GIVE ME YOUR BEST POEM!!!
The more poems you add... the great chance of winning.
This will be a very LONG rounds contest with the last part of the contest with gold up to (or above) 1,000 with about 5,450 points being used in total!!!
There will be 5 rounds.... CAN YOU HANDLE IT?!?!
The first round will be EASY! and you can enter as many times as you want! I'm serious you want to enter ALL of your poems... BE MY GUEST! I plan on having at least 50 people go on to the next round....
The round will get harder! MUCH HARDER! BUT, it will be worth the points if you were to win.
You will be scored on your choice of title, diction, syntax, and your wowness factor.
(So spell check is your friend, it will effect your score.)
The Max score will be 40... and an automatic bump into the next round.
____________THE BREAK DOWN________________
1st ROUND- at least 50 people on to the next round.
Topic- Pre-write contest...
gold- 300 points
silver- 150 points
bronze- 75 points
Total- 525 points
2nd ROUND- at least 40 people on to the next round.
Topic- Free-verse contest...
gold- 400 points
silver- 200 points
bronze- 100 points
1 Honorable mentions- 30 points
Total- 730 points
3rd ROUND- at least 30 people on to the next round.
Topic- Rhyming poems...
gold- 500 points
silver- 250 points
bronze- 125 points
2 Honorable Mentions- 60 points
Total- 935 points
4th ROUND- at least 20 people on to the next round.
Topic- word play poems...
(bet you have NEVER done one of these poems
before!)
gold- 600 points
silver- 300 points
bronze- 150 points
5 Honorable Mentions- 150 points
Total- 1,200 points
5th ROUND- 10 FINALISTS!!!!
Topic- Win ME over!
GOLD- 1,000* points
SILVER- 500 points
BRONZE- 350 points
7 Honorable Mentions- 210 points
Total- 2,060 points
Honorable MENTIONS- Considering on the excellency of the poems that I recieve in the contest... and the amount I will add more honorable mentions, for each of the rounds... (except for the first round.
*Points may increase, it depends on the amount of points that I have in the end.
Shancy Fayre will be my co-judge for this round.
_______________RULES________________________
1. PUT YOUR NAME IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES! If you do NOT do this YOU WILL NOT go to the next round... You will get 1 warning!
2. Keep cursing to a BARE MINIMUM!
3. No EROTICA
4. No CUTTING, SUICIDE
5. PUT NAME IN AUTHOR'S NOTES! (yes, I said that already....)
6. No DIRTY PRETTY- unless of corse... its the Mozart of poetry.
7. No wRiTInG Lik ThiS
8. No CHAT LINGO
9. PUT YOUR NAME IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES... (Third time's a charm...)
_______________READ THIS______________________________
IM me if you have any questions....
I have had the question that if anyone wants to put in a new poem, if they could..... well, you can if you want. I just want your BEST poem.
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Those who will be moving to the next round:
1-Demington
2-heart bleeds ink
3-Phantom of despair
4-pappacass
5-lostangel07
6-Jal Pari
7-HeavenScent4U
8-Shancy Fayre
9-LadyDementia
10-luna-midnight
11-bazza
12-She Has My Heart
13-x Empathic Rose x
The more poems you add... the great chance of winning.
This will be a very LONG rounds contest with the last part of the contest with gold up to (or above) 1,000 with about 5,450 points being used in total!!!
There will be 5 rounds.... CAN YOU HANDLE IT?!?!
The first round will be EASY! and you can enter as many times as you want! I'm serious you want to enter ALL of your poems... BE MY GUEST! I plan on having at least 50 people go on to the next round....
The round will get harder! MUCH HARDER! BUT, it will be worth the points if you were to win.
You will be scored on your choice of title, diction, syntax, and your wowness factor.
(So spell check is your friend, it will effect your score.)
The Max score will be 40... and an automatic bump into the next round.
____________THE BREAK DOWN________________
1st ROUND- at least 50 people on to the next round.
Topic- Pre-write contest...
gold- 300 points
silver- 150 points
bronze- 75 points
Total- 525 points
2nd ROUND- at least 40 people on to the next round.
Topic- Free-verse contest...
gold- 400 points
silver- 200 points
bronze- 100 points
1 Honorable mentions- 30 points
Total- 730 points
3rd ROUND- at least 30 people on to the next round.
Topic- Rhyming poems...
gold- 500 points
silver- 250 points
bronze- 125 points
2 Honorable Mentions- 60 points
Total- 935 points
4th ROUND- at least 20 people on to the next round.
Topic- word play poems...
(bet you have NEVER done one of these poems
before!)
gold- 600 points
silver- 300 points
bronze- 150 points
5 Honorable Mentions- 150 points
Total- 1,200 points
5th ROUND- 10 FINALISTS!!!!
Topic- Win ME over!
GOLD- 1,000* points
SILVER- 500 points
BRONZE- 350 points
7 Honorable Mentions- 210 points
Total- 2,060 points
Honorable MENTIONS- Considering on the excellency of the poems that I recieve in the contest... and the amount I will add more honorable mentions, for each of the rounds... (except for the first round.
*Points may increase, it depends on the amount of points that I have in the end.
Shancy Fayre will be my co-judge for this round.
_______________RULES________________________
1. PUT YOUR NAME IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES! If you do NOT do this YOU WILL NOT go to the next round... You will get 1 warning!
2. Keep cursing to a BARE MINIMUM!
3. No EROTICA
4. No CUTTING, SUICIDE
5. PUT NAME IN AUTHOR'S NOTES! (yes, I said that already....)
6. No DIRTY PRETTY- unless of corse... its the Mozart of poetry.
7. No wRiTInG Lik ThiS
8. No CHAT LINGO
9. PUT YOUR NAME IN THE AUTHOR'S NOTES... (Third time's a charm...)
_______________READ THIS______________________________
IM me if you have any questions....
I have had the question that if anyone wants to put in a new poem, if they could..... well, you can if you want. I just want your BEST poem.
______________________________________________________
Those who will be moving to the next round:
1-Demington
2-heart bleeds ink
3-Phantom of despair
4-pappacass
5-lostangel07
6-Jal Pari
7-HeavenScent4U
8-Shancy Fayre
9-LadyDementia
10-luna-midnight
11-bazza
12-She Has My Heart
13-x Empathic Rose x
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on March 23, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 75
- Final notes: The ones that will be moving onto the next round....
1-Demington
2-heart bleeds ink
3-Phantom of despair
4-pappacass
5-lostangel07
6-Jal Pari
7-HeavenScent4U
8-Shancy Fayre
9-LadyDementia
10-luna-midnight
11-bazza
12-She Has My Heart
13-x Empathic Rose x
14-marciakay81
15-bluecollarlove
16-Samiles
17-Kathryn Bowden
18-Baisi
19-howlinginpain
20-delightfulmess
21-ringside
22-Previn
23-JustSimplyLissa
24-andywontdie
25-Everlasting-Fallout
26-A u r i e l l e
27-Shahrazad
28-billpoet
29-Selene Tremere
30-twilightcrowfight
31-greenHrtPaleMoon
32-rose blood 87
33-StarLightResurrects
34-allxthatxIxam
35-Bataran
36-rampantheart
37-Celtic Legend
38-Timespell
39-ya soshla s uma
40-D P Robertson
41-Silversunshine
42-TheKnight
43-dstreetpoet
44-INcandescence
45-Pandorea
46-Zyskandar A Jaimot
47-LoveItAlone
48-sunflowerpoet
49-trina213
50-just.a.phase
NEXT ROUND!!!!
http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2397177
Thank you ALL so much... I got so many GREAT poems... and thank you shancy for helping give feedback to the poets when I couldn't.
Contest Winners
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Seeing is Believing
eyes piercing the sightby luna-midnight 9 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 28 3:43 PM 2008
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I'm sorry I made you get mad,
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At a low point in my life I thought I would never see my girls againby bluecollarlove 23 lines, 15 comments, on Jan 31 1:59 PM 2007. In children• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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The screen door slams shut, cutting like a knife through the silence,chasing the calico cat from its bed under th• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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A true story experienced during a trip to China on the Li River which flows through Guilin, regarded as one of the most beautiful places on• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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How has thee fallen?
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He found himself at Edgemont Station
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The words on the tomb
long to speak to a roseby Carly Pop 21 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 26 5:50 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
The Whales Sonata
(Kenneth Frazelle's sonata for cello and piano as performed by YoYo Maby Zyskandar A Jaimot 68 lines, 17 comments, on Feb 22 11:02 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Nature, Society, Angst, Thoughts, WHALES/NEW BEDFORD/MUSIC• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Diego Rivera's Portrait of Irene Estrella (at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts)by Zyskandar A Jaimot 62 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 3 11:00 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Angst, Pain, Life, Society, PREJUDICE• Commented on by judge.
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We Celebrate Amir Rumi* On spring-breakby Zyskandar A Jaimot 53 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 3 11:10 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Love, Society, Thoughts• Commented on by judge.
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The wind whips her hair, golden against the gray with the ocean white-capped and restlessby Everlasting-Fallout 44 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 12 1:12 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I saw Charles Bukowski wear a tie What can a poet teach?by Zyskandar A Jaimot 94 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 3 11:07 AM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Angst, Life, Society• Viewed by judge.
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My Mom turned on my bright light.
My body told me that I had to get up.by Samiles 11 lines, 1 comment, on Feb 9 9:25 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
How could he have
left this place?by Samiles 19 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 9 9:17 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Be sophisticated and respected.
Hold your head high.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Innocence captivated by the universe,
tempted by the night.by marciakay81 20 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 11 7:19 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Don't cry my little one,
the tears'll only stain your soul.by marciakay81 22 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 17 7:27 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Brand my lips, with your lies, And keep me, Where I so Despise to stay. Excerpt.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Dressed in my funeral best
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On a bed of leaves
I lie amongst the markers of the cemeteryby andywontdie 75 lines, 4 comments, on Feb 28 1:26 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Contest, Life, Other, Personal, Thoughts, Weird• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I want a way to steal the stars
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Spinning in a dizzy carnival of grins,
Devil horns under cheap blonde wigs,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I received something
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Dancing with shadows, macabre delight,
I was lost without a chance on that fateful night.by Carpe Noctem 43 lines, 9 comments, on Feb 27 3:44 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I live on each day and night, sometimes wondering why;
some days hurt so bad it seems it's easier just to die.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i think i have what you asked for nowby bluecollarlove 16 lines, 20 comments, on Aug 28 11:37 AM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I'm leaving Neverland...
Going to another land.
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Let me ask you a question,
A question thats been running 'roundby StarLightResurrects 26 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 21 12:43 AM 2008. In Society, Thoughts, My life, Teen issues, Message• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Do you ever wish sometimes that one day you will just lay down and NEVER wake up again? Well I do and I’m wishing that now!by sweetnsassy0888 9 lines, 4 comments, on Mar 5 12:32 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I. Fever Pitch:
The child's eyes stare up at her face from the album,by rampantheart 77 lines, 1 comment, on Mar 3 6:27 PM 2008. In Contemporary, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts, Angst, Other• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
i lift out of my shoes
rising up into the airby Celtic Legend 38 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 2 8:20 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Music pounds in the background,
Of the little hidden room where the DJs live.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
A short poem about a Geisha in Kyoto, Japan.by Erika Elektrikka 14 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 16 7:01 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
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Find me in the darkness if you wish to venture too far
You reach for me in vein, I know not who you are
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Death’s angel makes mistakes / Death’s angel show’s its evil form in its mistakes / Hit or miss / Kill and kill again / Careless evil spiriby Silversunshine 27 lines, 1 comment, on Jul 6 2:21 PM 2007. In Death• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Dance, La Esmeralda, Dance!
With your noble heart forever entrance,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
A visceral feeling, butterflies cascading,
a tepid solidity achieved deep inside.by Carpe Noctem 45 lines, 9 comments, on Nov 7 3:28 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
No simple explaination..just read itby rampantheart 19 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 21 12:55 PM 2005. In Other• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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i have to hide the background so i can read this, be right back
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seems like a rippin/long contest - will see zaj
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I look forward to seeing how this all develops.
Your method of scoring is quite interesting.
Blessings,
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only this one... the others are done for the contest
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I anxiously await further developements...
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lol... yea I know.. now comes all the judging... I plan on finishing the judging of my other contest first... I'll probably start this one tommarrow...
~lumin
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