28 thoughts on “The Winners of the 24 Hour Poetry Marathon”

1. Wow, seeing my name in a list like this, makes this feel all the more real.

   I just finished reading some of my own work and was blown away with some of it, I cannot wait to see what other people came up with.

   Congrats to everyone who completed, but also to every single poet out there who took part and helped keep the rest of us sane(ish) along the way.

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2. I’m honored that my name was amongst so many wonderful poets.

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3. Pumped to have successfully completed my first Poetry Marathon. 😻👍💖
   Congratulations everyone who participated and supported one another.

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4. Congratulations to all who came and wrote! We did it! 😀

   Thank you Caitlyn and Jacob for organizing this wonderful event! You guys are the best!

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5. Wow!! I’m honored to see my name listed with so many fabulous writers!! I’ve learned much from you guys and gals! This was a wonderful experience, and so glad that I did it! Congratulations to all!!

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6. I don’t see me Sandra Johnson – I did a half marathon, actually 16 poems from 3pm to 4 am. Please add me. Thanks!

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   1. Sandraj631968 I am.

   2. The half marathon post is here: https://thepoetrymarathon.com/blog/the-poetry-marathon-prompts/the-winners-of-the-12-hour-poetry-half-marathon/

      Warmly,
      Caitlin

7. Congratulations everybody!
   This js my 3rd full marathon, but my 1st official one. The first two were jist to see if I could do it, so I jist followed alobg on my own. This year, I decided to join all of you here on the official site. What a huge difference it made ro post poems every hour with all of you!
   This has been a life changing year for me. Writing this marathon with all of you literally changed me. I broke open about 5am, and found a peace I have been searchinf for for a year and a half. I am profoundly humbled and grateful. Thank you, all, so much!

   See you all next year!

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   1. That is so wonderful! I’ve done solo marathons and they just arn’t the same! So glad you joined us.

8. I am so honored to be on this list! Thank you so much for hosting this and I can’t wait until next year! What a good feeling it is to know that I can follow prompts and still come up with ideas to write. Thank you again!! And thanks to everyone who shared their poems with us – they were fabulous!!

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9. Congrats to all of you!! I wish I didn’t have to work tomorrow (as a teacher where I need to be somewhat sane) or I would have tried the full marathon. Still happy to have completed the half – but you are all amazing. Well done! Be proud!

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10. So honored to be a part of this challenge and totally stoked that I FINISHED! Congrats to all of my fellow marathon winners!

    GREAT JOB TO EVERYONE!

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11. I send a HUGE appreciation to our organizers/founders!

    Y’all rock!

    Even with all that you have to manage on your home front, you made this work. This was just as fulfilling as my first go around in 2017. You did not miss a beat!

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12. I feel so proud of all of us. Sleepy, warrior Poetry Champions that we were, we never gave up! We did it! Congratulations to all of us. Such a pleasure seeing our names together like this. An honor to be a part of this crazy adventure! 🙂 <3

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    1. I love “Sleepy, Warrior, Poetry Champion”!
       Belongs on a bumper sticker!
       Hmm.

    2. Love this!

    3. Thank you. Maybe I will write a poem and dedicate it to us Marathon poetry runners 😀

13. Congrats all y’all Marathon Winners! Quite an accomplishment!!!

    Is there a list compiling the half-marathon winners? And is there a certificate for them as well? I’m having trouble finding it.

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    1. https://thepoetrymarathon.com/blog/the-poetry-marathon-prompts/the-winners-of-the-12-hour-poetry-half-marathon/ – the list!

       https://thepoetrymarathon.com/blog/the-poetry-marathon-prompts/congratulations-poetry-half-marathoners-2/
       The certificate

14. Super stoked to see my name on the list! I hope everyone gained some personal insight from their inspiration like I did! Poetry can kindled a fire for the passion that lives inside of each of us! Blessed be!

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15. I’m really struggling with “winner” every time I see it.
    Maybe we could use reendoowriter’s words instead of ‘winner’ – “sleeper, warrior, poetry champtions”

    I suspect there’s something for me to write about…my reaction to “winner.” Hmm.

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    1. I understand that you don’t love the word, we mostly avoid using it, but maybe we will use the word champions next time.

    2. Aww that’s so sweet @Jane and Friends. I have no issues on it being used 🙂

       I enjoyed this challenge so much @The Poetry Marathon and I think you guys did such an amazing job organising it along with the prompts too.

16. I wasn’t sure where to put a question about tee-shirts and the like, so I’m pasting a link here that goes to my post about it. Apologies if this is redundant. I don’t quite get how some of this works – who sees what:

    https://thepoetrymarathon.com/blog/janeandfriends/shirt-or-bumper-sticker-options/

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17. Yay this was my second marathon as a winner! This is such a fun thing and I always feel super proud when I finish and see my name on the winner list.

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18. Yay!! I did it!!!

    Thank you so much for this opportunity. It’s just what I needed. Congratulations to everyone that won and that participated!!!

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