P & Q HALL OF FAME FOR MONTHLY 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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BRITT'S CONTEST (Dec-Jan, 2012)
Champion: Sibyllene
Runners Up: Yaki, Silvershoes
Judges: Melpomene, Temps, Colm
#Participants: 24
Features: 4 themed elemination rounds: free/Christmas/supernatural/double picture prompt
In the fourth round, there was a surprise twist: finalists had to exactly use the fifth line in their first poem again in their second poem.

NEVI'S CONTEST (Nov-Dec, 2011)
Champion: Sibyllene
Runners Up: Lebanese Phoenix, Colm
Judges: Larry Chamberlin, Britt, Melpomene
# Participants: 7
Features: 3 elimination rounds- flower (inc scientific name), constellation, natural disaster

COLM'S CHALLENGE (Aug-Sep, 2011)
Champion: Abracadabra
Runners Up: Monster (Jordan), Britt
Judges: Courageous Dreamer, Sibyllene, Larry Chamberlin
# Participants: 14
Features: 4 rounds- (free/repeat certain words/music prompt/can't say 'you'); most rounds had restrictions on structure; cumulative scoring across the rounds

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

Just popping this baby up again as apparently we're not allowed to bring up a thread that is older than 180 days. No wonder those religion and abortion threads need to keep reappearing everywhere.

Anyway... there it is, folks. Let's keep it updated. Tell me if I've missed something.

Abby you are an organizational goddess.

Good work. I love to see the site contests laid out in such an easily understandable way. We've sure implemented a lot of awesome things in the past year, if I may be so bold ;)

Abby! :) amazing stuff over here..I love my canceled contest..

I shall have to add Nevi's contest here later....
Mods are welcome to edit as well

If we edit, you won't be able to edit again in the future. I'd rather leave it to you ;)

We have a similar thread in the mod room, but I think we need to edit it to include things like runners-up and features. Those are fun things to see.

Updated.

Congratulations on capturing the most participants so far, Britt.

Congratulations on another win, Sib.

If Sibs isn't winning, she's judging.. Bahaha.

Woo! Sibs! two in a rooowwww!

ABBY! You still have not included your own whirlwind of a contest. You need to put it up there!

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How could we have failed to notice!?