Voices in Minor (ViM) hosted a prompt/unOfficial challenge called Wooden for January. It was our first prompt for the year, and we had a great turnout.
You can find out more about this challenge at the link below.
Judging for the contest went smoothly. There were five judges for the challenge:
With ten entries, we used the 1-5 grading scale on each poem submitted. It was a hard decision with so many excellent submissions.
The winners will be paid through Vocal Tip within the next few days.
With no further pomp, the winners of the challenge are listed below!
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First place goes to C. Rommial Butler.
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Second place goes to Alexandria Stanwyck
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Third place goes to Michelle Liew
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Other submitted entries in the contest are linked below, in no particular order.
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Congratulations everyone
Thank you! I donated my winnings in turn to the fellow who took the picture! This was an excellent prompt all the way around!
Thanks for sharing, I thought this was another that I missed. Congratulations all
Wooohooooo congratulations to all the winners! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
A terrific and interesting challenge! Liked the variety, I think I read a bunch, congrats one and all! 😃 🍻
I liked this challenge so much yet no matter what I wrote it didn't fit, or I wasn't happy with the results. I do Like your choices Congratualtions
I think I forgot to leave a link to mine: https://offerdiscoveryhub.top/poets/sequoia-heart%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/span%3E%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv class="css-w4qknv-Replies">
I forgot about this one. Congrats to all.
Congratulations everyone! This was such a great prompt and I can't wait for the next one.
Congratulations to the winners, participants, and the judges!!🎉🎉🎉
Congrats to all!! - and thank you for the honorable mentions!
Congrats to Rommi, Alexandria and Michelle! Will have to do some reading. Sorry I missed this prompt completely! Will try to be aware for the next one and take part. Will also make a point of reading others who took part too, when I can! Well done to the ViM team for running challenges!