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Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on July 8
• Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
• Final notes:
  congratulations winners, and all that.

Contest Winners

1. murdered by the pace of my own ascent

   I held the stars like paper, coiled up my finger.

   by Candy Morphine 117 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 5 3:52 AM
   Gold trophy winner

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2. Three Secrets-Three Fragments of Yesterday

   Truth: When I was seven, I wanted to be an astronaut like some girls want to be a faerie, because I believed then I could give the sky an ultimatum. Sink it's carousel gravity to my phantom limbs, or I'd slow dance my way to

   by Writing0Freedom 74 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 5 10:52 PM
   Silver trophy winner

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3. Human Parasitism

   When I wake, I taste the acid that is festering on my tongue, an acrid remnant of a nightmare that visits me consistently; whether it’s out of courtesy or habit I will never know. My mouth opens mechanically, and without my

   by lovebeat 30 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 4 3:13 PM
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [16]

• Writer's Block

  by ourgirlFriday 35 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 3 1:38 AM

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• Stoic Places

  The curve of the slant enticed me
  as the pool in his eyes gave rushes

  by 2lullabyhaven 18 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 4 1:05 PM. In Contest, Pain

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• Engraved architecture.

  I've been engraving my architecture into your urban iris. You're a legend, a baby laying on a bed of nails.
  

  by eating vertigo 15 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 4 6:16 PM

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• Coroner's Report: Joe

  I was with my girl for an early dinner when the call came. Her name is Sally, but I tend to think of her as a poor man’s Mary Poppins. She’s always humming and singing to herself little children’s songs, but her voice sounds

  by Macsword 18 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 5 9:00 AM. In Contest, Dark, Life, Society

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• The Freak Show

  by Emmyb 44 lines, 12 comments, on Jun 17 8:37 AM. In Contemporary, Weird

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• Ephemeral

  by spiritualangel 40 lines, on Jul 6 11:12 AM. In Thoughts, Contest

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• this is no love story

  by lowercase prelude 6 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 5 4:20 PM. In Contest, Life, Love, Pain, Other, Prose

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• Love's Trespass

  The lights glisten and dim in a dance of obscurity
  There is no room here for love

  by Rogue-Poet 18 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 7 1:45 PM. In Contest, Love, Personal

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• God's Ultimatum

  Years I've committed sin,
  And walked among man as a saint

  by CovertEnmity 22 lines, 3 comments, on Jun 28 7:08 PM. In angst, dark, personnal, pain, other, sad, thoughts

  • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
• Court of Law

  by spiritualangel 38 lines, on Jul 6 8:23 AM. In Thoughts, Contest

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• Providence

  by spiritualangel 34 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 10:51 AM. In Thoughts, Contest

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• a Better Place?

  Unforgiving thoughts race through my mind like a pack of rageing beats. The shadows that weigh in are as heavy as a wool blanket that I was

  by robena 0 lines, 5 comments, on Jul 7 8:20 PM. In Dark, Personal, Pain

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Comments

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  apple cores.
  July 4
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  bookmarked.
  
  in case i forget can you send me a reminder right before it ends i love the prompts.
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    dieu.
    July 4
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    reminder. <33
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    dieu.
    July 5
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    and another of my daily reminders. <33
    (i'm persistenttt, expect these often)
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  Immortal Obscurity
  July 4
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  holy crap, that's a ton of options!
  
  bookmarked
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  lowercase prelude
  July 4
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  bookmarked

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