another DARK (18th)contest underway!
i believe i am happiest as theDARK1 when i create a contest for poets to participate in. itz true that my contests are not for everyone for there are many rules and i make you write fresh for the contest every time (there was one exception when i did allow prewrites and is why it won't ever happen again...the rules were not followed as any type of poem was dumped into the contest).
this one will not be as hard as the last with exact count requirements, but still will have a minimum count requirements(each word must appear once) with a twist. There will be a following list of words that will have to be used in the body of your poem, but will have to appear in your poem as they appear in the example. i won't require you to put anything in the author's comments saying you read my rules or letting me know that you followed them. it will be noticable if you followed them or not.
here is the list of words:
dark, heart, love, shadow, mystified, thought, draws, resides
the list has to appear in your poem as follows (but not in any particular order):
DARK, heArt, lOve, shaDow, myStified, tHought, draWs, reSides
(if you are wondering why certain letters are in caps, you won't by the time you finish your work).
the above list must be met if you want to be a challenger for the trophy (i will not not remind anyone, but will make sure the requirement is met).
guess itz time for some rules.
1. no pre-writes (if i did this, it wouldn't be a personal invitation to a contest from theDARK1).
2. one entry per poet.
3. any style/any form (length is not a problem...do what you want to do and how you want to do it...as long as you comply with the other rules too).
4. you must meet the requirement of the list of words and how they are to appear. you can use the words more than once on the list, but they must meet the appearance where the CAPS are involved.
5. closing date will be at my discretion, but the projected date is march 12, 2004 (at midnight). things happen that may have me to lengthen/shorten the contest date. however, with that in mind i do try to stick to my scheduled ending to contests (hope you enjoy).
as itz always my custom to wish everyone luck here as i will not do it in the comments to your writes!
NOTE: my last contest every entry was beyond the standards i had put forth and was impressed. anyone who did not get a trophy earned an applause. if this contest turns out the same way, i will give those that i feel could have placed with a trophy an applause if it so merrits.
i believe i am happiest as theDARK1 when i create a contest for poets to participate in. itz true that my contests are not for everyone for there are many rules and i make you write fresh for the contest every time (there was one exception when i did allow prewrites and is why it won't ever happen again...the rules were not followed as any type of poem was dumped into the contest).
this one will not be as hard as the last with exact count requirements, but still will have a minimum count requirements(each word must appear once) with a twist. There will be a following list of words that will have to be used in the body of your poem, but will have to appear in your poem as they appear in the example. i won't require you to put anything in the author's comments saying you read my rules or letting me know that you followed them. it will be noticable if you followed them or not.
here is the list of words:
dark, heart, love, shadow, mystified, thought, draws, resides
the list has to appear in your poem as follows (but not in any particular order):
DARK, heArt, lOve, shaDow, myStified, tHought, draWs, reSides
(if you are wondering why certain letters are in caps, you won't by the time you finish your work).
the above list must be met if you want to be a challenger for the trophy (i will not not remind anyone, but will make sure the requirement is met).
guess itz time for some rules.
1. no pre-writes (if i did this, it wouldn't be a personal invitation to a contest from theDARK1).
2. one entry per poet.
3. any style/any form (length is not a problem...do what you want to do and how you want to do it...as long as you comply with the other rules too).
4. you must meet the requirement of the list of words and how they are to appear. you can use the words more than once on the list, but they must meet the appearance where the CAPS are involved.
5. closing date will be at my discretion, but the projected date is march 12, 2004 (at midnight). things happen that may have me to lengthen/shorten the contest date. however, with that in mind i do try to stick to my scheduled ending to contests (hope you enjoy).
as itz always my custom to wish everyone luck here as i will not do it in the comments to your writes!
NOTE: my last contest every entry was beyond the standards i had put forth and was impressed. anyone who did not get a trophy earned an applause. if this contest turns out the same way, i will give those that i feel could have placed with a trophy an applause if it so merrits.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 23, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 318
- Final notes: there's a lot of work that goes into my contests for the poet as for myself when i require several things to appear in the entry. it becomes extremely challenging for myself just to make sure the guidelines are met i set fourth. it does make evaluating the entries that much more difficult, but then again i asked for it didn't i, hehehe! another tough contest to judge. there was an entry that was so close to following the rules and would have made it as a top choice. it had a great chance for a trophy, but now will not even earn an applause for the rules fell short of being followed. i made a list of the entries that followed the rules. then i went and read all of them again several times. i used the ' ' to denote the entries for the big prizes and who would be receiving an applause if not selected for the trophies. there were many that came up with 1 or 2 's and 10 of 3 's that became the finalists. then i narrowed it down to these five out of the ten. we will learn together who will get the trophies once i post this. everyone else that was earmarked with 1-3 's will be applauded.
Dark Shadows by Bertie
We Will Be Strong by Samplette
Wanting You by BleedingGirl
Be still my heArt by angelica
Protection From the DARKness by meesa p
Entries [28]
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I get lost through your words
They travel as DARK as mineby bleeding girl 19 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 25 7:51 PM 2004. In Personal, Love
Silver trophy winner
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then it draWs
then it takesby tiberriver256 15 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 25 9:21 PM 2004. In Dark• Commented on by judge. -
can you feel my heArt beat?
'cause as I walk down this DARK street,• Commented on by judge. -
Careful with you heArtby xxem16mexx 8 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 25 9:24 PM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
As the lonely day draWs to a close
I walk alone through the DARK wildby GrowingWings 66 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 25 10:01 PM 2004. In Other• Commented on by judge. -
Someone please get me out of the DARK
I'm screaming at the top of my lungsby brittanyann5 26 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 25 10:06 PM 2004. In Love• Commented on by judge. -
The DARK is finally lifting
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Who said that lOve would be easy?
I wonder, as i lay in my bed,• Commented on by judge. -
Protection From the DARKness
I was once myStified by the lingering questions I couldn't sayby qnhoneybee 45 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 28 2:16 PM 2004. In Spiritual• Commented on by judge. -
DARK, heArt, lOve, shaDow, myStified, tHought, draWs, reSides
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In the shaDow of the night
My heArt is myStified• Commented on by judge. -
Poetry is in the DARK.• Commented on by judge.
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I feel the gun in my hand,
loaded tight like a rubber band,• Commented on by judge. -
congregations in the DARK
myStified• Commented on by judge. -
deep into it
my feelings extendedby Schizophrenic angel 48 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 12 6:19 PM 2004. In Dark• Commented on by judge. -
deep into it
my feelings extendedby Schizophrenic angel 48 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 12 6:19 PM 2004. In Dark• Commented on by judge. -
I dream of DARK shadows,
alone in my home,• Commented on by judge. -
Enter into the realm of dreams• Commented on by judge.
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It has seeped up from the depths of Hell.
He has me enchanted,• Commented on by judge.
Bronze trophy winner
Gold trophy winner
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i have an idea of what the letters spell, but u'd have to mix them around to get it o.O
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^_^ Spells Shadow
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i can almost tell you that you're right without you even saying, but then again i have made it so obvious in many ways. some of my earlier work posted here spelled out the titles or another message. just like doing things like that, so i did it with a contest, hehehe.
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yep, you're right...just like i said in the above comment i posted after you made your statement. nice going, don't think i made it to tough though, hehehe.
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heh that means i was right too ^^ well anyway, i like to kind of do the same thing in some of my poems, but i like to make sentences out of words (though i've yet to put one of those poems on this site...and i think i may just have to join this contest ^^ we'll see if i can think anything up
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This sounds like too much fun. I have a busy day but will probably come up with something later. I always love your challenging contests even though the surprise was spoiled. I was looking forward to finding out what it spelled even though I already had an idea. I will have fun any way coming up with something.
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I am looking forward to this one as well. It is always fun to accept your challenges....they are interesting to say the least.
Hope I can get something going...
Sam
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Great contest Dark, as you can tell by my entry I figured out that the title and the capital letters spell out the same. I highlighted each capital and I hope that's alright.
Hugs
Bertie
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melissa, looks like i have many entries, so if yours is not in there, bring it on. i am just glad that i didn't make it as tough as the last contest. i felt it was tougher on me to judge and make sure everything was followed.
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sam, if i didn't make it interesting i wouldnt be DARK, hehehe!
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bertie, i have not got to look at the entries, but i am about to start on them...i wasn't expecting so many in such a short period of time.
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DARK,this is a wonderful contest and thank you for your comment I did not know if I was doing the right thing leaving 2nd last line like that...thank you...Love you my dear friend~Joan
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hmm this contest seems easy enough seeing as how I've had recent experiences dealing with the words...but eh, I'm too lazy to do this now..good idea though..good luck with this
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joan, thanks for the nice comment about the contest, luvya, DARK
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flagrancy, you still have up to 12:01am march 13, when it will officially close, DARK
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i will be making comments later tonight on the new entries in this contest.
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hey it spells out Shadows, cool.. I like the contest.
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i will get to everyone's entry and judge the contest ASAP! i need to go over the new entries and back over the old ones before i can give a fair evaluation for the winners.
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let's see if i can finally get through the entries and evaluate them all and judge the contest this time.
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I am so excited thank you sooo much DARK for my trophy and
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE OTHER WINNERS~Joan
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Thank you for the bronze Dark.....it means a lot to me.
Congratulation winners!!!
Sam
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joan, your more than welcome for the trophy. it was a tough contest to judge as all five listed was so close for the trophies, luvya, DARK
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sam, just like i told joan, all of you that was on the list was so close for the trophies. all five of you were just a fraction of each other which was still too close to make a judgement, but i finally had to put it to rest so i could start fresh with another contest. i do know that your mantle is getting heavy with all of those trophies, hehehe, luvya, DARK
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