Inspiration Poetry Contest Official results - Jan/Feb 2009

Inspiration Poetry Contest Official results - Jan/Feb 2009

Today is a special day and we have decided to declare the contest results on this auspicious moment. After "Rain drenched Lounge" contest ,our intention was to arrange a poetry contest.After deciding on few themes ,we planned to keep inspiration as a theme. Inspiration is important from a poets point of view. Someone or something inspires us in some way.So, we decided to start the "Inspiration Poetry" contest.We got around 30 entries and around 50 poems overall.All the poems were masterpeices written by great poets on our lounge.Each poem was different than the other.Now,its the time to declare the results.Today ,as promised we are declaring the results without any delay.Now,let us see the winners one by one.

Before ,announcing the winners ,let me tell you that participation is an important factor which contributes to the success of any contest. All the participants of the contest gets the following badge

Firstly, we had Readers choice, where the members of our Lounge were supposed to mail in their top 3 favourite poems of the contest. Without creating any further delay ,let me announce the winners name. The winner of the "Readers Choice" is

Kajal for You Called For It

She gets the following badge,
Kajal had scored 60 points in the Readers choice followed by Asbah and Mona who had scored 45 points each.Only the winner of the Readers choice gets the badge.

Now ,we move on to see who is the 2nd Runner up for our contest. The 2nd Runner up is

Rashi for Let Me

She gets the following badge,
Judges comment : Poem comes from the heart and soul, good form and flow

Now ,lets see the 1st Runner up.The 1st Runner up is

Leo for I Believe in Me

Leo gets the following badge,

Judges comment : Very good form and flow, great inspirational message, good choice of words

Now,its the big one .The Inspiration Poetry contest has inspired many poets across blogworld. It can be seen from the fact that many new bloggers had joined our Lounge to take part in the contest.Lets see who is the winner of the Inspiration poetry contest.

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Mona for Failure - The biggest inspiration!!!!

Mona gets the following badge,

Judges Comment:

Very Inspirational, great depth, form and flow, original and wonderful message, choice of words, comes from the heart and soul.The photo is perfect for the poem

The following are the top 5 poetries of the contest and they get the "Super Five" badge.

Now ,lets see the members who have made to the Super Five stage.
The following are the poems and I have mentioned the marks out of 100 that were calculated on the basis of the judging parameters for the contest.

1. Poem 4. Mona - Failure – The biggest inspiration!!!! ( Winner) (95/100)
2. Poem 20. Leo - I Believe in Me(1st Runner up) (85/100)
3. Poem 12. Rashi - Let Me(2nd Runner up) (76/100)
4. Poem 29. Reeha- Though heartbroken, I still inspire (71/100)
5. Poem 22. Insiya( Illusion!) - Come With Me Before I Leave! (65/100)

The members are requested to collect their respective badges.
Lat but not least, we would like to thank Rhianon for judging our contest and providing her valuable time for the judging the contest.


We at Writers Lounge are planning for few more contests. Need members view regarding future contests in WL.

Regards,
The Writers Lounge Team.

**Badge designs by Riversoul, graphic designer of WL.**