How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

Ok before I can even begin to explain the process of how to win one must know how the contest works and the rules and guidelines, there has been a lot of confusion and misinformation on this point so I will try to be as clear as I understand it. The poetry contest is weekly and can be entered by any member of OP, now know there is a two week delay in the results. So in other words the winner this week actually won two weeks ago. There is no limit to the number of poems that can be entered in one week. The contest is not judged by a panel of judges it is judged by us poets, the members of OP by a rating system. For each poem you enter in the contest it is rated on by members and your friends on a value of 0-10. The way the winner is chosen is by a standard gross mean rating system, which ever poet had the most comments while maintaining the highest score. In short it basically works out to whoever has the most perfect scores for that week. It is not required to maintain a perfect 10 but rather that you have the most 10s of all the poems entered. Example my poem “the eternal chess game” won the contest with 47 reviews, 45 were 10s and 2 were 9. That made the total mean score a 9.957 and the total score a 468. Now there might have been poems that maintained a perfect 10 with fewer reviews that didn’t win. Example is a poem that had 8 reviews and had 8 10s its score would have been a 10 but the total mean score would have only been an 80. This system is nonbiased as there are no judges or panel, only us poets that rate the poems; it is democratic in a way. Once you win you can enter into the contest again but are not eligible to win again till the following year. Each poem that wins is included in a book published once a year by OP called Anthology of OP.

So now how does one win? First I will start off by saying I do not know everything about this contest and have yet to figure out all the tricks, but I have learned a few and will pass on what I do know. I have also built a team of poets to help with this forum, many of which have also won, so I am sure they will have additional info. Well I certainly have no magic wand for this one but I have learned a couple of ways that you can at least increase your chances. While you can enter as many poems as you like it doesn’t necessarily help your chances, in fact it probably does the opposite, the more is not the merrier. Reason being is that if you enter a bunch of poems all in one week what is the likelihood that you will have a bunch of reviews on each of your poems? To win you need reviews, you will not win the contest with 10 reviews or less, most people have at a min 20 reviews, and many over 30, mine had 47. So the more poems you enter the less chance and less time your friends and other members of OP will have to read your poems. Fewer reviews equate to less chance your poem will win. So better to only enter one or two at a time if you really want to win. If you don’t care enter as many as you like. Now when you enter your poem it does come up on a list for all members to see and read but this list cycles as new poems are posted so you may get a few reviews just because you enter into the contest but I would say 90% if not more of your reviews will come from your friends. So if you post something new and enter it in the contest you need to give time for your friends to come and comment, if you have multiple new poems all entered in the contest what is the likelihood that they will come and read all your new poems that were entered into the contest? You have a better chance of getting more reviews if you have only one or two new poems for them to review.

Popularity- many people think this poetry contest is nothing more than a big popularity contest, in some ways this isn’t that far from the truth, it is rated by the members of OP and by your friends, so if you have more friends that read your poetry than someone else than I suppose in this way you are more popular and will have a better chance of winning. It is near impossible to win this contest if no one knows you as it is unlikely you will get that many reviews, just a fact. Even if you were Eagar Allen Poe re-incarnated and you posted a master piece into the contest it would stand little to no chance of winning until you have gained a following and are well known in the OP community, you have to have a certain level of visibility in the community before you have much of a chance to win. Now that being said, the winners of the contest are usually very deserving and great poets, to be well liked and well read you do have to have a certain amount of talent and skill. I have yet to find any poets that are popular so to say without being a very talented and skilled poets. To learn how to become more read and more visible in the OP community please refer to previous threads on such subjects.

Time- it takes a certain amount of time and patience to win the contest, most of the poets that have won in the past followed a similar path, and to gain a fan base, friends, people that regular read your poetry, to become visible in the OP community takes time and effort. I know of only one poet that has ever won that was new and it was a fluke, just doesn’t usually happen that way. Most if not all of the past winners will tell you it takes time, patience, effort, with just a tad of luck. With over 40,000 active members and thousands of poems entered into the contest every week there is a lot of competition and not everyone can or will win, but these methods that I have passed on will at least increase your chances.

So why win? Instant popularity and fame, lol. When you win your poem is featured on the home page, listed on the contest page, and also listed on the side of every member of OP’s profile/home page. So basically for one week your poem is featured to 40,000 members, this will bring a rush of new faces to read and comment on your winning poem as well as some of your other works; also many will request you as a friend. As an added bonus you get your poem published in the yearly book called Anthology of OP.

I hope this thread has cleared up some misinformation about the poetry contest and will help those wishing to increase their chances.

Please feel free to contact myself angel33614 at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/angel33614 or the God father of OP papapaczki at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/papapaczki or any member of the team if you have any further questions about the forum, one of the threads, general questions about OP, or any suggestions for future threads.

Here is s listing of the ins and outs of OP team members in no particular order:

Teardrops aka Marie at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Teardrops
Atie at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Artie
Ginga at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ginga
Malificent aka Mal at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Maleficent
Knight at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/knight4696
Rygar at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Rygar
Wordslinger at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/WordSlinger
Madelynn aka Maddi at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Madelynn
Kah at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/kah
Dahlusion aka Dah at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/dahlusion
Rymer at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Rhymer
Cheronold aka Cher at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/cheronld
Gogant at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/gogant
Aria at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Aria
Chaos at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Chaos128
ApaqRasgirl aka Asha at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ApaqRasgirl
Supence aka Spence at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/SuSpence
Charlie23 at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Charlie23
Ianscott at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/ianscott
Cousinsoren aka Cousin at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/cousinsoren
Dano at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/Dano
Sammia at http://www.originalpoetry.com/poet/sammia


Purity of the soul, journey well to all!!! With grace and humility ANGEL aka The Poem Buster

Last edited by angel33614 09-21-2010 at 04:51:16 PM

RE: How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

I did not know, so much went into scoring. Let's really break the contest down folks. What is the golden ring one gets to grasp by winning the weekly contest? A few days in the lime light. My point is to comment and rate poems the way you truly feel about them. People that know me, know also I had out tens on everything I read. My thoughts go to the author, the work they put in creating the poem etc. As I said on another thread, if I criticize I do it by PM. Not saying I'm right, just the way I am.

RE: How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

Write the best poems you can conjure. Check grammar, typos and spelling. Think of a title that catches people's attention. think outside the box. Try not to always include "I" and "me" in all your posts. Readers like to hear about varying topics/genres. If poetry is too self-serving it can become mundane/ egotistical. Imagery is always a welcoming tool. I try to refrain from using several words that end in ing . Often present tense poems can be alluring. Getting to the essence of a subject gives a magnetic quality. And of course rhyming always is a big hit...I also like freeverse w/o rhyming. SO mix it up try different styles and you're bound to win if you hang in and be patient.
ginga
P,S.I suck with typo errors, but when I post a poem I go over it with a finetooth comb, my comments can be riddled with typos though and i apologze to all for that.

RE: How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

I go along with Rhymer’s thinking……I am not a poetry critic, an
amateur critic perhaps, but not a professional critic….So, if I like a
poem, I give it a ten, if I don’t like it, I don’t rate it…..I don’t think
anyone has the right to indicate a poem should be rated a 5 or an
8.….who do they think they are to take it upon themselves to judge
a poem as a 9 when everyone else feels it deserves a 10. It might
be a good idea for OP to give what a person rates a poem as next
to their comment entry…..maybe some would hesitate to give a poem
a rating other than a 10.......

RE: How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

i agree it is a simple concept to me... if it is worth reading and holds your interest and attention then there is no reson not to give it a 10... we have not been sent to judge the judges... we are mearly players in the same game... i have stopped reading some poems half way through and simply moved on without commenting or rating... it is not my place to judge something that does not peek or spark my interest... and give it a lower rating because i do not agree with the diction of the peice and perhaps it is that i just dont understand the thought or emotion that they are trying to convey...

RE: How to Increase Your Chances Of Winning The Poetry Contest 101

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