2011 Poetry Contest - February [Anger]

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2011 Poetry Contest - January [Loss] - Wiseman_2

Welcome to the February, 2011 Poetry Contest of TheHelper.net!

Topic​

This month's topic, chosen by our previous winner Wiseman_2, is Anger! All entries will have three weeks to think on this topic, write their poem according to the rules below and post it for judging that will occur in the last week of the month!

Judging & Judges​

Like the last contest, there will be one sole judge; Myself. The judging will work off of an average of five categories;

Clarity - How easy to understand is your poem? If it's too complex or complicated, you will lose points.
Flow - Read your poem out loud. Does it pause in unusual places? Does it sound strange or choppy?
Spelling/Grammar - Through some means or another, you're putting a poem online. Please take the time to spellcheck your work, this is a silly thing to lose points for.
Focus - Keep true to the topic and don't wander off to other things.
Language - Words like "bad", "sad" are considered "younger" words, words used by children. Please think as you write to be a bit more expressive with our English language!

Each category will be scored on a scale of 1 [worst] to 5 [best] The categories will be added up and divided by five, giving us the average of all 5 scores. This is your Overall Score which will determine your standing. The poem that receives the highest Overall Score wins!

Please remember winners receive the privilege of picking our topic for the March, 2011 Poetry Contest!

Deadline & Reward​

All entries must be submitted by February 21, 2011. Then, I will judge the entries by the following Monday, February 28, 2011. The next contest will start immediately, as soon as the winner picks a topic.

I +rep all entries and I'm sure your other participants will reward you as well for hard work and a job well done. Aside from Rep, a bit of fame in the WC and the chance to pick the next contest's topic, that's all the reward you get!

Welcome to the February 2011 Poetry Contest and Good Luck!​
 
Wiseman_2

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Oh dear, I appear to have picked a poor topic, haven't I? I tried writing something for it, it went way off track and was no good...
Unless everyone is waiting until the very last minute.

I hope next month gets more entries. Maybe an open topic would help?
 
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I think it's the section; In general, WC has been slow this month... People are busy with school and such.
 
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So with the deadline passed for entries and even the deadline for judging coming up in 3 days [which is hard to meet without anything to judge!] I think we can call this Contest a failure.

As of now, there are no plans to start another one. We'll see what the future holds. After March I will not be available for any more contests, so Jan.'s may have been the last contest for some time. Unless someone wants to host them in my stead, but that's up to the staff.

Thanks to everyone from the Jan. contest and sorry this one didn't pan out!
 
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