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Iron Poet XI
Welcome to Iron Poet, Round Eleven!!
Rules
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 poets 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).
17) Judges have 1 week to complete judgments. If not all judges respond by this time, the round will be decided as if the late judges were not a part of it (i.e. if there are 5 judges to begin with and only 3 are on time, the round will be decided with 2 votes as opposed to 3). If there are only an even number of judgments, I will cast the remaining vote.
THE IRON POET HALL OF FAME
1. Ravyn
2. Rubakhin
3. Elvaris
4. Alarra
5. Truemane
6. Devigod
7. Alarra
8. Devigod
9. Alarra
10. Elvaris
Contestants:
- Alarra
- The Fiery Tower
- averagejoe
- M-Bark
- Rutskarn
- Szilard
- Azure Butterfly
- DreamintheDark
- Devigod
- Cardea
- CWater
- Asthix
Judges:
- Haruki-kun
- Emlyn
- Elvaris
POTENTIAL APPLICANTS FOR THE JUDGE POSITION TAKE NOTE: THESE CONTESTS LAST A LONG TIME AND THIS IS NOT A FLEETING RESPONSIBILITY. IF YOU SIGN UP I EXPECT YOU TO POST JUDGMENTS ON TIME. IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER ABLE TO POST JUDGMENTS, TELL ME. THANK YOU.
Current round:
Iron Poet XI: Round 2
Time for an image round! Interpret the image in any way you wish (but keep in mind that sticking close to the prompt can be a deciding factor when judges read your poem).
Rutskarn vs. The Fiery Tower
Morph Bark vs. Devigod
CWater vs. Cardea
Deadline: Wednesday, December 8th 2010 at 11:59 pm (EST).Last edited by Vaynor; 2010-12-01 at 03:15 AM.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Last edited by TFT; 2010-10-22 at 10:54 PM.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
I want to compete.
Actually, I want to judge, but I think I should compete in a contest before going at judging.So yeah, compete.Last edited by Haruki-kun; 2010-10-24 at 12:08 AM.
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Heh. Alright then, I gave it some thought. Judge it is.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Must the poems follow a traditional structure (limerick, sonnet, etc.) or may they also be... erm... well freeform is not quite what I am looking for, but moreso something that does appear very much like a poem at least, I guess?
I'm bad at following a structure forced upon me (as with limericks and sonnets), but if this is allowed, I'm definitely in.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Then, I'm in. My structure is prone to change anyway (between entries or even in the middle of one once).
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I see no reason not to get stuck in again. Sign me up, Chauncey.
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I'm in!
As a contestant. I'm not sure I'd have the time to judge.Want an avatar? Shoot me a PM.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him
the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read;
and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the
little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
~Stoner, John Williams~
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Re: Iron Poet XI
I've not participated as a contestant, though, and I've contributed as a judge a handful of times.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Never done one of these before. Sure, I'll competitor.
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I'll try... for the third time. Count me in. =D
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Bit slow getting started this time.
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Ah, what the hay? Sign me up to compete. I have to do something to ensure that my writing doesn't stagnate more than it already has.
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Sign me up as a contestant.
Just finding my roots again.
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Come on guys, let's get this contest rolling!
“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him
the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read;
and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the
little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
~Stoner, John Williams~
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Re: Iron Poet XI
Surely it isn't that hard to get some more people willing to get in on this! How long did it take to get to 16 with the other contests, on average?
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As long as your blinks were several days in duration, but yes, this is unfortunately rather slow. This contest isn't exactly known for its speed, however. We'll get there eventually!
“Sometimes, immersed in his books, there would come to him
the awareness of all that he did not know, of all that he had not read;
and the serenity for which he labored was shattered as he realized the
little time he had in life to read so much, to learn what he had to know.”
~Stoner, John Williams~
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Last edited by Haruki-kun; 2010-11-03 at 08:18 PM.
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Re: Iron Poet XI
*glances around*
*rises hand*
I'd like to compete!
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