P & Q HALL OF FAME FOR SITE CONTESTS

For future contest holders, participants, gloaters and other interested parties. Survey the evolution of our popular monthly site contests. Dream to find your name among the historical figures on this highly esteemed leaderboard. Congratulate yourselves for making this a success.

* Mods, feel free to update this as needed.

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COLM'S CHALLENGE (Aug-Sep, 2011)
Champion:
Runners Up:
Judges:
# Participants: 14
Features:

NOR & MEL'S POETIC CHALLENGE (Jul-Aug, 2011)
Champion: Narphangu
Runners Up: Dixiedaisy, Courageous Dreamer, Sibyllene
Judges: The Queen, Mera Luna, Nicko
# Participants: 17
Features: Lots of reviews generated as whole site was invited to leave comments, not just the judges. 4 elimination rounds (free/the news/mythological gods/multiple prompt) with cumulative scoring across the rounds

DIXIEDAISY'S THE MOST FUN YOU'VE EVER HAD IN A CONTEST (Mar-Apr, 2011)
Champion: Hellon aka Miss Take
Runners Up: Melpomene, Larry Chamberlin
Judges:
# Participants: 10
Features: No one was eliminated, the winners won through cumulative scoring across the 4 rounds (wishbone/backbone/serious bone/nature)

LUANNE'S P&Q IDOL (Feb-Mar, 2011)
Champion: Blissful
Runners Up: Melpomene, Ingrid
Judges: Sibyllene, Dixiedaisy, Anne Marie
# Participants: 14
Features: 4 rounds (rhyme/multiple prompt/mystery prompt/sestina), Jack Haas was commentator

SUNSHINE'S SITE CONTEST (Jan-Feb, 2011)
---Cancelled after 2nd round---
Judges: Britt, Abracadabra
# Participants: 13
Features: The Joker (someone who selected an eliminated participant to boost to the next round); second round focused on a 'cliche' words challenge

VALEDICO'S POETRY CONTEST (Dec-Jan, 2010)
Champion: Sibyllene
Runners Up: Luanne, The Princess, The Queen
Judges: Melissa, Silvershoes, Melpomene
# Participants: 16 + 1 Wild Card
Features: 6 rounds (free, person/place/poet topic, Wild Card, collaboration, season haiku topic, quote prompt final round); most rounds focussed on word limits; head-to-head in the final round; participants were assigned to partners randomly in the collab round

COURAGEOUS DREAMER'S ULTIMATE BATTLE OF POETS (Nov-Dec, 2010)
Champion: Sibyllene
Runners Up: Abracadabra, The Princess, Luanne
Judges: Nicko, Mera Luna, Britt
# Participants: 15 + 1 Wild Card
Features: 5 rounds (free, formed poetry topic, picture/quote/title prompt, Wild Card, Greek Muses final round ); introduction of participants choosing poem topics on a first-come-first-served basis to avoid duplication; introduction of inviting any non-participating (as well as eliminated and participating) members in the wild card round

ABRACADABRA'S MASTERPOET TOURNAMENT (Oct-Nov, 2010)
Champion: Silvershoes
Runners Up: Luanne, Nicko, Ingrid
Judges: Melissa, Valedico, Sibyllene
# Participants: 13
Features: 5 rounds (free, love topic, picture/quote/title prompt, Wild Card, poem makeover final round); introduction of bonuses, penalties, 24-hour Wild Card round for eliminated participants, members' choice award, and display of judges' comments and scores

BRITT'S NEW CONTEST (Sep-Oct, 2010)
Champion: Sibyllene
Runners Up: Courageous Dreamer
Judges: Ingrid, Karl, Abracadabra
# Participants: 5
Features: 4 rounds (free, nature topic, picture/quote prompt, title prompt final round); introduction of the contest structure with elimation rounds and strict submission and judging time-frames

I think my favorite part about this is seeing how the participation has risen every time. Come on, kids! Make Nana's contest 17-plus!

Sorry to disappoint you sibi :P won't even reach 13

Sibyllene, you machine!

This is really cool! :)

We've got a much less detailed one of these in the mod forum. Nice, Abby. You rock my world.

Yeah, I think maybe we should steal Abby's and use it for our own : )

So then is it okay to steal threads? :) haha

~~~~~PLAGIARISTS!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~

The era of Sibby has begun!

Can no one stop her rampage?

Not unless she doesn't participate. And what a cop-out if she did. SHE MUST BE DETHRONED!!!

Who shall take her place!?

I can't tell you if I'm participating; Sunshine would have my arse!

Good girl shibshib :) SSSSSSHHHHH
and if anyone talks about participation again..I will burn you all.