Mindful Poetry Contest Wrap-Up :: Winners Announced

We had over two hundred poems submitted for the contest. Here's the break down:

Cherry Popsicle 1 poem
David A. 1 poem
Jenny D 1 poem
Virginia M. 1 poem
Richard Thuss 2 poems
Barb Carlson 2 poems
Desire Hendricks 2 poems
Albert A. 2 poems
Guy W. 2 poems
Bhawana 4 poems
Michael Fishman 4 poems
Christine S 4 poems
Marilyn is looking for whatever there is N. 4 poems
Subroto 5 poems
Carol Keefer 12 poems
Veronica hosking 12 poems
Mustafa Demiri 12 poems
Granny Janny 13 poems
John Beck 17 poems
Susan Budig 21 poems
Janice F. 22 poems
Elsie Duggan 22 poems
Mindful Poetry Contest posts 22
Atticus * 23 poems

One would think that the winner for the most poems submitted would be Atticus *, but because he submitted twice on one day and that's in opposition to the rules, his total is docked by 2 poems as neither poem was accepted in the tally. That means that both Elsie Duggan and Janice F. are the winners of the most poems submitted for the contest. They submitted every single day! For this, they will receive an icon that they can pick up at Mindful Poetry's home page and post it on one of their poems or however they wish.

I have chosen Atticus* as Mindful Poetry Laureate. He definitely deserves it. Please congratulate him over on this poem: Sucker - a pantoum, one of my favorites. I will also workshop one of his poems and the process will be posted, open for discussion. His choice of poem, however.

I feel this contest was hugely successful and invite you all to join us at Mindful Poetry. A shorter, week-long contest will be held on our birthday, which is September 2nd when we turn two years old.

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Busy Buzzy Bee 'Gather Proud Mamarazzi' May 12, 2010, 4:19pm UTC

Congrats,Atticus!

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Ann Marcaida May 12, 2010, 4:43pm UTC

Congratulations to all who participated. I'd love to hear from some of the poets about what they gained from this experience.

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Christine S. May 12, 2010, 5:53pm UTC

Congrats to Atticus for being our Laureate and to Janice and Elise for their wins. And congrats to everyone who submitted even just one poem to the contest. Susan, this was a blast and can't wait to do it again. I'm honored to be among such a wonderful group of people.

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Richard Thuss May 12, 2010, 5:54pm UTC

So soon you forget,Susan. I submitted eight and won two, but who's counting

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 12, 2010, 6:08pm UTC

Unfortunately, you'd removed them all so I couldn't count them. ^_^ But via my running Poem-of-the-Day post, I had proof that you'd submitted at least two.

Richard Thuss May 12, 2010, 6:21pm UTC

I am in one of those weird moods where I feel all my writing sucks, and so I remove many posts within a day. sorry if I made it difficult. again thanks for all your hard work during the month. I was sorry I had to quit mid way through the month. You taught me a lot

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 12, 2010, 6:56pm UTC

I've been in that mood, too, Richard. Especially when I need to put together a submission package. At that point NOTHING is any good.

You definitely had/have good stuff, which is why you were awarded Poem-of-the-Day--twice! :-)

Atticus *. May 12, 2010, 9:10pm UTC

Yes, it is probably the curse of most creatives that we have spells like that Richard. And it is painful. Sometimes injurious. What I do now? Bite hard and try to remember that I love doing it. That is reason enough to keep working. You are a very good writer.

Richard Thuss May 13, 2010, 3:21pm UTC

Thanks, Atticus, both for the advice and compliment. I know I will not stop writing, but I have slowed down to get my bearings, and to decide on a set of goals for this point in my life. congratulations for all your poetry last month. I did not get a chance to write during the period leading to my mother's death mid month and thereafter, but I read yours , John,s, Susan's and a few others each day and they kept my spirits high as we went through the process of burying our last parent.

Atticus *. May 14, 2010, 8:08am UTC

So sorry to hear of your loss Richard. My sincerest condolences.

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Atticus *. May 12, 2010, 7:24pm UTC

What an Honor! I am smiling from ear to ear.
Congratulations Janice and Elsie!

~Let me say that I thought the quality of all the poetry submitted was outstanding. Susan doled out some pretty challenging prompts and they were well met. Congratulations to everyone who played along! Thank you for all your finely crafted poetry. There were so many that greatly impressed me.

But most of all, thank you Susan. You and Mindful Poetry have taught me so much. I am indeed grateful.

:-)

I had a blast.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 12, 2010, 8:24pm UTC

Thanks Atticus *. You are right that the quality of the poetry for this contest was a pleasure. So many were writing forms for the first time and still doing the form justice.

I read *every* single poem; didn't feel it onerous, but an honor.

Let me know which poem you'd like workshopped if you choose to take me up on the offer.

Atticus *. May 13, 2010, 7:49am UTC

I'd be happy to have you critique a poem of mine. Can you explain "workshop" so I can choose appropriately?

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 13, 2010, 10:19am UTC

When in a class and we workshop others' work, we all have a copy of the poem and then ask questions, make suggestions, and pretty much go over the piece word-by-word.

It's not critique, but a pooling of ideas and listening to the author, knowing that s/he knows best.

Workshopping works best on a piece that gives you unrest, you know, you'd like it to be different, but are not sure how to revise it.

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JOHN BECK May 12, 2010, 8:48pm UTC

In terms of quality as well as quantity, Atticus* certainly is deserving of the honor. And I agree with others in thanks to Susan for the inspiration.

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Elsie Duggan May 12, 2010, 11:53pm UTC

Congratulations Atticus*, and thank you Susan for the opportunity to work this prompt. I enjoyed learning all the new forms, it was fun, and happy to see I am rewarded for doing them all :) . Congratulations to Janice too. Susan, this must have been a lot of work, and I am proud to have been part of this group of writers. Thank you, love, Elsie

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Kathryn Flynn May 13, 2010, 12:22am UTC

What a great contest and a lot of work for you, congrats to Elsie and Atticus!

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Veronica Hosking May 13, 2010, 1:19pm UTC

I still can't believe I submitted 12 poems while participating in two contests last month. ReadWritePoem has announced the poets who made the anthology.

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Len Maxwell May 13, 2010, 5:59pm UTC

What? I didn't win? Okay, that does it, I'll never write another poem.

Congratulations to all of you, whether you wrote 1 or 23.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 14, 2010, 1:19am UTC

Actually, you *did* write poems, but I plumb forgot about them as I was tallying the results. 200+ is a lot of poems to keep track of. sorry, Len.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 14, 2010, 9:38pm UTC

The way that I counted up the poems was to click on the official contest tag and only used that method. If you'd remind me which forms you used, Len, I would double-check them and adjust the totals above. :-)

Len Maxwell May 14, 2010, 9:40pm UTC

I was being a bit weird (as normal). I didn't really submit anything to your contest. I put them in comments or included them in my posts. Nothing I did should be included in the contest.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 14, 2010, 9:54pm UTC

That Len, always trying to weasel out of poetic stuff even though he secretly craves it.

Len Maxwell May 14, 2010, 10:00pm UTC

Strangely enough, it's a rare display of honesty. Those 24 people listed above were serious about their work and I don't want to detract from their art.

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Janice F. May 14, 2010, 4:40am UTC

Thank you so much Susan! Congrats to Elsie and also to Atticus, you are both incrediby deserving and I think the words "Poet Laureate" belong attached to Atticus' name permanently, some of his work just blew me away :) I had such a wonderful time with this and learned so much. I'm looking forward to having some time continue writing the forms I learned about. Susan, I wonder if you have time to do a post that mentions all the forms used during the contest? Having that in one place will allow me to find the names and formats of the form much easier. Until this contest, I had no idea there were so many forms!

Janice F. May 14, 2010, 4:41am UTC

By the way, I forgot to add, thank you so much for all of your work Susan, I know I have said it before but it does mean a great deal and I always look forward to learning from your wisdom.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 14, 2010, 9:43pm UTC

Janice, there's many more forms still out there. :-) There's a lot of Asian forms and I have scant knowledge of them, but intend to use them and learn as the group ages. I'm sure I can produce a new form each month for at least three years.

If you go to the Poem-of-the-Day post, you'll see all the forms used. And you can see a sample of the form by following the link for each day.

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Granny Janny May 14, 2010, 7:03pm UTC

I, too, appreciate your dedication as the leader of this amazing group.

Susan Budig - Mindful Poet May 14, 2010, 9:44pm UTC

It does wonders for me to be so appreciated, Jan. :-)

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Mustafa Demiri May 15, 2010, 1:26am UTC

First and foremost, I'd like to thank you, Susan, for a wonderful and robust month of poetry... You should be proud of all the wonderful poems you've helped to inspire. I would also like to offer my congratulations to all, but especially to our newly crowned laureate, Atticus! He is such a grand poet, a wonderful person, and he richly deserve the honour.... Hail, Atticus!

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