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Fanpop Poetry Contest!
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Hey there, everyone! It's the start of a brand new year, and I know we all have brand new ideas for our lives. That is why I want to open this year up with the first ever Fanpop poetry contest! It's basic and simple, because everyone can write poetry, and it's short which means everyone can read all of the submissions in a brief period of time, whereas stories may take longer. However, if you're a story-writer (I sympathize), never fear! If this contest goes well, I may sponsor a Fanpop Short Story Contest afterwards.
Established Rules 1) Any piece of poetry is accepted, so long as it is not plagiarized. If you wrote a poem ten years ago that you would like to revist and submit for the contest, by all means do so. Or if you would prefer to write a brand new poem, more power to you! So long as it is your own work anything goes! There is a strict plagiarism policy, however. If your submission is found to be plagiarized, you will be immediately disqualified and receive a nasty lecture from me. In fact, I take plagiarism so seriously that if I am your fan, I will de-fan you. That's how seriously I take it. 2) There will be no theme. This contest is open-ended when it comes to subject matter. Literally anything goes, so long as it is PG-13. By PG-13, I mean no erotic poetry, and no excessive violence or horror that would scare or disgust a thirteen-year-old. The swearing rule, in the interest of free expression and social commentary, is lifted. Use every word in your vocabulary, but please do not abuse this liberty! Do keep in mind that children will be reading this, so you may want to save your anarchist "F&%$ Censorship!" poetry for your livejournal (but be sure to link me to it, because I am a sucker for anarchist poetry). Also keep in mind that excessive use of "foul language" may cost you votes when it comes down to the second round of judging, and on your head be it! 3) NEW RULE: Poems must be 60 lines or 400 words. This means that if a poem is 60 lines, but 420 words, that's acceptable, or if it is 70 lines, but 370 words, that's fine too. If you break the limit by five words, or two lines, that's acceptable. We're trying to keep these brief, though. If you submit an excerpt of a longer poem, feel free to include a link to the original poem, for reference purposes only, as only the excerpt will be judged for the contest. 4) NEW RULE: Poems based on television shows, books, video games, etc (in other words, fan fiction) ARE ALLOWED, so long as one attaches a disclaimer to the work paying homage to its original creator. The poem itself must be entirely your own. ) The deadline for submissions is January 13th. Submission Process After discussing it with handful of clever fanpoppers (thank you Sarah and Jody) I have come up with a very nice and neat way of going about this in the fairest way possible. If you wish to submit a poem to the contest, please send me a private message which includes your poem in full, and "Poetry Contest Submission" in the title. On January 13th, I will gather up all of the submissions and post them in a single soapbox where they will be able to be viewed altogether. Instead of your user name residing next to your work, you will be assigned a number (such as "Constestant Number 4") which will be based on the order in which I received the poems. On January 20th, when everyone has had a chance to review the poems, I will ask a panel of judges to confer amongst themselves and eliminate all but five poems. These five poems will then be put up to a vote by the Fanpopulation in the form of a pick, asking users to vote for contestants based solely on the quality of their work, and not their user names or who they are friends with. The only person who will know the true authors will be me, and I will not participate in this vote (though I will participate in the contest, burying my submission somewhere in between all the others). When the pick is closed (a week after being posted), I will announce the winner. Judges List Spotty_Vision21 Sappp dredfull7 bRiNnAyCuLlEn heeeresjoyce Are we clear? If so, then happy writing, Fanpoppers! The contest is open right... NOW! LINKS All Entries for January 2009 Top Five for 2009 Published Writers of Fanpop |
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And the judging by everyone would probably still be private, like voting for the Fanpoppies, so no one gets hurt about who voted for who on a pick.
:]
And volunteers for at least two more judges would be swell!
now I can prove that i'm better than all of you
this should be exciting
And thanks for volunteering, Sappp.
Awesome, im going to go submit some poetry today! (since a suck at mutiple chpater stories:()
:D
So ...
"Roses are red
Violets are blue,
Everyone can write poems
But I cannot do."
Need I say More???!
I'd love to participate.
Cinders' article Fanpop Poetry Contest above^^, where it says SUBMISSION PROCESS!
If you don't bother to read my article, where it clearly explains how to turn in your submission, then I am not going to bother repeating myself.
If there are specific questions in relation to the explanation there (such as "who is this 'me' I am supposed to message?" [it's Cinders, by the way]), then I will answer those questions gladly.
If this is STILL UNCLEAR, by all means let me KNOW so I can edit the article and MAKE this clear. But I very much dislike answering questions that I have already answered.
And to be honest, this makes me think that if no one bothers to read the RULES AND SUBMISSION PROCESS, then you probably won't read the other poetry submitted either, which is probably more your loss than ours, but... ARGH!
I don't like to be rude, I really don't, but honestly people-- was I not clear? I must have been at least a little clear because twenty people have already messaged me.
Also-- When you submit your poem, you should receive a reply from me telling you that your submission has been received. I may also ask clarifying questions based on format or title, so be SURE to read my ENTIRE MESSAGE (it won't be as long as this article, but I'm just making sure).
If your reply from me simply states "Submission received, thank you" that means no additional information is needed and your work is in the draft article on my account. I do not spellcheck. I do not format grammar, or touch the structure of the poetry I receive in anyway. It is presented exactly how I received it, including spelling, syntax, grammar, structure, bolds, italics, and line length.
Just wanted to let people know, in case they were worried.
Golly gee wiz, I'm not even entering the contest and I know where to send the damn poetry to. But then again, I DID read the entire article and not just a sentence here and there.
Actually, I have to say, this "where do I send my entry to?" business being asked overand over again is really pissin' me off - although I know it's really none of my business.
The reason being that I can see that Cinders has obviously put so much time and effort into bringing this together and doing something for the enjoyment of others AND some people are too damn lazy to give her some credit by simply reading her article.
If you need to ask where the entries go, then no, you have NOT read the article!
EDIT: I just had a thought, so ...
TO ALL AWESOME WOULD-BE POETS:
This is where you send your poetry submissions to
Cinders:
http://www.fanpop.com/fans/Cinders
*When you get to Cinders' profile, just click on "send a message" located below the "About Me" section and submit your entry. Do NOT forget to include your name,lol!!
Thanks, though, Cammie, and, um, me four posts ago wasn't losing it? Wow, I must have more self control than I thought.
http://slapfish.com/failure/failure04000.j
:P
I'm not much of a poet, but a thought or 2 does occassionally make its way to my brain. ;)
I look forward to entering.
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