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1st to post!? I will be very jealous of the winner!

Congrats to all of them… its amazing to even think that they will be reading that book. im SO jealous!

sorry.. i meant that one of those people will get to go read that book.

they are mostly from the UK. Im going to be patriotic and vote for the ones from the US.

maybe.. they thought it would be cheaper to send someone from the U.K. rather than the U.S.

I thought the entries didnt have to be in ballad form; i guess i was wrong.

Arina : SAME ! i spent hours and hours and hours getting mine to perfection, they nnever made it clear it had to be a poem format. Very gutted as i would of been able to do a decent poem, but instead went for normal writing. They should of made it clearer

I vote for…. ME!!!!

muahahahahaha!!!

OK, I didn’t enter, but I’d still like to do a write-in vote for me. That would be so awesome, to cradle the book in my arms… Yeah, they might have to taser me to get me away.

Oh well, I certainly wish luck to all the semi-finalists. Can you imagine being one of the final two and then losing? Ouch. Mega-ouch.

I know I’m a bit biased, but I think my entry was better than a few of the semi-finalists. I didn’t read anywhere that the entries had to be a poem or anything like that. Oh well.

Good luck to everyone who make it. It didn’t say anywhere it had to be a poem, but they only chose poems, they should have included other formats for variety. I thought mine was pretty good… oh well.

@ Ariana

Actually they made it clear that it didn’t have to be in ballad form, though if they were going to choose ballads for 19 of 20 semi-finalists, they may as well have just made them be ballads (I do find it funny that there were a number of people on the discussion about the contest kicking themselves for having done it in ballad form when it wasn’t required.)

I think we should all remember that the Polyjuice Potion worked wonders for the Order in Deathly Hallows, so taking the place of the winner should be easy. :)

Decent entries overall, but I only voted for people who seem capable of correct punctuation. I have never understood the point of sprinkling commas into a perfectly decent phrase or sentence as if they were some sort of nice decoration. Grammar nazi tip of the day: if you wouldn’t stop to take a breath at that point in the sentence (or poem), do not insert a comma.

wow im disappointed…... real bummer. but hey, thats life.

Good Luck to anyone in the contest. make sure you come back and tell us all about it!

Some of those poems were incredible!Congratulations to all those who entered the competition and gave it a shot!I didn’t even have the chance to enter,as I live in Greece:(...I am used now to the fact that hardly any competition is open for Greeks(for some unknown reason).It is however very sad not to be given a chance,as everybody else.So congratulations to all those who tried!I am sure you had a very nice experience writing your entry!!And of course there is no need to “be patritotic”and vote for the US citizens,as someone has stated.It will be very unfair to the others and after all this competition should encourage unity through the same Harry Potter experience,not separation according to counrty!

how come I didnt get the RHYMING memo????? UGH!

Cheers for thanking me Sue!

the person who wins should put a comment on the comments saying i won!

I was very pleased at the talent among the under 18 group. I only saw one clear choice in the over 18 group. Why would anyone care what country the contestant came from? I voted for the poems that spoke to me.

It is rather odd that almost all of the semi-finalist entries were verse, but after all the Bard wrote mostly in verse. :)

Well I see my niece and nephew aren’t alone in being angry! It does seem obvious the “judges” much preferred something in verse or ballad form even though they did state oherwise. My nephew (19) is more angry about something else tho’- the topics were what you learned from reading Harry and used everyday, what songS (plural) wizards used for birthdays, and what sportS(plural) they play other than quidditch. I am sorry to go all english teacher here, but I have to say he has a point. When I read the topics and the rules I did think it was an interesting challenge to set a 100 word limit on those questions. It tests a different sort of creativity really- it’s far more simple to seem creative on a single subject in 100 words than it is to cover a topic. In the chosen pieces, virtually all of those choosing sports or songs concentrated on one sport or one song. I very much enjoyed reading them all, but I would have to agree most do not really follow the topics as they were set. I have to wonder if the judges and those who set the topics and rules spent much time in discussion. Anyway,poor Amazon! My niece and nephew don’t feel much like buying anything from them at the moment, and I know they are really good customers-I’m sure that’s not what they intended!

Hi guysss. I’m one of the semi finalists. In the 13-17s category. And I would be so amazingly grateful if anyone has or is going to vote for me. It was kinda funny cos in some ways I felt like I didn’t want anyone to read what I’d written, but wanting to win has kind of overcome that feeling. lol. Thanks for just reading everyone’s entries. In a way it’s nice to have something of mine read. :D