Contest The Power of the People by Change31Edit
Prompt
To Fellow AP Poets,
This is a special contest outside of “Sucker for Verses” and “Free Form, Free Verses” series. As you all may or may not have heard, Sudanese students are raising their voice up against the unjust and corruption that's happening under the current president if Sudan. My friend Abubakar (also an AP Poet) and I are trying to raise an awareness of the revolution in Sudan. For more info visit this blog: http://sudanrevolts.wordpress.com/
For this contest, unlike in the other series, there is no style restriction, so anything goes. Though please see rules below for more info.
The theme for this contest will be “The Power of the People”, some poems I am looking for are powerful, strong narrative that speak about the horrors of violence, injustice and inequality. This may or may directly about the Sudanese, but feel free to check out the blog to draw inspirations. This contest speaks for the voice unheard and the power that unite common people together.
The winners of this contest (3 place winners and 5 HM) will be feature in the up coming issue of CandleLit Magazine.
Note I: BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTEST I WON'T BE SO NICE WITH THE CRITIQUE. I WILL GIVE A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. SO I'M TELLING YOU AHEAD OF TIME THAT WHAT I WRITE WILL POTENTIALLY HURT YOUR FEELING, SO BE PREPARE.
Note II: Because I am not sure how many participant will be participating in the contest, so for now there will be no Honorable Mention unless it exceeds 8 participants. Also, the contest point will set to bare minimum unless there is donation, and then I will gladly raise the prize.
Note III: Just an update on the contest. I'm going to close the contest earlier. That's just to prevent new entries from entering. I will still going to judge and announce the winners as planned. Therefore, you guy will still have the chance to revise your poem entry (if you choose to of course). So, here's again the schedule, just a little revised.
08/15/12 - Contest closes
08/22/12 - Contest ends and entries judging.
Update: Award has gone up thanks to donation from MystiqueWizzard (07/04/12)
This is a special contest outside of “Sucker for Verses” and “Free Form, Free Verses” series. As you all may or may not have heard, Sudanese students are raising their voice up against the unjust and corruption that's happening under the current president if Sudan. My friend Abubakar (also an AP Poet) and I are trying to raise an awareness of the revolution in Sudan. For more info visit this blog: http://sudanrevolts.wordpress.com/
For this contest, unlike in the other series, there is no style restriction, so anything goes. Though please see rules below for more info.
The theme for this contest will be “The Power of the People”, some poems I am looking for are powerful, strong narrative that speak about the horrors of violence, injustice and inequality. This may or may directly about the Sudanese, but feel free to check out the blog to draw inspirations. This contest speaks for the voice unheard and the power that unite common people together.
The winners of this contest (3 place winners and 5 HM) will be feature in the up coming issue of CandleLit Magazine.
Note I: BECAUSE THIS IS A CONTEST I WON'T BE SO NICE WITH THE CRITIQUE. I WILL GIVE A CONSTRUCTIVE CRITIQUE WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT. SO I'M TELLING YOU AHEAD OF TIME THAT WHAT I WRITE WILL POTENTIALLY HURT YOUR FEELING, SO BE PREPARE.
Note II: Because I am not sure how many participant will be participating in the contest, so for now there will be no Honorable Mention unless it exceeds 8 participants. Also, the contest point will set to bare minimum unless there is donation, and then I will gladly raise the prize.
Note III: Just an update on the contest. I'm going to close the contest earlier. That's just to prevent new entries from entering. I will still going to judge and announce the winners as planned. Therefore, you guy will still have the chance to revise your poem entry (if you choose to of course). So, here's again the schedule, just a little revised.
08/15/12 - Contest closes
08/22/12 - Contest ends and entries judging.
Update: Award has gone up thanks to donation from MystiqueWizzard (07/04/12)
- This contest was judged on Aug 22 01:49 PM.
- Awards 500 for gold, 400 for silver, 250 for bronze. 5 honorable mentions.
- Categories: thoughts poems, feelings poems, love poems, contest poems, creative poems, sad poems, happy poems, memories poems, spiritual poems. 295 views
- Not anonymous - the host sees your username
- Prewrites were accepted.
Rules
Rule:About the Host
Change31 has run 16 contests since joining in 2011.
This is a contest from Allpoetry
Our sister site for poemsJudging Notes
To Entrants!
Congratulation to all the winners and HMs. It was hard decision since all of you has put your heart and soul in the writing. Nonetheless, I hope that the critiques are not too harsh, and wish you all best of luck in future contest (CandleLit or elsewhere) as well as your strive in your writing! Please note that I will be contacting the winners and HMs personally about permission to put your poem in the upcoming magazine!
~ Change
Congratulation to all the winners and HMs. It was hard decision since all of you has put your heart and soul in the writing. Nonetheless, I hope that the critiques are not too harsh, and wish you all best of luck in future contest (CandleLit or elsewhere) as well as your strive in your writing! Please note that I will be contacting the winners and HMs personally about permission to put your poem in the upcoming magazine!
~ Change
Add to
my bookmarks
Winners • Read 7 • Read all 26
Many Become One - Pisces rainbow • New write, • commented In this worldof violence / fear fills human heart / causing separation / tearing our world ap
Our Great Indian people - Palas Kumar Ray • PW, • commented Our Great Indian People have shown their great mightIn millions of ballots they have written 
Of Poets and Politicians - Thunder Speech • PW, • commented Congressmen they talk the talk / Of letting freedom ring. / But Poets really walk the walk / 
The People - Mizz T • New write, • commented The smell of death in the air / is the language of our war. / The injustice to the people / 
Challenging Those In Power - lallan • New write, • commented All revolutions begin with / Challenging those in power / In the tug of war / One side has 
What Are We? - HerArmyofFaith • PW, • commented I miss the idea of a land where / Freedom reached to every blade of grass / To every spec o
Occupy Everthing - Moto Wa Milele • New write, • commented How can I be miserable because its selfish? / When the mark or the beast is a treasured reli
- Many Become OneIn this worldof violence / fear fills human heart / causing separation / tearing our world apart. / Who will stand for justice / who will conquer fear / who willhelp God's children / who have been captured by despair. /
- Our Great Indian peopleOur Great Indian People have shown their great mightIn millions of ballots they have written their will of right.
- Of Poets and PoliticiansCongressmen they talk the talk / Of letting freedom ring. / But Poets really walk the walk / Write freedom's songs to sing. / Politicians send young men / Off fighting freedom's wars. / But poets use the mighty pen / To increase f
- The PeopleThe smell of death in the air / is the language of our war. / The injustice to the people / is the weapon of politics. / The cries of the hurting / are the sounds of the alarms. / The blood in the streets / are from witnesses that wouldn't calm. / The sm
- Challenging Those In PowerAll revolutions begin with / Challenging those in power / In the tug of war / One side has the might / Rules regulationstraditions / Created to serve its purpose / The other side is deprived / Exploited discriminated / Tortured and suppressed / The w
- What Are We? I miss the idea of a land where / Freedom reached to every blade of grass / To every spec of dirt from people to people. / I miss the pride / That shone in every Americans eye. / I miss the idea of a nation / Based on a hope of a people / That willed i
- Occupy EverthingHow can I be miserable because its selfish? / When the mark or the beast is a treasured relic / Its possession over dictators / Lead to corrupted brilliant civilian compensators / Money is power and it devours people hourly / Many have a voice but ea
Entries
- APower To The People - Aztlanquill • New write, • commented When governments conspire to restrict our human rights / We must be free from bondage and wit
- HHypocrite! - roland halloway • PW, • commented Society it is free! / Beautifulloving socially undoubtedly / all you wish it to be. / You are
- Heathens, Heresy, and Human Hypocrisy - The Herald • PW, • commented The usurpers of God stealing an Almighty power from its Wielder / To have its purity undone b
- Tjoin in our crusade - t.k.wyatt • New write, • commented join in our crusade / do not let the tyrants / the tyrants control you / let the government d
- Our Story - www.dlmchale.com • New write, • commented Death in Syria collapse in Greece / fires in Colorado genocide in the Sudan / tornados in Mis
- Dfreedoms price - DavidClark • PW, • commented Freedom does not come without a price. / men and women / workers and solders / are the same. /
- 1986 Edsa People Power For Sudan. - JettFranco • New write, • commented Egypt Libya Yemen and rest of mighty Arab Springs. / Indonesia Thailand and other Asian freed
- Imaginary Love - sandeepyadava • PW, • not commented I have become moony / Because of a girl so bonny!
- Cage of evil power - Freelance writer • PW, • commented At the end of any success / why I feel vacuum again,
- Fight of Your Life - beautifulblade • PW, • commented Fireworks bursting / -- in a dark violet sky rain sparks -- of Beauty -- to earth.
- WYou can kill a man but not a dream - Wolfpoet • New write, • commented A man can die in many ways / We are not born to immortality / Our time is so brief and futile
- Speak Up, Speak Out - MelancholysChild • New write, • commented We are lucky to have choice / While others are lucky to keep their voice. / No one lets their
- WThree Monkeys (revision) - woja • PW, • commented Tear drops spent in silence reflections of a lost child. Daily reminders of what I had and wh
- Oa matter of principle - omchomsky • PW, • commented the will of the machines seems / to be spoken by the gas powered screams / of the m sixteens /
- Taking Care Of Business - Gary Wayne Hill • PW, • commented A one world government / A new world order / That is their evil plan / To make us all their s
Thank you for this silver.my congratulations to all other winners.
- Trully a sad situation. I went through and read the stories from the link. I watched the utube video but wish they had a translated version of it
Can you delete my poem? I thought this was something else and I don't think my poem fits in this category. thanks! (:
- I entered one. I have two that could fit this, but the other one, "Rise Up," is talking about America, though I suppose that the few times she is mentioned specifically could be changed. They are both about standing up and fighting to live. Let me know if you check them both out-- I'd love to hear what you think.
http://allpoetry.com/poem/9211113-Rise_Up-by-beautifulblade
http://allpoetry.com/poem/9501713-Fight_of_Your_Life-by-beautifulblade Are poems on sadness in general accepted? (Depression, pain, etc.)
- Hmm that's depend, if it like sadness and depression due to family problem or love, then no... If it sadness and depression due to bullying then maybe. It is kind of hard to judge, because sadness and depression is so broad and vague, it is depend on what it is about.
Apologies I seem to have accidentally entered twice but cannot find how to delete
Brian
