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^{Hello beauties! After a six-month-long hiatus, the HP Writers Guild is back! (Although looking a little different...)}

^{All content will now be forum based, prizes have been altered, and YOU get to choose the theme for next month! So, without further ado...}

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^{THE HORSE PHENOMENA WRITING COMPETITION} 

^{July Edition: 2023}

^{Form: POEM}

^{Theme: OPEN}

^{Word/Line Count: OPEN}

^{Prize: 1 MONTH UPGRADE}

^{Closes: 25th JULY}

^{Voting Begins/Closes: 27th JULY / 30th JULY}

^{Winner Announced: 1st AUGUST}

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^{Post your work below!} 

^{Any questions, please do not hesitate to message me.}

^{(A huge thank you to the beautiful Sat, who so kindly donated prize money to the guild last year)}

^{Happy Writing!}

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We are the whispers behind every spell,
the twist of your voice and the ring of the bell.
The power your words evoke into life,
we give of ourselves with a stroke of the knife.

The magic you seek to tame and harness
is by its nature far from harmless.
This power you weave from the depths of the earth
brings shadows and darkness outweighing its worth.

Trust in us and heed the warnings we give,
for we know all that has and all that will live.
The secrets within the bones of this world
to us are open as leaves newly unfurled.

The rewards of this magic you willfully use
are grand as was promised by spellbook's ruse.
Yet between every word are the sibilant lies
of the darkness behind power that hides from your eyes.

No matter the simplest wish you may cast,
each dip into magic leaves scars that will last.
Though deep they reside and hard to discover,
they ruin the mind like a treacherous lover.

We are the chaos behind every spell,
the shroud of the dead and the toll of the knell.
Hark and hear the warnings we speak.
Magic gives much and more does it wreak.

My goodness, these are incredible. Keep em coming!

Loving reading all of these, props to Skell for running it xD

It is my absolute pleasure! 

^{Thank you to everyone for your brilliant entries!}

^{Voting is now open!}

https://8n5vyhp00f6.typeform.com/to/n4kRnmNK

^{(You may only vote ONCE)}

^{Please let me know if anything looks wonky on the voting form, I've never used this platform before!}

^{VOTING CLOSES 31st JULY!}

Voted

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Voted. 

Thank you beauties!

I think I voted? It asked me how I was doing but gave the entry names as options 😂😂

^{I think you click on an option below and it records it?}

^{Lemme check.........}

^{Yep, youre good! But most importantly, how are you doing!?}

^{We have a winner!}

^*drumroll*

^{Huge congratulations to MANGO!}

^{Thank you to everyone for participating, your entries were SO SO GOOD!}

^{Stay tuned for next month's competition!}

❤️❤️❤️ Thank you guys so much, and thank you Skell for hosting ^^ These are my only opportunities to write creatively lately so I appreciate them immensely!

^{My absolute pleasure!}

yay Mango!!

Congrats Mango! Fully obsessed with your poem, very well deserved xD

Ditto what Mango said, Skell - thank you for hosting these, it's lovely to see more creativity being nurtured.

^{I'm glad everyone is enjoying it! I love seeing these incredible pieces come together in one place for us all to enjoy :D}