Young Writers Society

The Neapolitan Games

New for NaPo 2024 (though inspired by a contest @Audy started circa 2017) this year Pcrew will host a variety of mini challenges during April that you are invited to take part in. Here's how they work...

Strawberry Challenge

- Time to add a little extra kick to your poetry, and try out new skills! Use This Poetic Element in your poem this week and post the link in this thread to claim the badge.

Vanilla Challenge

- Was your poem a "NaPo Classic"? If your poem used This Theme in the last seven days you can claim this badge. Just link to the poem, and quote the line that you think follows that theme/topic to claim the badge.

Chocolate Challenge

- Time to go out and read some sweet sweet poetry! Find the NaPo poem among the other threads from this week that uses This Line and PM the answer to @alliyah to claim this badge.

If you win a challenge, in addition to earning a cool badge, you also can get 25 points!

Any questions? Ask below! And see if you can earn all three badges before the month is over!

The Neapolitan Games: WEEK ONE... April 1 - April 7

Strawberry Challenge

- Time to add a little extra kick to your poetry, and try out new skills! Use The Poetic Element: Onomatopoeia in your poem this week (between April 1-7) and post the link in this thread to claim the badge.

Onomatopoeia - is a poetic element, of using a word that sounds like the word it describes. (ie. hiss, bzzz, zap, cluck, crash, drizzle)

Vanilla Challenge

- Was your poem a "NaPo Classic"? If your poem used The Poetry Theme of... Fire between April 1-7 you can claim this badge. Just link to the poem, and quote the line that you think follows that theme/topic to claim the badge.

Chocolate Challenge

- Time to go out and read some sweet sweet poetry! Find the NaPo poem among the other threads from this week that uses This NaPo Line: "it's the pre-dawn of fire-season" and PM the answer to @alliyah to claim this badge.




If you win a challenge, in addition to earning a cool badge, you also can get 25 points! Any questions? Ask below!

Do we post the badge claims here >.> (aside from the chocolate one)

Yes @herbalhour -> post links to your poems (with a quote that shows it meets the challenge for Strawberry & Vanilla) can PM me for chocolate. Thanks!

Strawberry Challenge
Amazing Girlfriends Can Fail

Vanilla Challenge
A Glowing Candle Fades

The flame
Fighting for
A little more
Time

The flame keeps
Her going
A little more

Chocolate Challenge
PM Sent!

week 1 - 7

VANILLA-

this poem wildfire (blaze and burn) is literally about fire

STRAWBERRY-

this poem sizzle/crackle/bang/shh has sound words (too long word to spell)

CHOCOLATE-

DONE

Week #1: 1-7

Vanilla:
-whooosh
Strawberry:
-like bright, bright fires (I think that counts, there's also mentions of fiery arrows-)
Chocolate:
-could not find this for the life of me. mostly cuz' i can't see some things but like still, could not find it lol

I may update if I write anything that fits better.

Week 1:

Vanilla: Fire imagery is my jam, yo. I used "firestorm" in this one: i lost 2010 somewhere between now and then

Strawberry: "bang" in this one (i lost 2010 somewhere between now and then) about weather and thunderstorms because it's April and that's just how it rolls.

Week One

Strawberry Challenge: Tend to the Garden for the words gurgle and crack.

Vanilla Challenge: Charred Hearts and Crumbling Walls for the imagery of fire.

Week One:

Strawberry challenge
raindrops for the words drizzle, splash, gurgle.

Vanilla challenge
a new kind of happiness has mentions of ash and the destructive ability of fire.

Vanilla Challenge: I held the Sun
Chocolate Challenge: PM sent!

Week One

Strawberry Challenge - vanity is insecurity

Vanilla Challenge - the embers fill your heart

Chocolate Challenge - This NaPo Line: "it's the pre-dawn of fire-season" PM sent!

WEEK ONE: April 1 - April 7

Strawberry Challenge

to a conversation caught in the spine- used "snap" as onomatopoeia

Vanilla Challenge

tragic heroes visit montana- "a fire on the horizon means it's not too late, a fire on the stove/means you're coming home again, the fire in your lungs/is still learning of new ways to die with no last words."

Chocolate Challenge

PM sent!

Strawberry Challenge

and

Vanilla Challenge

I worked both onomatopoeia and the theme of fire into this, so I think this counts?? (Actually wait does it @alliyah?) The Dance of Fire

Chocolate Challenge

- PM sent!

Congratulations to the first set of winners for the Neapolitan Games! Here's the results for our first week!

Strawberry Challenge

@AmayaStatham
@herbalhour
@Meshugenah
@WeepingWisteria
@Isbah
@LuminescentAnt
@SilverNight
@OrabellaAvenue
@APoltergeist

Vanilla Challenge

@AmayaStatham
@herbalhour
@Meshugenah
@WeepingWisteria
@APoltergeist
@Isbah
@Rose
@LuminescentAnt
@SilverNight
@OrabellaAvenue

Chocolate Challenge

The line came from a beautiful poem by Meshugenah in fact it is the very first poem in her thread!
@Isbah (found the line first, congratulations!)
@IcyFlame
@herbalhour
@Meshugenah
@WeepingWisteria
@LuminescentAnt
@SilverNight
@OrabellaAvenue
@AmayaStatham
@Rose

(points + badges will be sent momentarily, let me know if I missed you! And congratulations to all!)