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Simply Horrible
Forget about your best, I want your worst! - Currently Closed
Rated:
13+
by
Avg Rating: (30)

Inspired by "Invalid Item by pita
Aim to be bad!





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The Purpose:

Why have a contest for bad poetry? It's a great stress reliever and lots of fun for poets of all levels. Forget about the serious side of writing for a while. Relax, have a good laugh, and write some really bad stuff!

These entries want 1 star! Yes, that's right. The purpose of this contest is to write poetry that gets 1 *Star* ratings!

And YES this contest wants 1 *Star* ratings too!




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The Rules:

*Bullet*You must write about at least one of the prompts listed below. You can only have 2 entries per week.

*Bullet*The rating of the entry must be 13+ or lower.

*Bullet*Post your entry in bitem form, ie, type
ID:
Invalid Item 
This item number is not valid.
by Not Available.
and replace the #s with the number of the item. Only people with free memberships can put their entries directly into their post.

*Bullet*Your post should be titled "Entry: Name of Poem".


And most importantly...
Your entry should be Bad! Terrible! Horrible!

Make me laugh, make me wince, make me moan, make me cry, make me laugh some more... just make me think that your poetry is BAD!




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The Prompt:

(Current round closes Saturday, May 6th at midnight Writing.com time!)

1. Yellow
2. Ducks
3. Plastic

(Choose one, two or all of the topics to write about.)




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The Prizes:


~*~*~*~*~*~ Weekly Rounds: ~*~*~*~*~*~


Works just like a normal weekly contest. Each week a first, second and third place are decided.

First place: 2,000 GP
Second place: 1,000 GP
Third place: 500 GP

Judges for Weekly:
Sage only.


Winners for May:
Week 1:
Week 2:
Week 3:
Week 4:




~*~*~*~*~*~ Monthly Rounds: ~*~*~*~*~*~


The four winners of a month will be judged by a panel of judges to have a chance at a winning a Poetry Merit Badge for that month. Consider it the "grand" prize.

Judges for Monthly:
Sage
ratingsfairy
Lansingerland
And possibly more to be decided...


April Merit Badge Winner:
"Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor

March Merit Badge Winner:
"Ultimate Blue-Eyes White Volkswagen"   by Jessiebelle™



Donations:
20,000 GP Dale Arthur
1,000 GP Lansingerland
9,000 GP Katya the Poet
10,000 GP Melissa is fashionably late!
9,999 GP Mark
5,000 GP Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army!
5,000 GP Unicorn





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Remember:

These contestants want their entries to get 1 star! That's how they know that they're good... in a bad sense. Of course, like any writer, it's always good to give encouraging reviews with these 1 *Star*s. Tell them just how bad they are!



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>>>>>>ID #1382773 by Sage on 10-08-06 @ 2:44 pm

#115. OT
--->>ID #1308615 by Bobby Lou Stevenson on 06-16-06 @ 2:42 pm

--->>ID #1272711 by Wren on 05-02-06 @ 5:56 pm

--->>ID #1272126 by Mrs. Penguin on 05-01-06 @ 9:11 pm

--->>ID #1271518 by Victoria on 05-01-06 @ 6:04 am

#111. e n t r y
--->>ID #1271117 by Bobby Lou Stevenson on 04-30-06 @ 2:38 pm

--->>ID #1271111 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-30-06 @ 2:23 pm

--->>ID #1271054 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-30-06 @ 12:25 pm

>>>>>>ID #1271042 by Sage on 04-30-06 @ 11:36 am

>>>>>>ID #1271040 by Sage on 04-30-06 @ 11:48 am

--->>ID #1270830 by lucky711 on 04-29-06 @ 10:54 pm

--->>ID #1266964 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-24-06 @ 5:05 am

--->>ID #1266963 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-24-06 @ 5:04 am

#103. e n t r y
--->>ID #1266696 by Bobby Lou Stevenson on 04-23-06 @ 7:14 pm

>>>>>>ID #1266515 by Sage on 04-23-06 @ 10:33 am

>>>>>>ID #1266513 by Sage on 04-23-06 @ 10:49 am

--->>ID #1264359 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-19-06 @ 12:36 am

--->>ID #1264025 by lucky711 on 04-18-06 @ 12:52 pm

--->>ID #1263769 by Bobby Lou Stevenson on 04-17-06 @ 11:12 pm

>>>>>>ID #1263487 by Sage on 04-17-06 @ 2:28 pm

--->>ID #1259846 by lucky711 on 04-11-06 @ 12:44 pm

--->>ID #1259009 by Michelle M. Thanks Angel Army! on 04-12-06 @ 8:20 pm

>>>>>>ID #1258679 by Sage on 04-09-06 @ 5:22 pm

>>>>>>ID #1258676 by Sage on 04-17-06 @ 2:51 pm

--->>ID #1257218 by DragonsGoddess on 04-07-06 @ 1:08 am


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