Hoooookay. Time to announce the winners for my first ever VDux Haiku Contest.
I got some amazing haikus! It was a very hard decision. Out of 15 valid entries, I had to choose one winner and one runner-up. Two total awards out of 15. That means 87% of entries didn't win :-( and, in addition to the 15 that entered, a few others didn't qualify because they didn't follow the rules.
If you didn’t win, please please please resubmit to the next contest, which I just posted here: VDux Haiku Contest #2. Use the same one you wrote this time -- that’s a free entry! And you can also write another haiku and submit both -- double your chances of winning.
For those who didn’t follow the rules, I couldn’t accept your entries. My apologies. Please try again for my next contest!
And if you posted your entry on your blog and mentioned me, but I didn’t give you your upvote and resteem, please nag me, it was just an oversight.
Some acknowledgements before I announce the winners:
@moneyinfant for listing me in the contests newsletter. I advise anybody interested in steemit contests follow @moneyinfant.
@mermaidvampire for her positivity and advice. Another great account to follow. She runs contests, too.
And a special thanks to @firepower, who’s somewhat of a patron saint as best I can tell.
And now, without further ado...
Your winner: @crescendoofpeace
Beautiful small bird
Alone by the stone stairway
I pray that you lived
Your runner-up: @jacksonl
Brilliance is mad
Madness is a curse, or gift?
Who am I to say
To all who participated but didn't win:
YOU. ROCK.
@crescendoofpeace will get 2 SBD + half SBD from the contest post within the next 5 minutes. I’ll reach out to you directly soon, and I'll post your shout-out within the next day to two. Please reply to any of my posts (including this one) or connect with me on steam.chat to let me know what post you’d like me to resteem.
@jacksonl, I’ll reach out to you directly soon, and I’ll post your shout-out within the next day to two. Please reply to any of my posts (including this one) or connect with me on steam.chat to let me know what post you’d like me to resteem.
VDux Haiku Contest #2 is open. Remember you can submit as many haikus as you want! Try again with the one you submitted for this one — you lose nothing and you might win this time!
Congratulations to @crescendoofpeace on the win!
Thanks for the shout-out to the Writing Contest List. I'll put on my haiku hat and see if I can't get myself entered in the second round.
Thank you so much! I am looking forward to reading your haiku!
Please do!
Thanks for choosing me as runner up and for the shoutout! Here's the link to the post for the resteeming:
https://steemit.com/college/@jacksonl/a-day-in-the-life-sports
It's just my most recent one so you can click over there if you like.
Thanks again!
Done. Check my blog for proof. Enjoy the rest of your week!
Thanks so much, @vdux, for the win! I am honored!
Here is the post I would like to have you resteem:
https://steemit.com/poetry/@crescendoofpeace/the-bells-of-luxembourg-poetry
And congratulations to @jacksonl for being chosen as runner-up, and to all the other poets who participated! If you wrote a haiku, and actually entered it and followed the rules, that is a win in and of itself.
Kudos to you all!
It was all you! A haiku expert, I see?
I resteemed your post. Nice pictures and I learned some things about Luxembourg!