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Tanka Contest Judged (and jinxed!)

Blog Posted:6/18/2016 3:44:00 PM

Well, what can I say? All kinds of weird and wonderful things have occurred during the judging of this contest. And somehow (don't ask me how) I have beaten the premiere contest system and ended up with eleven winners on the list instead of ten, two in joint 8th place! Lol It's a mystery to me how it happened, but at least the ten winners I chose are all there! It also somehow posted the 1st place winner long before the contest was even finalized (hopefully no one saw it!)! I had people withdrawing poems, the contest repeatedly closing and then reopening lol. Anyway, I had some terrific entries, and it was really difficult to narrow them down. Apart from the 1st place winner, which was clear-cut for me, there was very little to choose between the other poems, and in many cases the numerical placements belie how good these tanka really are. So, apologies for the strangeness of it all and the delay in judging, congratulations to the winners, and many thanks to all who participated. I'm taking a break from contests now, I need to recover! Lol



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Nette
Onclaud
Date: 6/21/2016 4:08:00 AM
hi charlotte, my last contest was also a nightmare, lol.. some people couldn't enter...nonetheless, i'm glad you enjoyed my piece for you.. thanks and cheers to everyone!..huggs
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Sandra
Haight
Date: 6/19/2016 8:45:00 AM
Thank you for a great contest to hone our Tanka skills, Charlotte. I was pleased to make your short winner's list. Congrats to all the rest too! Sandra
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Joanna
Daniel
Date: 6/19/2016 8:05:00 AM
Congratulations to all the winners:)
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Julia
Ward
Date: 6/19/2016 3:26:00 AM
Thank you for the opportunity of writing a Tanka for your contest... I am glad my lady with green fingers pulled it off. :D
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Kabuteng P.Ink
K.
Date: 6/18/2016 8:46:00 PM
Hi Charlotte! Big congrats to all your winners :)! I think it's also nice though how your contest re-opened, and I'm glad I was able to write something for it... I really like how I was able to write something laced with some geekiness...Haha. I honestly enjoyed writing and playing around with what I wrote. So thank you very much! How cool as well that you ended up with 11 winners! But uh-oh now I am dreading judging my contest even more now....
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Andrea
Dietrich
Date: 6/18/2016 8:22:00 PM
Congrats to the winners!
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Skat
A
Date: 6/18/2016 5:41:00 PM
Congratulations to all...Skat ;)
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Jan
Allison
Date: 6/18/2016 4:57:00 PM
Many thanks for my placement Charlotte a win with you really is special to me:-) hugs jan xx
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Constance
La France
Date: 6/18/2016 4:39:00 PM
thanks for the inspiration and congrats to the winners ~
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