Major update to
100 Days of Poetry Challenge
(feedback, prizes change, weekly find)-----[Day 53]-----
Introduction
Hello everyone! After making the halfway mark update two days ago which shifted categories a bit from Day 51 onward, I gave some more thought to the current state of the challenge and how to improve its interactiveness. I also want to change how prizes work and will explain the reasoning for these changes below. By the way, it is now Day 53, which officially started as of 6 PM UTC on April 28th.
Interaction
In my original rules post I stated that along with posting a daily poem, you should comment on at least three other entrants’ poems daily. Of course, this was largely based on trust as I was unable to monitor this for 130 people. I have been relatively pleased to see that there has been some mutual support and interaction between poets in the challenge. Now the group is much smaller, enabling us to increase the quality of our interaction!
Instead of this original rule, each person in the challenge will now be assigned 2 different poets each week to leave feedback for. You only have to select one poem for each of them (2 in total) sometime in the course of the week to comment on. Your comments should be substantial, in the form of impressions/analysis. For a simple guide on how to provide quality feedback, read How To Critique Poetry - A Simple Structure. (Critique in this context means analysis - not criticism.)
This resource is provided as a reference only. You will find your own personal way of leaving feedback, and it need not pick the piece apart at all. The requirement is that you set aside enough time to really digest the piece and leave a reply that is worthy of the energy that the creator put into their poem. It is a form of respect that I do not see enough on Steemit. Most people that think they leave good comments still spend less than 10 minutes and put in relatively low effort on their feedback. They have mastered the art of making fluff seem substantial!
As far as length, it should be several sentences. Say something specific about the impressions you received from the piece, analyze sections you really liked or didn’t like, speculate on the meaning behind the poem, etc. Be respectful and creative! Remember, you will also receive two pieces of quality feedback in return.
This will be a required part of the challenge from here on out (Day 51 onward). I know that people are busy and have time-zone differences, so making it to classes is impractical for many. So this way we’ll still have quality interaction between participants, but you can do it whenever is most convenient for you.
Prizes change
Regarding prizes, there will be a major change. When I structured how they worked originally, I was accounting for 100+ active participants and frequent donations coming in (thank you so much for all of those!) This was to allow more people to have the opportunity to be featured. However, because of the sheer volume of poems to go through, I fell far behind on announcing them. This led to the prize feeling disconnected from the poem for which it was awarded. Also, the group size has decreased significantly.
Instead of prizes for every day as well as weekly prizes, there will now only be weekly prizes, but they will be much bigger, 15 SBD for the winner of each category! This change will go into effect starting on Day 50, so winners up to that date will be rewarded the old way.
Weekly find
On these weekly update posts, you should say something brief about a favorite poem you discovered in the past week of the challenge and comment it on my update post, by the Monday following the date on which it’s posted. Please include a link to the piece in your comment. The first weekly find will begin from next week's weekly update.
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Conclusion
Please read this post in detail and comment below that you understood how things will work moving forward. I also invite you to give me feedback on these changes and ask any questions you may have. To sum it up, you will need to take time twice during the week to leave substantial impressions for a poem of your choice written by each of two poets. You’ll also give a short comment on these Saturday posts highlighting one of your favorite pieces in the challenge from the last week as a “weekly find.” As always thank you for your time and attention! I hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
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