Exactly what the title implies. This is only for those who want REAL critiques on their poetry... If you can't handle brutal honesty, then this is not, and I repeat NOT the contest for you!
I have enlisted the help of my wonderful friends, Christie and Ptolema, to assist me in judging this contest. We're sick of reading crap strewn about the site, so PLEASE don't give us your whiny, wrist-slashing emo garbage or glitter-glam trash.
We're looking for poetry that [is]:
-UNDER 20 LINES
-gritty
-dark
-will stick like a knife in the gut
We do NOT want poetry that [is]:
-cliched
-riddled with poor spelling and grammar
-over 20 lines
-whiny, woe-is-me sob-stories
RULES:
-Spell-check is your friend. USE IT.
-NO CHAT-SPEAK OR TYPING LIKE AN IDIOT! [example:n3 1 wHo tYp3z lYk d15, lyk dis, or *l*i*k*e [[th/is]] WiL b d3l3+3d! 2 bad 4 u!]
-If your poem is amazing, I may let you go a few lines over... If not, you will be DQed immediately, no questions asked.
-No glorifying self-harm, rape, or abuse of anyone/anything.
-PLEASE PUT, "SUICIDE MISSION" IN YOUR ANs TO LET US KNOW YOU ACTUALLY BOTHERED TO READ THE RULES!
MOST IMPORTANTLY:
NO WHINING OR HARASSING US IF WE DQ YOU OR LEAVE AN HONEST CRITIQUE ON YOUR POEM, OR ELSE YOU WILL BE BANNED FROM ALL FUTURE CONTESTS. BY ENTERING, YOU ARE GIVING US FULL CONSENT TO CRITIQUE YOUR POEM HOWEVER WE SEE FIT, SO PLEASE RESPECT OUR COMMENTS WITHOUT WHINING. SORE LOSERS WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!
I reserve the right to add/subtract awards and points, DQ without warning anything that sucks, as well as to close the contest, should it suck. All decisions are final, so please respect them without whining! These rights are extended to Christie and Ptolema, as well as to any guest-judges who may make an appearance.
To those who think yourselves up to the challenge: Get ready. If you need a prompt, please ask! The picture at the top ["A Rose For The Dead Knight" by ykhimareus] is there as a guide as well, so feel free to use that if your muse needs a kickstart.
Good luck, lovelies!
♥ Laura, Christie, and Ptolema ♥
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 12
- Rewards: Gold: 1000, Silver: 500, Bronze: 250, Honorable mention: 12 people
- Final notes: Wow...
This is one of those contests where I can honestly say I would have loved to have given most of you trophies and mean it.
Typically, I get about six entries out of every 40 that are decent, but this finalists' list is the longest in NFTW history, as I was incredibly impressed by each of these top 15 entries. I actually shuffled them a number of times, but the top three are the ones who hit me the hardest.
The HMs are in order, since these works are also amazing and more-than-worthy of the accolades. Well done, and thank you to all for entering.
-Laura, Christie, and Ptolema.
Contest Winners
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Golden satin painting on fake smiles
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A killer walked among us;
fractured to his core.by Freed by Mercy 25 lines, 15 comments, on Apr 19 12:56 AM 2007. In Society, Death
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by Amaranthine Lover 24 lines, 8 comments, on May 11 8:36 PM. In Contemporary, Contest, Dark, Fantasy, Abstract, Meditative Ballad
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Entries [34]
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I'm the girl who sits up at night and cries
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With words from the heart I ever got has been anger• Commented on by judge.
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Truth flows from open scars. While the blood seeps down my fucking arm. I picked open with a shared of broken glass.
I’m just hoping thatby allawy 17 lines, 11 comments, on Jun 4 7:12 PM. In Suicide, Escape, War, Hate, Emo, Anger, Death, Abuse, Pain, Dark, Sad, Life, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
From my grin
Of gloom and despairby Lowercase Prelude 15 lines, 19 comments, on Jul 23 12:50 AM. In Dark• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by after-silence 13 lines, 13 comments, on Jul 2 10:40 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Who is that screaming inside of me Shut the fuck upby dshade05 18 lines, 3 comments, on Jul 28 10:46 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Used, shattered, torn back down
Covered by pain, I hit the groundby A-Daisy-Among-Roses 23 lines, 7 comments, on May 24 1:43 PM. In Pain, Thoughts, Sad, Depression, Lost love, Anger, Suicide, Teenage thinking, Loss• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
I feel the pale chill of Death as he suffocates the light,through the pieces of panic from losing my life.by Deathless Kris 13 lines, 8 comments, on Jul 31 3:18 PM• Commented on by judge.
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Strewn across the gravestone of a lost love,
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Cold steel pressed against hot flesh.
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tattered memories exposed locking the door to be alone with the ramification / crawling within my shadow fingers gripping the cure for the personal gratification / thoughts settle preparing myself to overdose on theby mskss1128 22 lines, 2 comments, on Jul 12 4:18 PM 2007• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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'Where are you going?'
I heard someone whisper one cold, night.by Zenity 23 lines, 5 comments, on Aug 7 9:20 PM• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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Comments
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hell to the yes sister!
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Rotflmao
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Maybe I will enter as a vigilante!
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yes! we need quality in here sis!
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I'll try just fer ya!
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Wicked, I shall enter as soon as I write an extraordinary poem. Great idea for a contest!!
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yessssssss! brill
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bwahahahahahha. I love you twinzeeee !
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THE HARPOONS: MAN THEM!
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ay ay Cap'en!! I'll load them cannons!
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is dat sum meme?
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Haha yeah, usually said about fat people who resemble whales. Still appropriate here, methinks, cos someone needs to kill this stinking pile of "poetry."
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I know what it's about.
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ahahaha ditto!!!
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Im a bit confused... 'course thats not hard to do with me ~lol~
the answer is probably right in front of me, but... is this only about personal suicidal incidents or can we enter about someone commiting suicide?!
since I had a friend that did.... yeah!
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It's not necessarily about suicide... I've been running these contests for a while, and what is intended by the term 'suicide-edition', is that we are equating submitting your entry to us with suicide... As in we have free reign and will critique your entry however we see fit. You can write about actual suicide, yes, but please no whiny wrist-slashing emo stuff... Hope that clears up some of the confusion
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oh... mmk! that makes a little bit more sense to me. lol I wasn't planning on entering any of "that", since I take the thought of suicide seriously, because I did lose a friend to it...
hope you receive what you want with this.. good luck to judging!!
*HxRxG*
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um...I might write something new for this. I don't like entering a poem into more than one contest.
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thanks for the HM and congrats to the winners!!
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you're welcome
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Thanks for the HM, and for hosting this contest. Congratulations to the winners!
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you're very welcome... I do hope you'll be back
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