Friday, April 4, 2008

My Poetic Idol nomination



[Sorry if you've seen this posted in multiple places--I'm just really trying to get it out there!]

Matt here.

Some of you may know that in the past I had some success in a poetry competition.

I've been nominated again!

Since my last successes they've changed the way a poem wins. There's no single judge or team of judges doing all the work. Now the whole Artella community votes on twelve finalist poems, and the winners are based on those votes. My poem New/old (There's a Polaroid in everything) is one of those twelve finalists.

I would love it if you would participate in the voting! But don't automatically vote for mine--I want to be fair. If you can, read all twelve poems and vote for the poem you think is the real winner. If that's my poem--why thank you.

First you will need to join the Artella community by creating an account on Artella Cafe. Once you create your account, it will email you a password. When you receive the password, go log in and vote for the winning poem!

If you get a chance, please pass this information along to anyone you know who may be interested and who may have the time to do it. Voting ends May 15, at which time the winner will be chosen. Any voters I can get will help! I think there are currently only 53 total votes (as of today). The winner gets a $200 prize, along with some other stuff! So I'm excited. Please help out in the voting process. Love you all.

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If you didn't get the embedded links above, here are the links/steps to follow:

(1) Create an account here
(2) Vote for the winning poem here (you'll have to log in first)

2 comments:

Glory Watts said...

Good for you for entering this competition. You have my vote! I admit, I didn't read ALL of the poems, but even if I had I'm sure I would still like yours the best! I'm always so amazed at the talent you and your family have. Good luck! $200 bucks would be nice. Let us know how it turns out.

The Shumways said...

Thanks again for breakfast! We would love it if you guys came to the ping-pong par-tay this Saturday. We will keep ya posted with more info.