this is going to be a rounds contest hosted by myself, new born, lucretia., and the other emma, yousless.
this is the audition round, so what we want you to do is enter a prewrite. we, the judges will comment with a 'yes' or 'no.' If you have a majority of yesses, you will move on and vice versa for a majority of nos.
there will be five rounds after this one.
each round will be about an 'issue' that we, as poets and people face. each round will pertain to one of the steps that they use in AA to help people, but in our case it will relate to poetry.
we reveal our list of steps each round, one at a time.
for now the task is to enter a prewrite about anything,
pertaining to these rules:
- prose/freeverse
- left align
- solid backgrounds
this is the audition round, so what we want you to do is enter a prewrite. we, the judges will comment with a 'yes' or 'no.' If you have a majority of yesses, you will move on and vice versa for a majority of nos.
there will be five rounds after this one.
each round will be about an 'issue' that we, as poets and people face. each round will pertain to one of the steps that they use in AA to help people, but in our case it will relate to poetry.
we reveal our list of steps each round, one at a time.
for now the task is to enter a prewrite about anything,
pertaining to these rules:
- prose/freeverse
- left align
- solid backgrounds
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 18
- Rewards: Gold: 500, Silver: 375, Bronze: 300, Honorable mention: 5 people
- Final notes: EDIT: woot, contest got reopened for the hm's
partially because I want to get rid of my points, and I felt bad and had nothing better to do than ask the mods to reopen it for me lol.
thanks everyone for entering!
those who are on the finalist list (29 of you) have made it through to the next round so congratulations!
only the top 3 poems are in order. the hm's and the rest of the finalists are completely random.
keep your eyes open for the next round!
thanks again everyone
Contest Winners
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this is about trying to let go. this is about sepia-paper epiphanies.
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She's one of those people who listens to those songs because they remind her who she used to be.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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sometimes i wish so many things, but mostly i want to go back.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by NothingButShrooms 87 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 12 10:25 AM. In Personal, Life, Contemporary, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by cirque du soleil 56 lines, 21 comments, on Jul 23 11:25 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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summer zephyr caresses slightly warmed skin• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by Violet Moodswing 49 lines, 7 comments, on Jul 7 9:25 AM. In Contemporary, Life, Freeverse, Society, Spiritual, More• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by thegirlsafaultline. 26 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 8 9:44 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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you missed out on a lot of things pretending you are disengaged from society.by Candy Morphine 208 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 26 4:36 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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a lovers creed;
words of peaceby heart shaped box 20 lines, 4 comments, on Jul 29 11:25 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
a public display of affection
a public diplay of affliction• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
Dear the boy with Marxism written across his face,
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mailboxes swallow billets-doux into their confines
as letter carriers pass along the suburban streetsby coloringmysenses 33 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 25 5:33 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove] -
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Even when I've climbed the top of the earth
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by Shane Toona 63 lines, 31 comments, on Apr 16 3:15 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
Honorable mention
Entries [45]
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Unfinished business
and red wine breath,by cybilseyes 11 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 14 11:16 AM
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She cries
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The piece of moonlight that remained
was filtered and divided by a hardwood forest,by bobanonymous 10 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 26 9:42 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Crying for I have no food
Crying- because I cannot improveby roland halloway 13 lines, 12 comments, on Jul 21 11:17 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Mute, it has fallen.
New quartz sheets over the ground• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
We sit stare,
At moon lite,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Sorry, Jane
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10 of us, again.
Consistancy.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I have climbed the stairs to heaven
too many times to count,• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
In an abandoned and desolate room
cloaked in bleaknessby trekkergirl 26 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 20 12:15 PM. In poem• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The beautiful soul doesn't know who
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THE TOUCH OF THAT BIG HAND SO STURDY SO STRONG. I FELT AS IF I WAS THIS DOLL LYING THERE AND WAITING TO SEE WHAT NEXT. AS I LAY THERE SHIVE• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Jumbled thoughts
Tangled ideasby schoolsable 33 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 12 10:14 AM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I really wanna enter this but I wanna make a freshwrite. But I dont think Im going to be able to make it in time. ):
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This is the first round and she wants a prewrite, then if she likes it we will do 4 rounds of fresh writes. Just lettin ya know in case you didn't see that.
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yeah. :/ but i think theyve seen most of my prewrites. so i wanna make something new. (:
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you still have a week to write. (:
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(: yayyy.
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aww i missed it
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reopened.. we didnt mean to make it 20 haha
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ooohh! thank you for adding me to the judges list.
are we just giving them a yes or no this round? -
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yepp
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is it ok if i help judge? :]
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yessir
adding you now
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i am so in. i need something to compete in after x factor!
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amazing
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Question: If we get a yes, does that mean that we automatically move on?
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okay, i'm away in Edinburgh currently. I'm back on the Tuesday, but will be so, so tired. and i won't be able to scrape anything together until Wednesday, earliest.
Anyway,if the next round comes up before i get back, please, pretty please could you leave it open for me, pleeeeease :]
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Thanks for the HM.
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