______________________Welcome___________________________
Welcome to the Prismatic Words (PmW) series!!
My Name is Zach, and I will be your host,
though if anybody would like to co-host these contests with me, they are more than welcome to drop me an instant message.
__________________What is PmW?___________________________
Glad you asked! I'm taking a class (actually several classes) with @Epistomolus, the new Dean of AllPoetry's school; preparing to be a teacher myself. I suggest anybody who doesn't know about the school try out a class or two (even if you've tried classes in the past, many of them are new and much more student-friendly!).
Anyway, one of the lessons in teacher training was commenting, and providing deep, insightful feedback, and I would like an opportunity to do that.
Thus, the PmW series will allow me to give you deeper feedback. Each contest, I will provide you with a prompt, and you may write in the style of your choice in response to that prompt.
I will leave you feedback, and I will grade your poem on a hundred point rubric. For more about the rubric, please see the rules section below. Highest score wins. Period.
_________________________Prompt__________________________________
Write a poem in any form, including free verse and prose, on the following quote:
"The silence depressed me.
It wasn't the silence of silence.
It was my own silence."
-- Sylvia Plath, "The Bell Jar".
__________________________rules____________________________
All of my contests have these rules, which are pretty simple, but I do insist upon them, as they seem to make life easier for me.
1) Please space out your name in the author's note (like this: z a c h P). I usually go crazier than hell trying to figure out who's who. Knowing who you are doesn't make me more or less likely to select your poem, I promise.
2) I will use a rubric to score your poems; whoever has the most points will win. I will NOT make this rubric public unless you specifically ask me to do so in your author's notes or via personal message. If you wait until after the contest, chances are, they will be deleted.
3) I will not tolerate either homophobia or Christophobia in my contests. As a child of Christ, I promote love and peace wherever possible. This doesn't mean that I won't run a risque contest every now and then, or I won't drop an F-bomb, but it means that I won't tolerate stupid, blatant disrespect or outright HATRED from anybody. You will be reported, and barred from entering any of my contests.
4) Please enter accordingly. If writing for a form poetry contest, don't enter a prose poem. Everything has a place, but it might not be this contest.
5) Please feel free to reserve a space and return. This helps me know that people are interested in the contest at hand; and thus, whether or not I should keep it open.
6) If I have under five entries in any contest, I will delete the contest. All entrants will be notified thus when I comment their poems.
7) Please have fun. That's why we are here.
Love and Blessings,
Zach Estel.
Welcome to the Prismatic Words (PmW) series!!
My Name is Zach, and I will be your host,
though if anybody would like to co-host these contests with me, they are more than welcome to drop me an instant message.
__________________What is PmW?___________________________
Glad you asked! I'm taking a class (actually several classes) with @Epistomolus, the new Dean of AllPoetry's school; preparing to be a teacher myself. I suggest anybody who doesn't know about the school try out a class or two (even if you've tried classes in the past, many of them are new and much more student-friendly!).
Anyway, one of the lessons in teacher training was commenting, and providing deep, insightful feedback, and I would like an opportunity to do that.
Thus, the PmW series will allow me to give you deeper feedback. Each contest, I will provide you with a prompt, and you may write in the style of your choice in response to that prompt.
I will leave you feedback, and I will grade your poem on a hundred point rubric. For more about the rubric, please see the rules section below. Highest score wins. Period.
_________________________Prompt__________________________________
Write a poem in any form, including free verse and prose, on the following quote:
"The silence depressed me.
It wasn't the silence of silence.
It was my own silence."
-- Sylvia Plath, "The Bell Jar".
__________________________rules____________________________
All of my contests have these rules, which are pretty simple, but I do insist upon them, as they seem to make life easier for me.
1) Please space out your name in the author's note (like this: z a c h P). I usually go crazier than hell trying to figure out who's who. Knowing who you are doesn't make me more or less likely to select your poem, I promise.
2) I will use a rubric to score your poems; whoever has the most points will win. I will NOT make this rubric public unless you specifically ask me to do so in your author's notes or via personal message. If you wait until after the contest, chances are, they will be deleted.
3) I will not tolerate either homophobia or Christophobia in my contests. As a child of Christ, I promote love and peace wherever possible. This doesn't mean that I won't run a risque contest every now and then, or I won't drop an F-bomb, but it means that I won't tolerate stupid, blatant disrespect or outright HATRED from anybody. You will be reported, and barred from entering any of my contests.
4) Please enter accordingly. If writing for a form poetry contest, don't enter a prose poem. Everything has a place, but it might not be this contest.
5) Please feel free to reserve a space and return. This helps me know that people are interested in the contest at hand; and thus, whether or not I should keep it open.
6) If I have under five entries in any contest, I will delete the contest. All entrants will be notified thus when I comment their poems.
7) Please have fun. That's why we are here.
Love and Blessings,
Zach Estel.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 10
- Rewards: Gold: 400, Silver: 200, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Well done, y'all.
Thanks for entering.
I feel that your HM should have placed,
even though her numbers were just a point below! Well done and very close.
Zach Estel.
Contest Winners
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by AliceinPoetryLand 35 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 24 6:49 AM. In Contest, Quote Prompt, Thoughts
Bronze trophy winner
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Gold trophy winner
Silver trophy winner
Honorable mention
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"dismal hush of a morgue bereft of life'by Rose Angel 9 lines, 4 comments, on Oct 13 1:29 PM. In Life, Sad, Thoughts, Spiritual, My own style, Contemporary, Contest• Commented on by judge.
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I know not what to say
Or how to say it right.• Commented on by judge.
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Bookmarking as I am extremely busy today with company for Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. Anxious to learn more...Most worthy contest...a challenge..
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I will be entering this today. I don't like to reserve because it takes away from the bang appearance of my poem lol =)
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Zach, I am honored to have placed at all considering the talent represented here. Kudos to you each!
Thank you, again...
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Thank you Zach for a good contest, and getting to know about your knowledge about poetry as well...You are someone to heed...Thank you for your critique...All the best in the future ...God bless you! Rosemary
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Thank you so much for hosting a great contest, ZachP - and for the silver and the gold trophies. Congratulations to one and all on their wonderful entries. Be well, Poets and Scribes. 
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Thank you so much for the bronze Zach
Congrastulations to the other winners and thank you for hosting
Gaylene
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