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Hey, we have a creative writing contest, and an avatar contest, why not a poem contest?
Rules, shamelessly stolen (for the most part) from Fat Daddy's Iron Author:
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 4 rounds pitting 2 randomly determined authors against each other.
3) Each matchup will be given a theme, 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, I will adjudicate and determine the winner.
6) The stories 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.
10) If your entry does not include the article(s) and the picture(s), you will be disqualified.
11) The judgments are final. What the judges decide is how it is.
12) The entries will only include content suitable for the Playground. The Giant is nice enough to share his Playground with us and we will respect his rules while playing here.
13) I will rule on anything I have forgotten or needs clarification which is brought to my attention
14) The contestants will have 1 week from the bracket posting to get their entries posted.
Once 16 people sign up, deadlines and brackets will be posted.
EDIT: Judges are also needed, as much as we can get. Odd numbers are needed for tiebreakers, so after five judges sign up the recruitment will be cut off.
ROUND 1
Castaras vs. Nevrmore; Theme: Hurricanes
Phoekun vs. Fally; Theme: Glaciers
Ravyn vs. Methodical Meat; Theme: Music
Abacab vs. Tiako; Theme: Children
ZRS vs. Faerwain; Theme: Love
JoseB vs. Goodfellow; Theme: Ocean
Brickwall vs. Elvaris; Theme: Plays (theatrical)
Deepsear vs. Cult_of_the_Raven; Theme: Trains
ROUND 2
Castaras vs. Elvaris: Island(s), Smoke
Cult of the Raven vs. Ravyn: Baseball, Saxophone
ZRS vs. Tiako: Newspaper(s), Fire
PhoeKun vs. JoseB: T.V. Show(s), Farm(s)
Deadline: The time between 11:59pm EST (eastern time, GMT-5) Monday, July 2nd, 2007 AND 12:01am EST (eastern time, GMT-5) Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007.
This date is the midnight between Monday, July 2nd and Tuesday, July 3rd.
FINAL ROUND:
Elvaris vs. Ravyn
The poem must contain any and as much information as possible found in the following pictures or articles. Winning may be decided by the best usage of prompts.
Deadline: Friday, July 27th, between the times of 11:59pm EST and 1:00am EST. This is the midnight between Friday and Saturday.
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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
But poetry is so much more experimental-friendly and variable then prose. I don't think you can effectively compare and judge them.
that being said;
Umm, I might. Let me think about it.
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But poetry is so much more experimental-friendly and variable then prose. I don't think you can effectively compare and judge them.
that being said;
Umm, I might. Let me think about it.
Well hopefully we'll get experimental-friendly judges.
At it's worst, we can just have fun?
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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
But poetry is so much more experimental-friendly and variable then prose. I don't think you can effectively compare and judge them.
You really can't "effectively compare and judge" prose, either. Come on, you've been in Iron Author, you know how it works. This will work just as well as IA, assuming it generates enough interest.
That said (in confidence that this cannot possibly start before Wednesday), I am in like Flint.
__________________ 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.
edito - any ideas how to get good judges and more word of this out?
I'll put it in my sig, but that's about all I can think of.
Only 12 more to go (plus judges!)
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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
"'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
"'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
__________________ "I'm just going on motive and opportunity here and the fact that if the earth got swallowed by a black hole, I'd look suspiciously in your direction first."
~ Timberwolf
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~ Heliomance
"You're like Pinkie Pie powered by a nuclear reactor."
~ Lix Lorn
Hey, if there's still room, I'm all over this, sign me up!
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Nexus-R.C. Mina gives the best compliments ever.
Spoiler
To read a text that "Methodical Meat" has writ
Is no easy feat, but it shall be well worth it
For the flames of his spectacled genius
Delve deep into you and many neurons it hews
And asunder them rends
And once more mends
Methodically he arrays them again
His readers' brains,
From meaty stains
New seeming, and better than before
He leaves his readers better than before!
Okey dokey, 6 more. Come on people we still need judges!
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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
Ok, that's 5 more, plus three judges. Hope we can get enough...
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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
Vaynor: you might want to consider sending out PMs to people you feel might be interested in judging, or at least people who wouldn't mind the responsibility. Either that, or set up a separate thread for recruiting judges, as Fat Daddy did when setting up past Iron Author competitions. You'll probably have more luck drawing out the needed people that way...
__________________ 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.
Vaynor: you might want to consider sending out PMs to people you feel might be interested in judging, or at least people who wouldn't mind the responsibility. Either that, or set up a separate thread for recruiting judges, as Fat Daddy did when setting up past Iron Author competitions. You'll probably have more luck drawing out the needed people that way...
"'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
okay, put me in as judge. in the way of bribes, I accept--oh. right. nevermind.
all the poems will be posted here, correct?
I don't pm; will that complicate things?
okay, put me in as judge. in the way of bribes, I accept--oh. right. nevermind.
all the poems will be posted here, correct?
I don't pm; will that complicate things?
Poems will be posted here. PMing shouldn't be needed.
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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
Well technically we have enough judges and an even number of participants (though V wanted 16)...but to tell you the truth; by the looks of who is involved in the contest I want to be a judge. But I want to write but I want a good balance of judges. I'm not nearly as qualified as I would like to be, however. And if I join to judge we need at least one more judge and one more contestant (to even it out).
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