POETRY CONTEST 2024 VOTING

[RAVENEYE]

   Voting has closed!   

Please proceed to the Poetry Forum to read and critique this year's entries.
As always, the judging rules are found below.
Best of luck to all contestants.


SCHEDULE

Submissions close, voting begins: Tuesday, April 16, 11:59 pm, US Central

Voting closes: Tuesday, April 30, 11:59 pm, US Central (9:59 Pacific)

Results announced: MAY 1

JUDGING

Voting is open to all Legendfirians! Every contestant is REQUIRED to vote.

Unless excused for serious reasons, contestants must vote on all entries. You will receive reminders of this requirement 3 days prior to the end of the voting period. If you do not vote on ALL entries, your entry will be disqualified.

Please follow these steps:

1. Judge each entry according to the following questions. Answer them as thoroughly as possible. Two sentences minimum per question. See the Resources below if you need help critiquing the poems.

NOTE: voters who leave one-liner critiques to justify their vote will receive warnings according to our warning system. The purpose of commenting is to help writers improve their writing, so be thorough, please.

 Technical writing elements: Which elements were technically sound in this entry? What still needs work?

 Artistic writing elements: What appealed to me in this entry? What might benefit from revision?

 Prompt: How well does this entry relate to the prompt?

2. After answering these questions, assign each area a numerical value: Rate each entry from 1 to 5, with five being the most favorable.

3. Add your scores and divide by 3 to get an average score. For example: 3.5 + 3 + 4 = 3.5 (The contest host will collect all the average scores for each entry and tally the averages to determine the winners.)

* You may vote for yourself to maintain your anonymity. This vote will not count toward the final score.

* All entries must have the same number of votes for each vote to count. For example, if over half the entries receive 7 votes, we will set the final vote requirement to 7 votes per entry.

RESOURCES

How To Critique Poetry

Critique a Poem Step by Step

168 Poetry Forms

Common Poetry Terms

LOTS OF POETRY FORMS AND TERMS

PRIZES

 All contestants: 100 Hard Honor Points upon submitting their entry.

 1st Place Winner: an additional 200 Hard Honor Points for a total of 300.

 2nd and 3rd Place Winners: an additional 100 Hard Honor Points for a total of 200.

NOTE: contestants must edit their Honor Points themselves within their profile settings.

Caulder is awarding extra Honor Points each time you participate in a day of his Poetry Month activities. Found >HERE<

[RAVENEYE]

Whew, almost finished with my crits and votes. How is everyone else doing? Six days still to go.

[RAVENEYE]

About 12 hours still to critique and vote!

Reminder: there's a poetry reading gala being hosted by Poets.org tonight on YouTube. I'll be attending, barring any weird circumstances. Caulder Melhaire - had you decided to attend? Anyone else?

I'll be in LF's Discord, the Poetry Reading channel for the event.


Edit: Forgot to add the link -- IT'S HERE <-- clicky clicky

[RAVENEYE]

Looks like all the required votes are in early! Nice.

I will go ahead and close the contest, but if any non-competitors wish to comment on any of the poems, please feel free. I'll begin tallying the scores and post the results and badges tomorrow.

Thanks, all!