This is the new and improved version of both the Periodic Poetry Contest and the Haiku Contest. From this point out, both contests will be combined into one massive contest for everyone to enjoy! And as such, each user is allowed to enter is both contests with separate entries if they so desire, effectively doubling the odds of winning. Each contest (One being general poetry and the other exclusively haiku) will have one winner every month. Every month, two winners (one from each contest shall be chosen and receive a merit for all their hard work. Show it off to your friends, gloat about it to your enemies! Tell your parents about it and confuse them! It's a win-win-win-win-win scenario, folks.
Rules
General Poetry Contest: - It must fit the theme if the month (same theme as the Haiku Contest). - It must be submitted by the deadline. - It cannot have inappropriate language in it. - It cannot be stolen (if you plagiarize, we will find you). - The poem must be created for this contest - A user cannot win twice in a row (though everyone is welcome to submit every month!) - Only one submission per user will be accepted
Once a month a winner will be chosen from all the received entries. To begin, the Moderation/Administration Team will act as judges and choose winners. Subject to change depending on how well things go. The winner will then make a comment on the ContestWinners profile to receive a merit. (Original idea by ubertuna, itemized rules by DragonMistress, modified by Devoidless)
Haiku Contest "A Haiku is a Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons." Well, that said, here are the rules: - It must fit the theme of the month (same as General Poetry Contest) -The haiku must be original (no plagiarizing)! - It must be submitted before the deadline - It must be created for the contest (no using works previously written) - One submission per user - The same user cannot win twice in a row (but they are welcome to submit!)
Once a month a winner will be chosen from all the received entries. To begin, the Moderation/Administration Team will act as judges and choose winners. Subject to change depending on how well things go. The winner will then make a post on the ContestWinners profile to receive a merit. (Original idea and itemized rules by Maverick4, modified by Devoidless) First Themes The first themes to kick off this contest shall be: - The theme for the General Poetry contest this run is "Touch of Truth".
- The theme for the Haiku contest is "Broken Bond". Submitting an entry Since there are two separate contests, users are required to mention in the post which contest they wish to use the entry for. Any entry without this is subject to not being entered into either contest. Examples of how to clarify which contest an entry is for: -
This poem is for the General Poetry contest
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-This is for the Haiku contest
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I'd like to enter this for the General Poetry/Haiku contest
Remember, each user is allowed to join both contests!
Alright! Looking forward to seeing what you all can create! Good luck, and have fun with it!
It seems the problem still lies with inadequate or, in this case, absent judging. Back in my day, I was just shy of a public hanging over being 3 days past the end of the contest (but exactly when I promised it).
For sure I posted? I don't change the title until right before I hit submit, so it updates.
HAIKU
Fishing season, Pa - The creek, the kayak, the rods; License to sport game.
This haiku puts you in the setting of fishing season, either in the moment or the anticipation of the moment. It does well to distill one scene. For image alone, this wins out over the rest.
Always Searching
Searching for answers Something more, something better- For the thrill of dreams!
This one shows an idea of attaining something better with uncertainty and hope and possibly a lack of conviction if only for the thrill of dreams.
What Did I...? What did I do wrong? What did I do to deserve This? What did I miss?
This one lacks imagery. The break in the second line is the best part of this haiku. It highlights "this", whatever this may be. However, there is no context for this perceived failure.
POETRY
Why? Why am I always tired? Why am I always cold? Why am I always hungry?
Why indeed. This one is another perception of failure without context, so what answer could there be? Disease? Homelessness? Nightmare? Psychosomatic causes?
Haiku The fire in your heart, Burning so powerfully, Has come to ashes.
Poetry The eyes, they no longer shine, The glisten that would change my world, A mind poisoned with fog of hatred. The hands that would move mountains, Are lifeless and clouded. The heart that would burn passion into the sky, Is a wisp of flame in a ocean of pain. Something is missing, And I need it back.
