WOOF Winners for August 28th

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31 Aug 2009

Zorlone took the top spot with a short story called “The Night Duty”, with Jenn taking 2nd place with “A Night with Jupiter” and my Vagabond Murder poem taking third.  Roy closed out the fourth slot with a poem about holding on called “This Too Will Pass”

Congrats to the other poetry contest winners, once again I think PlotDog needs to showcase the poetry and writing contest more.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Fiction / Short Story

Zorlone – “The Night Duty”A night like any other night at the Emergency Room, but not for Madelin. She is an extraordinary nurse with a generous heart.

Poetry

Jennifer M Scott – “A Night with Jupiter” – Another surreal poem on life.

Dragon Blogger – “Vagabond Murder”A dark night where a homeless person’s life is taken.

Roy – “This Too Will Pass”A short poem about holding on…

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2nd Place In WOOF Contest This Week

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10 Feb 2009

My random twitter poem “Winter Child’s Play” from last week wound up taking 2nd spot in the Writers Offering Our Finest (WOOF) weekly writing contest by PlotDog.com.  Romeo’s “A Mirrors Dream” and WebBetty’s “The Fey Little Man” were also very good poems that I enjoyed very much.

I encourage you if you are an online writer to submit work to WOOF weekly to help your work get noticed and increase your readership, and if you are a reader check out the fine works that come out of the WOOF contest.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry

Margaret Norkett – “A treatise on friendship” – A poem about a special friendships.

Dragon Blogger – “Winter Childs Play” – Poem based on Children Playing in Winter Playground, crafted from 13 random words.

Romeo – “A Mirror’s Dream” - i am the numbness in your fingers

Web-Betty – “The fey little man” – Another poem crafted using uncommon words.

Fiction

Jennifer M Scott – “Human Footprints” – The story takes place in the future where humans are inferior to cyborgs. A cyborg is sent to kill a human woman who runs an agency made to connect humans.

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-Dragon Blogger

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WOOF Contest Results For January 30th

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02 Feb 2009

My poem Bedroom Jungle took fifth place last week in the Writers Offering Our Finest contest.  I encourage everyone who writes blog literature whether it be poetry or prose to submit some of your best work weekly to WOOF.  Congrats to the other winners this week.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks
Poetry
~willow~ – “Observe! How not to meditate?”A tongue-in-cheek look at how (not) to meditate.
Patricia Schoenberger – “Event Horizon” – This is a poem that I wrote, loosely inspired by the scientific term, Event Horizon.
~willow~ – “Lost in Lust” – 17 words, 7 lines, 1 hot poem!
khaye cardenas – “The Fiction Writer”A fiction writer’s life.
Dragon Blogger – “Bedroom Jungle” – Random twitter word poem about passion in the bedroom, great poem made from random words.

Prose
About Writing
Catherine @ Sharp Words – “My love affair with poetry” – The first part of a brief series describing my life with poetry.
Writing Nag – “The Magic of Three” – What is the rule of three in writing? How does the rule of three work in writing? This post gives examples of the rule of three in creative writing and includes the Writing Nag’s rule of three.
Fiction – Charlotte Faulkner – “blood is blood is blood and love is true vision” – Charlotte, a freshman at Bailey University, reflects about the inauguration, her crush, and life at college.
Opinion / Tributes / Philiosphy / Thoughts
JHS, Esq. – “Tuesday’s Tribute: Florence Wendland” – A tribute to my client, the late Florence Wendland, from whom I learned a great deal about unconditional love, commitment, tenacity, and faith.
Hopeful spirit – “The New America: A Call to Disagree Without Being Disagreeable” – At last, Barack Obama has assumed office and the United States has entered a new era. He challenges us to disagree with each other without being disagreeable and, toward that end, included a diverse and eclectic group of people to share in his inauguration ceremony and festivities. Can America rise to his challenge?

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Dragon Blogger Makes 2nd Place In This Weeks WOOF Contest

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03 Nov 2008

I was excited to learn that a poem I wrote last week made 2nd place this week on the Writers Offering Our Finest (WOOF) contest.  All of the submissions were good this week, “Shifting Sand” which took first place was particularly good as well.

WOOF Contest – Top 5 Picks:

Poetry

Robert Bourne – “shifting sand”Poem of my life looking back.

Dragon Blogger – “Dance With Me”Romantic Poem written to my wife last week.

Jennifer M Scott  – “And the Snow Falls” – Avant garde poem about snow.

Prose / Fiction

Chungyen Chang – “Why I Run”When thinking isn’t enough, you have to run.

~willow~ – “Detective Plots and the case of the Missing Wife” – A possible origin of the “Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater” rhyme, perhaps?

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Presenting the finest of the writer’s blogs by the bloggers who write them. Highlighting the top 5 posts as chosen by the October 31, 2008 WOOF Contest participants. Want in to join the next WOOF? The next contest ends November 7. Submit a link to your best writing post of the last 2 weeks using the form at the bottom of this page. Participants, repost the winning link list within a week and you’re all set.

Other WOOF Contestants for 10/31/08

Poetry

Dragon Blogger – “A Mothers Son”How a boy is shaped by his mother.

Dragon Blogger – “I Am Not Your Possession” – Self Explanatory.

Dragon Blogger – “No Worries” – Let Go of your problems,

Dragon Blogger – “The Lust Queen” – Came up with this poem by doing a Twitter contest and build this poem from random words submitted to me.

Jennifer M Scott – “Where are the Words” – A poem about a loss of words.

Prose / Fiction

Jennifer M Scott – “Dear Ana”A story about a man who loses faith.

~willow~ – “Trick arrrr Treat!”A young pirate hoards her Hallowe’en booty.

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