now.
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wowza that's a lot.
i'll bookmark this if my muse decides to come back then i might give it a shot all in one go
goodluck with this
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ohkay, well it will be open for a long while, so you can enter all five in one day, too, if you want. :]
&thank you (: lol ♥
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whoops, i meant *poems, not points.
my minds in the gutter. ahhh
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You have some great prompts there. But 5 poems and no rhyme? I couldn't do it, my head would explode and mess up your pretty contest page. We can't have that now can we??
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I've noticed that they don't mind a bit of slant rhyme throughout - I think they just don't want any form/structured rhyme.
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The prompts are excellent. can't wait to write.
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Nice prompts but i don't think i have it in me to write 5 poems and none with no rhyme.
I'd be like Griswold with the exploding head. I wish you the best of luck with this though.
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I would've snagged that A Perfect Circle line, but someone beat me, haha.
"& Here I am expecting too much from the wounded." That song is so damn amazing. It reminds me of someone I was quite fond of. I hear it, and it typically brings tears to my eyes. Ah well.
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This is an awesome contest... This is bookmarked !
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-Are we allowed to use more than one object in one entry?
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OMG! I actually managed to finish the contest and post all five poems!! >.<
Thank you so much for the inspirating prompts! They were beautiful.
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woo; there's a lot to judge here
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this was fun. Loved the options.
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few questions....
so 5 poems/person... does that mean five different TYPES of prompt, or just different prompts?
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They say the last option (being inspired by their works) is optional, so it must be possible to double up options?
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well you can edit after we've commented but let one of us know that way we can see the improvements and whatnot
and we want 5 freeverse/prose poems from any 5 different prompts, and you may double up on the same topic if you like. since that was kinda confusing, an example would be if you liked 2 of the quotes and wanted to write one poem from each quote. that's what we want.
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wicked. thanks!
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Mind if I use the title of the contest as my poem title? I love it. If not, no worries.
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man.. that'll take AGES to judge..
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I just .. don't even wanna talk about it .. lol XD
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Thanks for the HM
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