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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, I 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 5 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 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) I will rule on anything I have forgotten or needs clarification which is brought to my attention
14) The contestants will have 1 week (roughly) from the bracket posting to get their entries posted.
"'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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(btw Vay, you spelt Kne's name wrong. Its Kneenibble, not Kneeknibble)
You know what? I think I've done that every time he's entered. Weird.
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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
Sooo...umm...freestyle poetry is allowed?
Sorry was thinking of competing but I'm horrible at following a rule set. That and I've never competed before and didn't want to embarrass myself. Not that I won't anyway at some point.
If freestyle is allowed then I would like to compete if that's okay.
Ummm, sure, I'll give this a go.
Good practice, and I could do with something to do.
I'll warn you though, I will refuse to leave my precious rhyming couplets.
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Well, thats arguably poetry or not. I'm not saying poetry has to have form, but I agree that it needs to be more than a bunch of pretty words (*coughhaikuscough*).
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Sooo...umm...freestyle poetry is allowed?
Sorry was thinking of competing but I'm horrible at following a rule set. That and I've never competed before and didn't want to embarrass myself. Not that I won't anyway at some point.
If freestyle is allowed then I would like to compete if that's okay.
I really need something to prompt me to write...
Freestyle is allowed yes, but it has to still be poetry. You will not be disqualified for this, but will most likely lose next to more apt poems.
Also, even if to lose in the first round isn't so bad, because it's practice for the next IP.
If you don't feel comfortable entering but still want to use the prompts, you could always write your own poems to the given prompts but not submit them, or post them out of the contest in this thread and maybe judges could give their thoughts if they have extra time. However, you are encouraged to join, we need some new meat in here.
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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, this looks like fun, count me in. (First post on this forum)
Just to check, there's an article and a picture?
It varies, usually in the first round or two it's just a single article or picture but as the contest goes on I add more to increase difficulty.
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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
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