How to Vote in the Valentine's Sonnet Contest

Okay, I've mulled this over, and this is what I believe to be the fairest way to vote.

I don't want us to lose a great poem buried in the middle to end of this long list, so I broke the poems into four groups (I simply chopped it into groups of 8--assuming there are no more entries). We have 2 weeks to read the poems (13 days, to be precise) so 8 sonnets a day shouldn't be a stretch.

From each group, choose your top 3. From those picks, then choose one poem that stands out as your pick for overall favorite.

Use the "Scorecard" to keep track. It will be posted in a thread called "Scorecard" tomorrow. (Hint: Copy it to a PM and send it to yourself each time you read a group. That way, you don't have to go through all the poems at once.) Once you have your scorecard complete, PM it to me (Limeydawg).

All votes must be to me by February 13th. No votes accepted after that time. Voting is open to all AW members. Feel free to PM me if you have questions.

Sure. You can even vote for your top 3 from each group of 8. But, I'll still need to know which, out of all the poems, is your overall favorite.

They're veiled by the deadline. I'll post them on February First.

Man, you guys are tough.....

Today is the last day...

Tell you what...as soon as Stew gets hers in, I'll post them. It's still open til the end of today, though.

<imagine that scene from Caddyshack...>

Welllllllllllll. We're waiting...."

P.H.Delarran said:

I'll probably have to put my final polish on after work tonight, which means I'll be the last submission at just around 9 pm pst.
-ummm, but if you post the other poems early-then nevermind
(like how I make you the bad-guy for my procrastination?? )

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Well, there are 33 entries so far, so I doubt posting them a few hours early will matter. I'll probably wait until midnight or so tonight anyway.

<roll the "jeopardy" music>
TICK TOCK
TICK TOCK
TICK TOCK
TICK TOCK

Pat~ said:

Just to clarify, then...in the PM, we're only casting a vote for our favorite - not first, second, third choice.

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Pat,

You can vote how you want to, but to be fair to the poets and their effort, I'd prefer it done this way:

I would like to know what your top 3 are out of each group. After you have read all four groups, and picked your favorites out of each, then pick the one that you think is best. This will mean you will submit to me:
Your 1st, 2nd, 3rd out of each group for a total of 12 votes PLUS

your favorite out of those.

GAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

Wow, I feel better now. I seem to have overcomplicated the voting process, so just vote how the hey you feel like voting. End of story.

A note of apology here.

Three poems were left out of the four groups I posted. I've corrected it with a fifth group, but until it gets bumped by an admin, I'd like to ask that we all scroll down and view these great entries too.