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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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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Do you know what it is to be alone?
Let me help you.by EntombedCrystalRose 36 lines, 14 comments, on Feb 14 8:38 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The dark hazel pools in your eyes,
Show me everything I want to hear,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Fragrant blossoms captivate as I slowly go under;
darkest thoughts escape with the dawn as night is pulled asunder.by Carpe Noctem 14 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 21 3:44 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Waiting 'til it's our time,
Our time to shine and take flight...• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Near the sand
Is where we standby Celtic Legend 23 lines, 10 comments, on Mar 8 3:22 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
My life is often a volume of grief
Your help is needed to turn a new leaf• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
nothing
costs more than everything• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Deity of Pure Light,
my enigmatic father,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Caged by light white bars,
I look out of my prism,• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Beneath amber beams Of bleeding moonby Erika Elektrikka 80 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 20 9:07 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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She looked sort of lost
In her loose fitting dressby bluecollarlove 23 lines, 46 comments, on Aug 5 7:06 PM 2007. In mystery poetry• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Bright eyes cascade with prismatic naivety,
without a worry or care of life's brevity.by Carpe Noctem 14 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 10 10:29 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Sinking in love filling as it rises
Showing your own blood that you lie in• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
The water colours stream off the edges
Capturing light in mystical hazeby Previn 23 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 4 3:42 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
[color=#3399cc]I watched the clouds flutter by.
I marveled at the beauty of the sky.by JustSimplyLissa 41 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 7 6:45 PM 2007• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
You see a monster, you see someone you hate
But in reality all you see is your inner self
And the demon reality created and warped out• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Time.
Black sand pouring through an hourglass darker still.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I heard the waves calling my name that night on the beach;
I opened my window to greet the scent of peace just out of reach.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
She benches a truck
& uses steel cables to floss• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
I stand here alone, again.
The same mistakes,by EntombedCrystalRose 33 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 2 5:10 AM 2008• 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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Are you saying ...
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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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