The AW 2010 Spring Poetry Contest - RESULTS

poetinahat · May 30, 2010

Thank you, poets and readers - what an excellent contest we have had.

First, I'd better clear up the matter of prizes. There are six prizes. The first place winner will get two choose TWO prizes from the list. Second through fourth places will choose ONE prize, in that order. The fifth-place winner will receive the remaining, and still fabulous, prize.

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Now then, the results. Prizewinners, please review the prize list as soon as you can and send me your preferences, along with a shipping address (for the cash prize, I'll find out what the donor needs to send the prize).

First place: Wallflower, by Nikki

Second place: The Last May, by ajc

Third place: Sweat, by aadams73

Fourth place: Springtime in Normandy, by dclary

Fifth place: The New Nest, by Steppe

Sixth place: Spring Haibun, by CDSinex

NEWS FLASH: Steppe, being the upstanding fellow he is, has refused his prize, which will now be awarded to the sixth-place winner, CDSinex.

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Poets' names have been added by the poem titles in the Entries thread.

FULL RESULTS:

.#..Title.........................Poet.........TOTAL
.1..Lies in Leather...............Fallen..........7
.2..Spring Haibun.................CDSinex........10
.3..The New Nest..................Steppe.........13
.4..Spring Shower.................jilly61.........9
.5..Sweat.........................aadams73.......15
.6..A Change of Seasons...........KTC.............1
.7..Springtime in Normandy........dclary.........13
.8..Wallflower....................Nikki..........19
.9..The Last May..................ajc............16
10..Springtime Serenade...........Questingpoet....6
11..Untitled......................Dichroic........8
12..Offset by a Season............dobiwon.........5
13..spring progression............peg.............3
14..The Seed......................Feiss...........6
15..There is Nothing Like Spring..bettielee.......6
16..the sun looked down...........kdnxdr..........8
17..Actaeon.......................mscelina........6
18..Stroll........................milly...........3
19..Lilac Sweet Bloom of Spring...magdalen........8

Again, thank you, everyone!

dclary · May 30, 2010

Congratulations Nikki!!! Well done!

Congratulations AJC! I voted for you!!!!

Now I just have to hope that the $25 canadian slips down in the draft...

Magdalen · May 30, 2010

Yes, congrats to all! Wallflower was my fav and I also voted for another in the top 5. Nice work, poets!!

ajc · May 30, 2010

Congratulations Nikki, aadams, dclary, and Steppe. I am honored to be among you guys. All the poems were fantastic and voting was not easy.

aadams73 · May 30, 2010

Wow, seriously??? Holy cow!

Congratulations, Nikki! Fantastic work! And congrats to my fellow place-mates, too! Excellent stuff.

Spectacular poems from all our poets. As ajc said, voting wasn't easy. I didn't even vote for myself because there were more than three I liked better than my own. I didn't want to hog up a place on my list.

And Rob, thank you for all your hard work organizing this. I really had a lot of fun. I'm not normally a poet, so this was fairly new territory for me. Thanks for letting me join in.

ajc · May 30, 2010

aadams73 said:
As ajc said, voting wasn't easy. I didn't even vote for myself because there were more than three I liked better than my own.

Me too! I felt the same about all the other poems.

And Rob, thank you for all your hard work organizing this.

Yes, thank you Rob. I should have said thanks before. As the kids say, "My bad."

I'm not normally a poet, so this was fairly new territory for me. Thanks for letting me join in. Impressive!

CDSinex · May 30, 2010

Congratulations to all of the winners. They are all great poems!

Wallflowers was one of my picks, but that said, it was really hard to whittle the entries down to three.

As for the rest of us? There’s always next time.

bettielee · May 30, 2010

Congratulations everyone!

Thank you to tall the contributors and to Rob for putting up with the entrants and the voters.

KTC · May 30, 2010

Congrats to all the winners! And thank you to Rob for hosting such a successful contest!

(Please let me know who receives the cash prize and I will send it to their paypal account post haste.)

Susie · May 30, 2010

Congrats 'n way2go to all the winners. :Cake:

s 4 Uz!

Fallen · May 30, 2010

Hah, I voted wallflower. Woo-hoo. Congrat's to all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And I'm sick to be among you guys.

Steppe · May 30, 2010

Congrats to all. I've learned much from my first contest and had a great deal of fun. Can't wait for the next one. I hope we have Summer, Fall and Winter contests as well.

KTC · May 30, 2010

poetinahat said:
Thank you, poets and readers - what an excellent contest we have had.

First, I'd better clear up the matter of prizes. There are six prizes. The first place winner will get two choose TWO prizes from the list. Second through fourth places will choose ONE prize, in that order. The fifth-place winner will receive the remaining, and still fabulous, prize.

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Now then, the results. Prizewinners, please review the prize list as soon as you can and send me your preferences, along with a shipping address (for the cash prize, I'll find out what the donor needs to send the prize).

First place: Wallflower, by Nikki

Second place: The Last May, by ajc

Third place: Sweat, by aadams73

Fourth place: Springtime in Normandy, by dclary

Fifth place: The New Nest, by Steppe

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I'll publish full results, and poets' names, tomorrow.

Again, thank you, everyone!

FWIW...my top three votes were for the top 3 poems. I guess that makes me a winner. (-;

My vote:

* First - #5 - Sweat
* Second - #8 - Wallflower
* Third - #9 - The Last May

milly · May 30, 2010

congratulations everyone...two of my pics were in the top 5....good job everyone

poetinahat · May 30, 2010

NEWS FLASH: Steppe, being the upstanding fellow he is, has refused his prize, which will now be awarded to the sixth-place winner. I'll check the results later and update.

Nikki · May 30, 2010

Oh, wow! I'm floored. Thank you so much, Rob, for hosting the contest, and to anyone who enjoyed my poem. I loved so many of the poems this time, it was extremely hard to choose. Good work, everyone who entered!
Congratulations to ajc, aadams, steppe and dclary... and the yet-to-be announced winner.

poetinahat · May 31, 2010

poetinahat said:
NEWS FLASH: Steppe, being the upstanding fellow he is, has refused his prize, which will now be awarded to the sixth-place winner. I'll check the results later and update.

Step right up, CDSinex, for Spring Haibun!

oneblindmouse · May 31, 2010

MANY CONGRATS, Nikki, and all the other winners!!! The entries were all so good that I, for one, had difficulty choosing just three.

poetinahat · May 31, 2010

Final results are listed above. Poets' names have been added to the Entries thread.

KTC · May 31, 2010

YAY! I won LAST PLACE!

poetinahat · May 31, 2010

That's what happens to the one who opens the door. You're a living metaphor, man.

KTC · May 31, 2010

poetinahat said:
That's what happens to the one who opens the door. You're a living metaphor, man.

ooh! i'm beginning to like the sound of that. (-:

poetinahat · May 31, 2010

Thanks... you know, maybe I'll try to write a poem or something. I hear all the cool people are doing it.

KTC · May 31, 2010

don't tell me what the poets are doin', those Himalayans of the mind.

Steppe · May 31, 2010

Well I didn't so much refuse as I felt the younger types would have more need of rewards. I'd have done the same had I won first. I'm honored to have placed at all in the competition and am looking forward to the next time.

Perhaps we could give folk a longer time to compose their poems, like maybe one month or at least a few weeks. Might help to get more interest.

The AW 2010 Spring Poetry Contest - RESULTS

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Unabashed Mercenary

Petulantly Penitent

What do I know?

A Work in Progress

What do I know?

Imagine something clever here.

I'm a sparkly fairy princess!

Stand in the Place Where You Live

Thanks, special friend for my avi!

Stood at the coalface

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Stand in the Place Where You Live

seeing sparks

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The new me

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Numbers are beautiful

Stand in the Place Where You Live

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Stand in the Place Where You Live

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