Poetry Contest: Theme: Change

**Fabala** · 09-10-2008 11:49 PM

Theme: Change

Time for the first poetry contest under my moderation ^^ Aren't you excited? For the first one I'm going with a very broad theme in order to get as many people participating as possible. This time around your theme is "change." Change for the better, change for the worse, literal changing, or a more symbolic stance. The possibilities are endless.

Important Details:

Deadline: Sunday, September 28, midnight EST. This gives you two weeks from this Sunday.
Length: Any
Please PM me your submission prior to the deadline. Should there be any issues with the length or formatting, you may send them to my email address: [email protected]. Just remember to title your email with something relating to this contest and to tell me what your member name is here. I would prefer you use one of these two methods and not upload stories elsewhere, as there were issues with this in other contests.
I will send you a PM after I receive your entry to confirm I have included it, or if there were any issues.
Forum rules do apply. Those entries not adhering to these rules, particularly in the case of content, will be disqualified. Please PM me if you need any clarification on whether something will or will not be allowed.
Entries will remain anonymous until a winner is announced, so please keep details of your entering or submission quiet until then. Not doing so can be grounds for disqualification.
Please use this thread to ask general questions. Other questions should be discussed via PMs.

Prizes (the only reason anyone participates, eh?):

First Place: 100,000 points (poem will also be read on Ai's Corner)
Second Place: 50,000 points
Third Place: 25,000 points

**Program** · 09-10-2008 11:58 PM

Can this theme of ''Change'' also be in the poem about a person who has changed your life?

**Buruku** · 09-11-2008 12:14 AM

Sweet. I will do some brainstorming. Not tonight though >.>

**Fabala** · 09-11-2008 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Seishirou Sakurazuka

Can this theme of ''Change'' also be in the poem about a person who has changed your life?

Absolutely ^^

**Luzifer** · 09-11-2008 10:59 AM

Does this poem have to written for the contest, or can it be an older poem that we wrote (and possibly posted) that we would like to submit since it was about change?

**Fabala** · 09-11-2008 04:52 PM

I'm keeping this anonymous, so if its been posted here, no. If it hasn't been posted here, I'll accept it ^^

**Luzifer** · 09-11-2008 10:44 PM

Is transition and change in character that accompanies the loss of one's father and the process of grief, count as change in the context of this po-em con-test?

**Fabala** · 09-12-2008 01:53 AM

That's perfectly fine, yes ^^

"Change" covers such a broad area that I won't make any kind of real attempt to define it all. Very basically the theme should be evident in the poem, but how you choose to portray it is up to you.

**Jose** · 09-12-2008 01:58 AM

Would it be too soon to enter now?

**Fabala** · 09-21-2008 10:33 PM

Oops. Missed that question somehow ^^

No, never too early! Please please please submit your poems at any time before the deadline! The interest these contests garner will kind of dictate how often they'll be run, so do show your interest now!

**Daenerys** · 09-24-2008 03:20 PM

._. i'm just now seeing this. i'll enter

**Fabala** · 09-26-2008 06:17 AM

A reminder.

Submissions close at midnight EST on Sunday, so time is running out! I haven't had anyone request an extension, so I'm assuming people are either going to be PMing me shortly, or have decided not to enter.

**Daenerys** · 09-26-2008 05:59 PM

How many submissions have you recieved so far?

**Fabala** · 09-27-2008 05:37 PM

We're at a total of 4 >.> Seems my luck getting people to enter the fiction contest has carried on over here. Anywho, they're all good entries ^^

**Daenerys** · 09-27-2008 06:37 PM

lol. Well when I needed more people to participate I used the news forum to announce contests begining and voting time and stuff. Have you used it yet?"

**Fabala** · 09-27-2008 07:19 PM

I kind of reckoned people don't read that forum >.> Maybe I'll give it a shot for the next contests.

**Daenerys** · 09-28-2008 01:10 AM

I think I got like 2-4 people from there tops.

**Fabala** · 09-29-2008 04:47 PM

In case you all haven't seen it yet, the voting thread has been created. Please follow the instructions there to cast your vote. And as a note to those who submitted poems: I know there aren't many entries, but I do not want you to vote for your own. Rank the other three in the order you think best.

**Fabala** · 11-03-2008 07:28 PM

For those who were not aware, my home computer died several weeks back, and it took until now to get it back up and running. This coincided with a new job and a particularly busy time in Uni as the end of semester drew to a close. This is why I have not been available lately.

I have been asked about the winners in this contest. As of yet there are no winners as I have received nowhere near enough votes to declare one. At this point voting will remain open until there is a distinction among the votes as to the winner.

Keep them coming!