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1) Only the first 16 respondants expressing a desire to compete will be the contestants. It IS a first come, first served basis.
2) The contest will consist of a number of rounds pitting 2 randomly determined authors against each other until only one contestant remains (winner).
3) Each matchup will be given a theme, picture, article, subject, or other criteria to write on, and the poem submitted must match this as much as possible. Stricter following of prompts may help you win.
4) The winner as determined by a panel of judges will advance to the next round.
5) In case of a judge or judges not posting judgments in a timely manner, Vaynor will adjudicate and determine the winner.
6) The poems will be limited to 1000 words with a 50 word minimum
7) The entries will be poems. All forms of poetry are acceptable, as long as they meet the required word lengths. If your chosen style is too short, you are free to make two of them, i.e., you may make a limerick with 48 words, then add another limerick, still following the same theme, to reach the required word length.
8) All posted deadlines will given in as much time zones as possible, as labeled.
9) No late entries will be accepted. If you don't post or fail to post by the deadline, you will be disqualified. A 15 minute grace period is allowed. You have one freebie per contest, use it wisely. This allows you to be up to half a day late (12 hours) with your poem (no more).
10) If your entry does not include the article(s) and the picture(s), you will most likely lose because of it, however this will not disqualify your poem, as poems are judged on best use of the prompts.
11) The judgments are final. What the judges decide is how it is.
12) The entries will only include content suitable for the Playground.
13) Anything not clear will be decided by me.
14) The contestants will have 1 week (roughly) from the bracket posting to get their entries posted.
15) Post your poems in spoilers. Judges: do not read poems before the round ends.
16) Feel free to edit the post with your poem in it until the round ends. After that, any additional edits will disqualify you (barring a use of your half-day extension).
As always, both the words and images are there as a guide, and may be used and interpreted as you see fit, although you will be judged on your inclusion of the prompts in your poem.
AJWB vs. Drengnikrafe: Valorous
Errandir vs. Rutskarn: Earthen
Kurosawa vs. The Extinguisher: Aligned
arti3 vs. Fifty-Eyed Fred: Unspoken
Wadledo vs. Alarra: Torrid
The Fiery Tower vs. Dreaminthedark: Up
Belkarsbadside1 vs. Puppychowguy: Calm
Phoekun vs. Szilard: Harmonious
Deadline: February 27th, 2010, 11:59 pm (EST). If you have trouble with time zones, go here and use any major east coast American city as a location to convert to (for example, New York City).
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
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__________________ Flowers blanket all the countryside like freshly fallen snow
I know the answer's waiting somewhere, as it was once long ago
Do you wait to cross the river from the shores of shallow tide?
And what will happen to your phantom if you reach the other side?
...Hear me crying...
Avatar by Kairaven.
May I try judging - I mean, are there qualifications or sommat necessary to do so?
Only the willingness to do so.
Just a note, we no longer need additional judges, but if we were to get 5 that would be great.
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
~John Steinbeck~ My Homebrew(Most Recent) | Forum Rules | IRC
So, does anyone know when Iron poet will begin officially?
After all the slots are filled and Vaynor gets around to assigning brackets and prompts. Then we go a week, and see which five people will have their lives ruined by cosmological events conspiring to create dropouts.
I kid. Sometimes we have a clean run, which is pretty cool.
__________________ Flowers blanket all the countryside like freshly fallen snow
I know the answer's waiting somewhere, as it was once long ago
Do you wait to cross the river from the shores of shallow tide?
And what will happen to your phantom if you reach the other side?
...Hear me crying...
Avatar by Kairaven.
Also, for all you newcomers or people that are going to sign up, please don't say you'll compete or judge if you don't actually plan on it. Not saying that's what people do, but it would be nice to know that everyone who signs up is fully dedicated.
I don't want another contest with something like half of the first round competitors getting by because their opponent didn't show, or where a judge decides not to judge at all.
Also, I think we need some kind of trophy for the winners (to put in their sig and such). If anyone is game to make one, that would be awesome, otherwise I can go ahead and give it a shot (with my limited skill). I'd also like trophies to hand out retroactively for past winners.
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"'There aren't any beginnings,' Burton said. 'Nor any ends.
It seems to me that man has engaged in a blind and fearful struggle out of
a past he can't remember, into a future he can't foresee nor understand.
And man has met and defeated every obstacle, every enemy except one.
He cannot win over himself.'"
~John Steinbeck~ My Homebrew(Most Recent) | Forum Rules | IRC
Dear lord, this competition's filling fast. It's almost as if we're a forum full of incredibly talented oddjobs who issue raw creativity like flatus after Broccoli Casserole Night.*
Not that you'd know that, given how long it usually takes us to get to critical mass.
*Oh yeah. Classy imagery like that, I'm going all the way this time.
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