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Poetry.com Contest Summary & Results

Congratulations to the winners of the Poetry.com August 2022 monthly contest. There were 126 poems submitted to the contest — thank you to everyone who entered and participated!

Winners By popular vote

500

1st Place

200

3rd Place



Runners-up



Nominees By random order


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4 Comments
  • lovingempath
    EXCELLENT!! (even though I wasn't included :). Congratulations to all the winners. You've all raised the bar a bit and next month I'm hoping I won't be trying to do the 'Limbo' under it. I'm very happy with these results!! 
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • IntoIntuition
    "The Poem Comment" (Just now)

    A plethora of wonderful, entrancing selections
    intriguing each reader while evoking emotions;
    Delving into each realm of inflections;
    Experiencing whirlwinds of literary devotion;

    Candidates of praise, and yet all worthy,
    of acknowledgement and a fair shake;
    These weaved expressions, slender or girthy,
    deserve every consideration to take.

    Some will tantalize, others, inspire
    whether read-into, sifted-though, or skimmed.
    But Alas! Each of us has that one we admire,
    The work of art we believe should win.

    I wanted to offer something creative which winding down tonight. Good luck to all participants!
     
    LikeReply 51 year ago
    • lovingempath
      Your comment is worthy of a vote, in itself! :)
      LikeReply 41 year ago
  • Journey
    This was very hard to narrow down to just one final vote
    Read and reread my final selections finally settled on one that ticked all my boxes flow Rhythmic Rhyme and a lovely choice of language
    Good luck and Best wishes to everyone 
    LikeReply 21 year ago
  • lovingempath
    Good luck to all of the August participants. After reading the titles, I can't wait to read the contents. Cheers! :)
    LikeReply 31 year ago
    • Journey
      me too Appreciate the email wishing everyone good luck also
      LikeReply 31 year ago

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Closes: End of every calendar month.
Results: Within 7 days of closing.
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