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Dazzled! Winners finalized and posted!

Blog Posted:8/20/2012 3:25:00 AM

Hey PSoupers & friends,

I had a wonderful time reading your fantastic prose & poetry. This was a difficult contest to judge. Extremely hard. Such a great outpouring of raw emotion and simplistic creativity! The top winners are:



Contest Winner Medal
1GROUND ZERONeethu Roy
Contest Winner Medal2when autumn comesCarrie Richards
Contest Winner Medal2A Tightrope WalkRhonda Johnson-Saunders
Contest Winner Medal3The OutlandsCatie Lindsey

Will be dodging off of the SOUP again. Work constraints and other various writing ventures have been keeping me busy, as of late. Please read all these wonderful writers. They are talented, imaginative and obviously, impressive!



4My Greatest LoveGail Doyle

5WHEN FOG COMESnette onclaud

6That Is My Girlvienna bombardieri

7Forevercraig cornish

8Daddy's Girljulie Cottingham

9MY SONNY BOYYesha Shah

10WhereTim Ryerson

Honorable MentionA Dad's Answer to a Broken Heartjeff eklund

Honorable MentionGood ByeDoreen Wright

Wishing everyone here @ PSOUP continued success in all your present and future endeavors!

Peace always, J



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Date: 8/21/2012 10:07:00 AM
thanks...
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Date: 8/20/2012 11:58:00 PM
cheers to everyone,,a riveting contest, J.. thanks a lot!..:) huggs
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Date: 8/20/2012 7:33:00 PM
I bet these are AWESOME poems and I hope to read the winners' list sometime! congrats to all.
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Date: 8/20/2012 12:20:00 PM
Thank you for hosting this contest. Congratulations to all of your winners.
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Date: 8/20/2012 9:12:00 AM
Thank you, John, for the placement in your contest. I finished reading all the winners and I'm amazed by the honesty and heartfelt emotion of each write. I am honored to be mentioned on this list. Congratulations to all the winners! Love and Blessings, Rhonda
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Date: 8/20/2012 9:08:00 AM
Wow John...what a great idea for a contest!...Every poem I read was a mini-masterpiece...thanks so much for including mine on your winner's list and congratulations to all the winners! - Tim
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Date: 8/20/2012 8:54:00 AM
Wow, I am so pleased and honored, John, that you placed my poem along with the beautiful, touching, and poignant poems submitted by my fellow poets. I have been reading the heart-felt and stunning poems inspired by your contest, and the raw emotion you had asked for, .....was evident in every one. Thank you very much, and please don't stay away too long !!
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Date: 8/20/2012 5:13:00 AM
Congratulations to all winners...David
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