PLEASE READ THESE RULES CAREFULLY:
IF YOU DO NOT IT IS AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION
Closes in 2 HOURS from now
Prewrites accepted
Must be put through spell check, any spelling errors will be cause for disqualification.
Very Simple
Send me up to 3 HAIKU'S dealing with a SEASON, but you cannot mention the season in your HAIKU
I will accept any form of a HAIKU and basically there are only two:
the 5-7-5 count
where the first line has five syllables
the 2nd line has a 7 syllable and
third line completes with a 5 syllables
BUT:
I will also accept the beat haiku
where syllable count is not important
(but must be between 12=19 syllables)
and must represent a haiku in some form
AND hints at a season
(even a one line haiku is acceptable)
YOU CANNOT MENTION THE SEASON IN THE POEM
300 Points first prize
50 2ND
25 3RD
5 HONORIA Mentions at 10 points
My Time Now: 1:00 am Contest closes at 3:00 am my time
PREWRITES ACCEPTED
LIMIT: 3 Haiku's
I HOLD THE RIGHT TO CRITIQUE ON YOUR HAIKU
(I will critique your haiku individually when the contest closes since it is a two hour contest)
MUST BE SPELL CHECKED
READY SET GO
IF YOU DO NOT IT IS AUTOMATIC DISQUALIFICATION
Closes in 2 HOURS from now
Prewrites accepted
Must be put through spell check, any spelling errors will be cause for disqualification.
Very Simple
Send me up to 3 HAIKU'S dealing with a SEASON, but you cannot mention the season in your HAIKU
I will accept any form of a HAIKU and basically there are only two:
the 5-7-5 count
where the first line has five syllables
the 2nd line has a 7 syllable and
third line completes with a 5 syllables
BUT:
I will also accept the beat haiku
where syllable count is not important
(but must be between 12=19 syllables)
and must represent a haiku in some form
AND hints at a season
(even a one line haiku is acceptable)
YOU CANNOT MENTION THE SEASON IN THE POEM
300 Points first prize
50 2ND
25 3RD
5 HONORIA Mentions at 10 points
My Time Now: 1:00 am Contest closes at 3:00 am my time
PREWRITES ACCEPTED
LIMIT: 3 Haiku's
I HOLD THE RIGHT TO CRITIQUE ON YOUR HAIKU
(I will critique your haiku individually when the contest closes since it is a two hour contest)
MUST BE SPELL CHECKED
READY SET GO
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on April 15, 2004
- Rewards: Gold: 300
- Final notes: Firstly, let me tell you that this was one difficult contest. To choose the top 3 for trophies was one level but then to choose 10 Honorable Mentions was another, but here we have arrived at the moment.
Secondly, unfortunately some had to be eliminated because the rules were not read. Automatic elimination came in if the Haiku did not have at LEAST 12 syllables (that was the rule) and if it went over 19 (another rule). This is not to say that the Haiku did not move me or stir something in my emotional/intellectual critiquing...please see comments left by me.
Thirdly, I never expected 31 Haikus in a two hour contest, partly because some were added after but I had to keep them in to be fair because it did not say the contest was closed. I like to enjoy and savour the poetry that is entered, even the ones that are eliminated to get to know my poets. (The genral rule for runnning contests is that judges have a week to decide winners, then you can start bugging the hell out of them. It's annoying to get almost as many IMs as there are contest entries, if I have to spend time answering every IM asking if I have finished you are taking away reading time from me, so please be patient and worry after five days, some of us are students/work and have extra cirricular activities. Just because it was a two-hour contest does not mean it is less work on our part. (That's my rant for this contest).
So now onto the winners and this is important:
I WILL BE JUDGING A HAIKU CONTEST TO CHOOSE THE TOP POEMS FOR OUR JOURNAL THIS YEAR...WATCH MY AUTHOR'S PAGE FOR MORE DETAILS UPCOMING. AS SOON AS I FINSIH WITH THE RULES AND I AWM GIVEN THE NOD FROM KEVIN AND JADEN, WE WILL BE OPENING IT UP. THERE WILL BE STRICT RULES THAT WILL HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED TO ENTER THIS, THE TOP WILL BE PUBLISHED IN OUR YEARLY JOURNAL.
Entries [16]
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once i had you in my clasp
i loved you so• Commented on by judge. -
damp virescent leaves
kiss moss swollen willow limbsby fishingwitch2 3 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 11:41 PM 2004. In Haiku• Commented on by judge. -
Blueberries glisten
beneath emerald green boughs• Commented on by judge. -
stormy coastal winds-
tangles unbraided onyx hairby fishingwitch2 3 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 13 11:54 PM 2004. In Haiku• Commented on by judge. -
Gentle sun warms me
Frozen scowl slowly thaws outby Yusefeligirl 2 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 14 12:42 AM 2004. In Haiku• Commented on by judge. -
Nature all aglow,
The trees are soon stripped bare,• Commented on by judge. -
• Commented on by judge.
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Rub your hands, blowing• Commented on by judge.
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Love shall fly away
Frenzied in blistery windsby AngelEyes323 4 lines, 3 comments, on Apr 14 12:37 PM 2004. In Haiku• Commented on by judge.
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hi there,
I hope you will like this piece all the best bluemoon
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Thank you for entering my little contest
I hope you did not feel pressurized
The results will be posted
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Oooh, great contest Gregg. Good luck to all that enters.
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Wow.. good luck to everyone.. and when I learn how to write Haiku... I'll enter one... LMAO
Lilli
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waits patiently for the winners to be announced :.
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Well I don't know if I'm allowed, for it's not closed and it seems this was supposed to be closed an hour ago:
silent forest
beneath a pale skyline-
frozen sun
btw. cool contest
Menohir
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Whoops...disregard "He Loves Me Not", I guess...under 12 syllables.
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Hello Everyone:
I have received all your entries and am busy reading and evaluating them all and will have a decision for you this evening. I would like to thank all participoants for entrying this contest and look forward to giving you my critiques. -
Good luck with the judging ~ i c u hav quite alot of entries!! 't least they're cwik 2 read!! Hope u like my 2!!
luv little
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The contest is now closed: Actually it was closed at 3AM this morning but I don't know how to do that on an official way, so it is 3PM now I am officially closing it....thank you all for the haikus to read and I will be ready to judge tonight as soon as I finish my class.
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You got a lot of entries Gregg. 
Best of luck judging them. 
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I entered just for the hell of it..Ugh..Sorry I missed it
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Okay I have just made the biggest booboo in the history of allpoetry.com! While I was typing in my individual comments below each poem, I accidently hit a button on my computer (my hand is in a wrist sling right now because I fell of my horse and injured it), but anyways, that slip caused the contest to be posted and trophies awarded before I could finish. And I cannot get back in to post them. So I will go to each individual poem and post my comments individually so please be patient while I do this. It will take just as much time, but I will get to everyone of you.
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I will post the Honorary mentions as soon as I spend half the night finishing the commenting. What a numbskull I was. Okay, I will learn from the experience, and at the same time I will start to comment earlier in the game although it has only been two days since we closed and I made draft notes ahead of time. Oh well, can,t beat an egg if the shell ain't broken!
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Excellent contest. I don't ususally enter, for various reasons, but you've impressed me with they way you ran this.
Good luck with the commenting, now I know why it was only a two-hour contest, can't imagine the amount of work you'd have to put in if this collected entries over a few days!
Kyla -
Hey Gregg, are you still at it? j/k This was an awesome contest, and Congrats to all the winners.
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Yep just finished commenting and now I'm collecting the 10 HONORARY MENTIONS and IMING ALL THE POINTS in about 10 minutes and the it will officially be over.
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HONORARY MENTIONS:
25 POINTS
The Fight by pinkwhite
15 points each
Emerald Fileds of Restless Graves by Cerulean Dreamer
autumn fire by natazzle
10 points each
Sweet Mother of Earth by Fifth Dove
Passion by Desire
Spectum by sanity
Time Seems Endless by Queen AkashaI
Gentle Sun by Yusefeligirl
Falling Silk by trumphetfalcon
Thaw by Absinthe
Thank you all for participating and I have no more points left or else I would give out more points, but time to go read some more and get racking them up so I can host another.
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Thanks Gregg, I am honoured
They'll go towards promoting someone elses poem. Pay it forward... ever see that film?
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Nice contest. Just got back to the house to find your contest and IM. Looks like a fun contest. I'll have to take a moment tomorrow and read some of these. I bet you got some great entries.
Don -
Thank you it was a very successful contest and fun
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