Fallout haiku contest

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Kuj2

Still Mildly Glowing
The "Fallout haiku" thread comes in 20 pages now. I think a good idea would be to make a Fallout haiku contest, on the rules similar to what I wrote in that thread:
Every participant would receive a few topics (same for everyone), a deadline until which to post them, and then a committee would been chosen (or prior to the whole thing) to judge them. The winner could receive an eblem for their signature or something, maybe a special title under their nick. Should there be draw, next (smaller) set of topics would be given, and so on.
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I'd choose the committee (of 5) before the contest, 10 topics, and two weeks to write the haikus) otherwise it's the same as in the quote. People would receive points for:
a) correspondence with the topic (0-5 depending on how much people go along with the topic set) - the matter of each judge's opinion;
b) originality - (0-5 points) - again, up to each judge.

As you can see, there are 10 points to be gained from each judge. The highest and the lowest score would be discarded, just like in ski jumping, and for the same reason as there. Whoever gets the most point overall (for all haikus), wins. Simple.

That's not all the rules, obviously, but I made something like a general picture for you to see if you like it. If you do, and there's enough people to participate, I'll work some more detailed rules out.

So, what do you say? If you're into it, post it here. Let's rock it.
 
I like the idea, but this:

Kuj2 said:
b) form (0-3 depending on how well people fit their poems into 5-7-5 form) - 0, 1, 2 or 3 points, for each line that fits;
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is just stupid. If it's a haiku contest, all poems should fit the 5-7-5 syllables form perfectly. Otherwise, it's not a haiku, hence it should not even make a chance to win.
 
It would be neat if existing haiku poems would be compiled into a book or something and given as a reward to the winner.
 
Cool, we have a few people now. I'll start working on the topics, then, and hopefully some more people will come in the meantime. I think there's going to be only 3 judges instead of 5, though, because it's still less participants than I've expected by the size of the haiku topic ;) Folks! If you're interested in a haiku contest, please post it here. I really need it ;)
 
Great! I've alreadyt started working on the topics, but I need to have two people for judges. I should be the third since I set the topics. Who's willing? Don't worry, the judges will be changed in each 'edition' ;)
 
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