February 14, 2009

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.**

26 comments:

  1. I was sure of Kajal's poem winning here !! thats the most original work i liked :)


    congrats too all who won !!!

    special mention to Rashi... i really liked ur poem... it was too good !!

    :)

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  2. Insiya.... u won the award ds time... just like u wanted... congrats !!!!

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  3. All in all, deserving winners !!! njy !!!

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  4. congrats mona,leo,rash,reeha,kajal and insi

    i was sure thse ppl had chances......kajal congrats for ur readers choice victory.......i feeled that u wre amongst top contendors....eventhis time i am disappointed as prats,asbah,pri have nt won any .....good luck guys.....

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  5. All the winning poems were totally deserving! And yes a special congratulations to Kajal, I loved her poem the best! I mean I just read it like twice and I still remember it!

    Congratulations to all once again :)

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  6. Zealous effort, Wonderfull poems :)

    Congratulating all the winners, kajal,rashi,leo,mona,insiya.

    Finally true to the contest's title name it was an inspiring work by all involved and i'm truly inspired to the core.

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  7. hey ste,,,
    u shud be just happy for the participations !!! :)

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  8. wow wow wow!!
    congrats lil finger!!! :)
    see...u r d best poet!!
    n kajal..i truly loved ur poem...it ws simply amazing!!

    time for a new contest...wht say ste??

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  9. Woooohhoooo!! Sorry!

    When I first saw the badges, I soooo wanted one! Now I do get one! YAY!!!

    :D Congratulations to Mona, Leo, Reeha and Insiya!! Special congratulations to Kajal!!!

    :D Me sooooo happy!!1

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  10. hey congrates mona,leo,rash,reeha,kajal and ins

    great work

    cheers :)

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  11. a heartily congratulations to mona ,leo ,rash ,reeha .kajal and insyia.
    really fanatic work done by you people..
    stay blessed and keep writing for us ...

    Cheers

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  12. Congratulations to the winners.
    :)
    They all deserve it.
    :)
    Kajal, congratulations. I knew you'd win
    :)
    :)
    Ok.
    When's the nxt badge making occasion, ste?
    :D

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  13. congratulations to all the winners

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  14. @all: thank you so much for appreciating my poem so much.. if not for your votes, this victory wouldn't have been possible.
    I would also like to congratulate the winners and super 5 :) namely,
    Mona, Vinu, Rashi, Reeha and Insiya. :)

    Special gratitude to Prats, stibu, Vinu, Satan's darling, Pri, Rash, Jack and Sid to have had that belief in my poem.. :) thank you all so much.. I am sooooooooooooooooooo happy .. :)

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  15. Thanks
    thank you ol... and big congratulations to Reeha, Mona R.V and last nt the least VInay! (My guess worked)

    Hugs to Kajal and a big congratulations darling!

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  16. Congratulations to everyone! All of your poems were very good..it was very hard to chose the winners believe me!

    It's the first time I was ever asked to judge a poetry contest..it was very enlightening and I feel very honored and privileged to have been asked to participate in this poetry contest.

    A lot of talent here in the writers lounge.

    Love and Blessings to all of you,

    Rhiannon

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  17. thanks everyone...

    it's really a great feeling to have won!! thanks for all the encouragement and support that this blog has given me....

    a big congrats to leo, rashi, reeha, insiya and kajal... !!! u guys rock...


    my victory would be incomplete if i don't mention my sister... NEHA....the one who taught me to write poems, who inspired and motivated me to blog.. this one's for you neha... i could have never done it without you... waiting for you to comment....!!!

    cheers everyone!!!

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  18. and forgot to mention my parents... oops .. how could i??...

    thanks mom and dad.. u r my lifeline.. this one's for u two too..!!!!

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  19. Hey MONA!! COngrats darling!! U have really made me proud!! Never thought I'd inspire you so much that you'd go ahead n win the "Inspiration" contest! :)

    Keep writing dear. Your writings reflect you--simple, uncomplicated, true, and unique!

    Love you lots!

    And congrats to all other winners too!!

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  20. i got into super 5!!
    yaay!! I didn't expect to get into honourable super 5!!

    i'm feeling really proud and happy to display the cute badge created by riversouls on my blog.


    i am so happy that my first post to the lounge brought me an award!

    i want to thank ste and the other blog owners for organising such an inspiring contest!

    i want to thank the judge who felt my poem deserving enough to be counted among the best in the lounge.

    All have chrned out inspiring poems!I'm really amazed at the literary talent of the lounge.

    I'm glad i have joined here.

    i hope more such contests come up regularly.

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  21. @Rhiannon : Thanks for the judgements .. And for the nice words for all of us :)

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  22. Congratulations to all the Winners!!

    The choice was too right this time ... and I would say a very good gift for all the participants too ...

    Looking forward to more now ... Keep up the good work Mona, Vinay, Rashi and Kajal ... YOU DESERVE to WIN!! :)

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  23. Thank you very much Pretty Me!..I really spent a lot of time reading each and every one over and over..the decisions were not easy but I do feel I picked the ones I felt were very good.

    As I stated it wasn't easy...all wrote great poems here..

    Blessings,

    Rhiannon

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  24. Congrats winners :) althought i wondered why didnt Prats and Tan's poem make their way to winners!

    But Adorable!!! :D

    I am loving it... more each day!

    Three admins in the winners rank ;) hehe, could have been sucpicious if only I wouldnt have believed in you all :)

    and lil finger!
    and Kaj ! wow guys

    and Congrats crystal gal.. you made it

    yay yay!! way to go:D :D :D


    *jumps*

    *jumps*


    *dhuzzz*
    * the chair breaks down*

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  25. I have read all the poems and found them to be very inspiring. I know it must have been hard to choose a winner, as there are no losers here!

    Congratulations to all!

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