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Daily Poetry Contest Winners for Sept. 11-17th

Congratulations to this week’s winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest!

September 11, 2009: Carrie Watson for Fairy Love
September 12, 2009: Dustin Preitz for The Day
September 13, 2009: Rachel Elizabeth Oliver for Little Girl Lost
September 14, 2009: Cherise Joy Thomas for Sudden Thoughts
September 15, 2009: Anastasia Dunlop for Fragile
September 16, 2009: David France for Lost Hope
September 17, 2009: Melissa Howlett for Untitled

Cheers,
Annie

Poetry Readings at SPARKcon This Weekend

If you are in the Raleigh, NC area this weekend, visit SPARKcon! Lulu is sponsoring poetrySPARK at Morning Times Friday and Saturday nights (September 18th and 19th). There will be some exciting poetry readings on both evenings.

We hope to see you there!

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for Sept. 4-10th

This week brings us another group of winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest. Congratulations poets!

September 4, 2009: Laurissa Nicole Williams for Cold and Scared
September 5, 2009: Arcee Calma for Loving You
September 6, 2009: Maria Cecilia Willhelm for Imagine
September 7, 2009: Destiny for Away
September 8, 2009: Joshua Underwood for My Deep Song of Strength
September 9, 2009: Amber N. Miner for It Is Your Turn
September 10, 2009: Tonya Michelle Gilliland-Preissner Watson for Why I Do Not Call It Father’s Day

Each of these poets has earned a $25 prize for winning the Daily Contest. Be sure to share poems with your friends and rate your favorites, since the contest winners are chosen from among the poems with the highest ratings by the community!

Congratulations again!
Annie

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for Aug. 28- Sept. 3rd

Congratulations to this week’s winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest!

August 28, 2009: Rachele Standley for The Pain of Love
August 29, 2009: Amythest Margaret Theresa Colleen Johnson for Hope
August 30, 2009: Lucrecia P. for Teardrops
August 31, 2009: Dylan Carson for Catharsis
September 1, 2009: Wallace Dean LaBenne for Merrily We Roll Along
September 2, 2009: Anna Logan Riversby for Fly Away
September 3, 2009: Andrew L. Montemayor for Journey

If you are new to Lulu Poetry, please take a look at our official contest rules to learn more.

Congratulations everyone!
Annie

Monthly Poetry Contest Winner for August

Please join me in congratulating Suzanne C. Goudreau. Her poem Woman of Haste! has won Lulu Poetry’s Monthly Contest for August.

In addition to all our praise, Suzanne will receive a $250 prize for winning the Monthly Contest.

Congratulations again Suzanne!
Annie

August Site Update and New Features

As summer draws to a close, we have a new beginning at Lulu Poetry. The new site is live and waiting for you to explore. I’m sure you have noticed the new design, but we have launched new features for you too!

1. Improved user registration: Registration is now based on email and password, so it is easier for you to log in and submit poems.
2. Editing and removal of poems: Poets can now edit and remove their own poems, after logging in.
3. Poet Profiles: Now every registered poet has a profile page where you can post your biography, and it shows a list of your poems, number of contests won, and the number of poems you have rated.
4. Improved search: Instead of just searching by a poet’s name, you can now find poems by title, author name, keywords, and tags.
5. Leaderboard Coming Soon: Visit our Leaderboard to see the current highest rated poems in the Daily, Monthly and Annual contests. Very soon, the Leaderboard will be running and it will update every day.

If you had registered at Lulu Poetry (or the old Poetry.com) before, you will need to update your registration information to log in to the site. First, go to the Claim Your Profile page. Then just enter the email address that you used to register, and click the Claim button. Instructions will be emailed to you, so that you can set a new password and access your poems.

If you do not have an email address associated with your old account, please email help@poetry.com with your full name and a link to your poems. Our support team can then help you set up a new registration.

More new features are in the works, and you should see additional improvements in the coming months. Please leave a comment if there is something else you would like to see on Lulu Poetry- we are always happy to consider your suggestions.

Thank you for helping us to build a great community!
Annie

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for August 21-27th

And now what you have all been waiting for- this week’s winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest!

August 21, 2009: Sophia None Maldonado for As I Sat There…
August 22, 2009: Ron VanHooser for Dewdrops Dance
August 23, 2009: Rachael Kristin Reiersgord for Wedding Day
August 24, 2009: Curtis Leon Atchley for I Never Knew, A Girl Like You
August 25, 2009: Norshamrul Mahad for My One True Love
August 26, 2009: [removed by poet's request]
August 27, 2009: Luke Z. Marsden for Trapped

Check back next week to see more winners of the Daily Contest, and we will soon announce the winner of the Monthly Contest for August.

Congratulations everyone!
Annie

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for August 14-20th

Congratulations to this week’s winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest!

August 14, 2009: Sachin Venugopalan for The Mourning Apparition
August 15, 2009: Majid A. Kafai for A Bird
August 16, 2009: Oladayo Sanusi for Journey to Heaven
August 17, 2009: Barbara Peabody Pouliot for Waiting to Go Home
August 18, 2009: Richard Natoli-Rombach for Here and There
August 19, 2009: Connie Lynn Shrum for Life
August 20, 2009: Sean Patrick Deery for Mechanic’s Panic

Cheers,
Annie

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for August 7-13th

It is such a pleasure to announce the winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest. Please join me in congratulating them.

August 7, 2009: Jack A. Tunzer for Postcards from Heaven
August 8, 2009: Yvonne Michelle Murray for Freedom
August 9, 2009: John Jacob Shrum for True Friends
August 10, 2009: Janna Marie Cheek for Guilty Conscious
August 11, 2009: Gueber Lamour for Love Dies at Seventh Heaven
August 12, 2009: Jacquelyne Taylor for Middle Age
August 13, 2009: Joanie Robin Wolchesky for Missing You Mommy

In addition to our good wishes, each of these poets has earned a $25 prize for winning the Daily Contest.

Congratulations again to our winners!
Annie

Daily Poetry Contest Winners for July 31- August 6th

It is time again to announce more winners of Lulu Poetry’s Daily Contest.

July 31, 2009: Denis Bruce for All At Sea
August 1, 2009: Luis Batista for In the Orange Grove
August 2, 2009: Ashleigh Nannette Pirone for Beast of the Midnight Blue
August 3, 2009: Jan Fairless for Sleep Dream
August 4, 2009: Priyanka Chugh for Quick! Disguise Yourself
August 5, 2009: Carolyn Arrington for Love in Time of Sorrow
August 6, 2009: Patrick Atiase for Mr. Nobody

Congratulations to all the winners!
Annie

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