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Contest: Tolerance - June

Tolerance Contest

Hello! Welcome to June's Tolerance and Child Abuse Prevention contest. These contest feature different cultures, backgrounds, religion, civil rights, and equality issues. Please refrain from hostile comments and poems. We are here to promote unity, peace, equality, tolerance and understanding.




If you are interested in becoming a member of our group, you can apply by clicking on the following link to our group application.

http://allpoetry.com/group/info/Tolerance%20and%20Child%20Abuse%20Prevention?stay=1

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We are also hosting our group's Child Abuse Prevention. If you would like to enter that one as well here is the link:

http://allpoetry.com/contest/show/2408037

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OPTIONS

OPTION ONE:

Write an acrostic using one of these words or phrases

Tolerance
Peace
Equality
Equal Rights
Genocide
Racism
Civil Rights

OPTION TWO:

Word Bank (use at least five of these poems in a four Quatrain stanza poem)

Peace
Tolerance
Equality
Equal Rights
Women's Rights
Genocide
Racism
Civil Rights
War
Hope
Impoverished
Hate
Anger
Love
Strength
Courage

OPTION THREE:

Write me a 16 line poem of three or more stanzas about Equality

OPTION FOUR:

Write me a 20 line rhyming couplets about Civil Rights

OPTION FIVE:

Write a free verse poem on a Famous rights activist of your choice

OPTION SIX:

Write a six line, six syllable, six word poem about Poverty

OPTION SEVEN:

Write a Haiku about tolerance

OPTION EIGHT: (ONLY option for a pre-write)

Enter any poem you have about any of the topics above.
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Rules

No Chat Speak

Must follow the options given

Must put the option number and words used in author notes

No Sticky caps

No cutting or suicide poems

This contest is for all ages so no abuse, adult, or erotica type poems

Proper spelling and grammar



I reserve the rights to:

End the contest at any time

Extend the contest

Remove entries without warning

Change or add to the rules


So it would be a good idea to check back often, Read the entire contest page.

Let the muse inspire you and Have fun.


Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on July 1, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 200, Bronze: 100
  • Final notes:
    Congratulations to the winners and thank you all for making this a successful contest.

    God Bless
    Tammy

Contest Winners

  1. by peridotPixi 5 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 2 7:26 PM 2008. In Contest, Life
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. When I was small, my Grandmother
    Pried
    by Lazarus Merlinus 41 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 19 2:19 PM 2006. In Personal, Society
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. The sound of this very name
    Synonimous with mass murder
    by judmc 22 lines, 22 comments, on Apr 15 9:26 AM 2008
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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