The Writers' Block Poetry Contest #5 Results and Contest #6
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The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest (#twbpoetrycontest) is excited to announce Week #5’s winners, at long last!
Once again, thanks so much to our five judges, as without them, this contest would not be possible:
@sunravelme
@damianjayclay
@jrswab
@jessandthesea
@dbooster
And the winners are:
First place and 15 SBD: @anikekirsten’s poem Of Man and machine
Second place and 10 SBD: @warpedpoetic’s poem In Love and War
Third place and 7 SBD: @godflesh’s poem The Bee and the mirror
Congratulations to the winners, and a shoutout to all of the participants as well. Last week’s prompt may have been a bit more complex, so to all those who braved into those waters, we commend you too! And now, on to the new prompt!
The Writers’ Block Poetry Contest: Week #6
WRITING PROMPT:
Write a poem using the following image:
A small canoe tied to a pier, bobbing in the water under almost stormy skies.
- Original work only. All plagiarized entries will be disqualified.
- Unless designated by the prompt, the structure of the poem can be anything you like. Free verse, rhymed, and prose poetry are all 100% welcome.
- One entry per person, per week.
- Post your poem to your own blog to enter. The title of your post should be [the title of your poem - Writers Block Poetry Contest Week 6].
- Tag your entry with #twbpoetrycontest
- Post a link to your poem in the replies to this post.
- This contest runs until 23:59 UTC / GMT March 19th.
The winner will receive 15 SBD. Second place will win 10 SBD and third will receive 7 SBD.
Good luck!
Once again, a super warm thank you to our wonderful sponsors @anomadsoul and @gmuxx for their generous support for this poetry contest, making it possible that the winners receive an SBD prize.
@jessandthesea
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Hello. Here is my entry.
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@jmvanbreda/almost-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6-cd9f55daad046
Thanks for hosting these contests. Here's my entry :
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@hungry-nomad/72-run-away-girl-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6
With the help of my poem I've tried to raise awareness regarding domestic violence which sadly still prevails in the society.
Here is my entry.
#Escape
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@beyonddisability/escape-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6
I just tried.Hope I made it
Thank you so much! I'm rather surprised--pleasantly surprised. It was such fun, and quite the challenge.
And congrats to WarpedPoetic and GodFlesh as well!
Congrats too @anikekirsten.
Congrats, Anike.
I hope I am not too late!
My entry:
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@samueloption/tides-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6
Done! Here's my entry:
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@macro-d/28-set-me-free-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6
Hi everyone, congrats to those who won, y'all were dope!
For this week, here's my entry...
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@seesladen/my-daddy-s-stories-writer-s-block-poetry-contest-week-6
I just started following you and this cool contest. I hope to participate in one in the future.
My entry can be found here.
Upvoted and resteemed.
Congratulations to every one who won! And for this week, here's my entry :)
https://steemit.com/twbpoetrycontest/@beany-inhinyero/my-paddles-end-tonight-writers-block-poetry-contest-week-6