WOOF Contest Results for July 3rd 2009

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06 Jul 2009

This week’s WOOF contest had 3 prose and 3 poetry winners, I managed to win the top poem place with my whimsical “Who Will Make Coffee” poem, but I also highly recommend readers read Armageddon and Untamed Beauty both are incredible poems.  Congrats to Jennifer for winning 1st place in the Prose/Fiction section.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Prose / Fiction

Jennifer M Scott – “Dreaming of Eve” – This story is for mature audiences for strong language. sexual situations and violence just wanted to forewarn you. a woman is haunted by her former boyfriend.

H. Benjamin Petrie – “Is this Love?” - A stream-of-consciousness piece aiming to combine a Raymond Carver-style relationship story with James Joyce-style internal monologuing.

Webbielady – “Blue Moon” – At last!

Poetry

Dragon Blogger – “Who Will Make Coffee” – Funny and humorous poem about a volunteer brewing a pot of coffee.

Zorlone – “Untamed beauty” – One cannot claim full knowledge behind a woman’s smile. “Looks like the girl is full of mystery…” – Snow

Free Spirit – “Armageddon”When earth is too filthy to live in…

-Dragon Blogger

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Dragon Blogger Gets 5th Place in WOOF For April 11th

Poetry Contest
13 Apr 2009

I made 5th place this week with my random twitter poem Aftershock which was inspired by the earthquakes in Italy.  One of my poems I voted made first place this week by Zorlone and was a great poem that is a tribute to bloggers.  As well as the poem Primordial Passion.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry

Zorlone – “Passionate Blogger”A tribute to the bloggers who have influenced my writing endeavors.

Alex McGaughan – “Late Fall; She Retorts” – A short free-verse poem about a young man and woman who are driven apart by one’s romanticism and the other’s inability to share it.

Jennifer M Scott – “Primordial Passion” – Written in a series of three cinquains about spring and the renewing of love or starting new love.

Romeo – “Another Rainy Day” – Short Poem for the one I’ve lost.

Dragon Blogger – “Aftershock” – Poem crafted from random words, inspired by the earthquake in Italy.

About Writing

Izzy Daniels – “Maximizing your writing Time: Start with the Outline” – I gave a brief description on how to write a short outline for ones writing.

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Dragon Blogger – “The Box”A metaphor for someones life being contained inside a box.

Dragon Blogger – “Racing Home To You” – Poem about being stuck in traffic, eager to arrive home to the one you love.

Non-Fiction / Rant

Roy – “Blogging to live… even as I rant” – A rant about experiences (and frustrations) in trying to make a living by blogging…

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2nd Place In WOOF Contest For April 3rd

Poetry Contest
06 Apr 2009

I took second place in the PlotDog Writers Offering Our Finest (WOOF) contest for April 3rd, congratulations to Zorlone who wrote an excellent poem and took first place, and to the other top 5 winners.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry

zorlone – “Almost a sin?” – A borrowed experience from a good friend which I turned into a poem. The main character asked this question in the end.

Dragon Blogger – “Lovers in Bed” – Another poem of passion between a couple.

Jennifer M Scott – “A Bad Night for a Poet” – I think the title describes it all, perhaps not my best work but it is genuine for what I am feeling at this moment.

Non-Fiction / Personal Memoir / Personal Essay / Philosophy

Dina Tibbs – “Kicke Out Of Kindegarten” – Memoir of my early years being raised by hippies.

Deeptesh Sen – “Dance at Dusk” – It was an experiment with the higher truths of life and profane religious thoughts engendered in this tormented world where only HE can save us again.

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WOOF Top Picks For March 27th

Poetry Contest
30 Mar 2009

Here are the top five winners of the Writers Offering Our Finest competition for March 27th.  Congratulations to the winners, I look forward to competing against you next week my friends.

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Prose / Humor / Life Story

The Flavored Mom – “Hello, Muffin”Contemplating body image, how we define ourselves, when are we at our best and the advantages of maturity.

Poetry

Zorlone – “Summer” – Summer is felt everywhere! I just want to let everyone know how I feel about it.

Himri – “Warm Sage bushes” – Construction from observation –or- How planters dress differently from pullers.

Jennifer M Scott – “Forks Go on the Left” – A poem about purpose.

Dramatic Monologues / Fiction

Webbielady – “Her Last Laugh” – A very short written detail about her final moments in his hands…

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Dragon Blogger Wins 1st Place in WOOF Contest

Poetry Contest
23 Mar 2009

I am completely excited to see a whimsical twitter poem I wrote last week took 1st place in the WOOF (Writers Offering Our Finest) contest hosted by PlotDog.  This was a really fun poem to write and reminded me of an Aesop Fable or Grimm Fairy Tale when I wrote it, so I am thrilled others enjoyed my poem so much.  If you haven’t read it yet, I encourage all of my readers to click on the link below and check out my winning poem called “The Golden Tooth”

WOOF Contest – Top Picks

Poetry

Dragon Blogger – “The Golden Tooth”Random word poem about a fable of an old woman who grew a golden tooth.

Zorlone – “The Cross” – This is a poem I wrote way back in 1993 with some revisions. I was inspired to make this when lent started.

Himri – “Green grain” – About ‘life’ in a seed.

Prose / Life Stories

artist victoria o’neill – “Cuttiing Your Hair and Drawing on Yourself” - About self expression.

Fiction

H. Benjamin Petrie – “I Really Couldn’t Say” – A short story about a guy going to visit a girl and waiting around with her brother for her to get home.

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