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The following winners for the July 2023 running of "Rhythms & Writing: Official WDC Contest" were chosen from the 16 entries submitted. Each entry was judged based on the criteria provided below. Congratulations to the following three winners:
First Place - "Invalid Item" by A Guest Visitor
Second Place - "Facing my Flaws" by Tegs
Third Place - "Can't Break Free" by intueyLetUsAdoreHim
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Music Prompt for July 2023:
"Anti-Hero" by Taylor Swift
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I have this thing where I get older but just never wiser
Midnights become my afternoons
When my depression works the graveyard shift
All of the people I've ghosted stand there in the room
I should not be left to my own devices
They come with prices and vices
I end up in crisis (tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
'Cause you got tired of my scheming
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
Sometimes I feel like everybody is a sexy baby
And I'm a monster on the hill
Too big to hang out, slowly lurching toward your favorite city
Pierced through the heart, but never killed
Did you hear my covert narcissism I disguise as altruism
Like some kind of congressman? (Tale as old as time)
I wake up screaming from dreaming
One day I'll watch as you're leaving
And life will lose all its meaning
(For the last time)
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea time, everybody agrees
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero
I have this dream my daughter in-law kills me for the money
She thinks I left them in the will
The family gathers 'round and reads it and then someone screams out
"She's laughing up at us from hell"
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me
It's me, hi, everybody agrees, everybody agrees
It's me, hi (hi), I'm the problem, it's me (I'm the problem, it's me)
At tea (tea) time (time), everybody agrees (everybody agrees)
I'll stare directly at the sun but never in the mirror
It must be exhausting always rooting for the anti-hero

The task is simple: Write a poem or song lyrics about your own shortcomings and insecurities.
Your entry must be:
Poetry or song lyrics.
Based on the prompt above. While not required, you are more than welcome to include the song in your entry.
Rated 18+ or lower. Graphic content is not permitted, including GC or XGC items.
40 lines or less. A line count must be included in the body of your item (top or bottom, not in the intro/header).
Newly written for this contest. Create your entry as a Static Item and keep it in your portfolio. Submit it using the survey form below.
Submitted One Time Only. You may only submit one entry, so make it a good one!
Edited Only Until the Deadline. Entries edited after the submission deadline may be disqualified from winning without notice.
The prizes are:
First Prize
$100.00 in Writing.Com Gift Points and an exclusive Rhythms & Writing Merit Badge, both virtual and physical!
Second Prize
$50.00 in Writing.Com Gift Points and an exclusive Rhythms & Writing Merit Badge, both virtual and physical!
Third Prize
$25.00 in Writing.Com Gift Points and an exclusive Rhythms & Writing Merit Badge, both virtual and physical!
The submission deadline is: 11:59 pm EST, July 31, 2023
Results will be posted on or around: August 21, 2023
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Judges for this month are:
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Each judge will submit a scoring for qualifying entries to the contest. In the event a judge can not complete the judging, their scores will not be used, and at our discretion, a judging substitution may be used. In the event of a tie, staff will render the tie-breaking decision.
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