Last Chance! Submit Your Hunger Games Haiku to Win Tickets to the Premiere
Hunger Games fans, here's your chance to be among the first to see Lionsgate's highly anticipated YA novel adaptation -- Movieline is giving away a pair of tickets to the Los Angeles premiere of The Hunger Games, starring Jennifer Lawrence as teen warrior Katniss Everdeen, based on the novels by Suzanne Collins. To decide our winner, we're holding a Cornucopia of words: A Hunger Games Haiku contest! Channel your inner mockingjay and get to composing in the comments below. [UPDATE: Thanks to all who played -- and there were a lot of you! Submissions will be closed at 5PT/8ET.]
To celebrate the 50-day countdown to the Hunger Games nationwide release on March 23 (Twitter hashtag #HUNGERGAMES50), Movieline's Hunger Games Haiku contest will close February 22 at 5pm PT/8pm ET, so make sure to enter with your best, most inspired Hunger Games-themed haiku. Winners will be announced on February 29.
[Browse Movieline's Hunger Games cast gallery here]
In order to be eligible, entries must follow these guidelines:
- Haiku entries must follow the 5-7-5 syllable format (otherwise that ain't a haiku, duh).
- Entries must be original writings. Write it in Katniss's voice! As an ode to the series! Compose a ditty about pretty baker's sons! Run wild with it!
- Entrants must be 18 years of age and must be able to attend the premiere in Los Angeles at the Nokia Live on March 12, 2012.
- Entrants must register with their email address in order to be contacted if selected.
- Only one entry per person.
Now remember, candidates: Entries will be judged by Movieline's editors so put your best haiku forward! Elegance, wit, and razor-sharp concision are key, along with a healthy dose of Hunger Games knowledge. Wow us, and as always -- may the odds be ever in your favor.
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The girl on fire.
Katniss lets her love shine through;
She sings to Rue's death.
If I win, I lose
Lives are gone, boy with bread dead
Let the games begin!
Gale, Peeta, how to choose,
Hunger Games, can't be won, just lost,
What's a girl to do?
Prim rose and fell lost
To the District's wanderlust
Games. Katniss in flames.
My life you have stole
I was the girl on fire
We have survived this
I'm the girl on fire
He is the boy with the bread
Somehow we made it
Cannons tell the tale,
while fear gives way to cunning.
Hope: an arrow true.
You gave Rue a leg.
Mockingjays sing sadness. We
praise the girl on fire.
The jays sing the tune.
To the death of Rue.
Love the girl of fire
restless nights, screaming
bloody roses fill the air
death he watches me
Cornucopia
Filled with weapons to kill me
How will I survive?
A dim fire is lit,
And a bond is formed with bread.
All hunger no more.
Strong. Weak. Sly. Small. Smart.
We're different people,
Fighting in one game.
Conquering shadows
Leaves me but only ashen-
He is my sunrise.
Peeta is the best
Can I trust his love or not?
True love won't kill me.
Desperate to be
More than a pawn in their games
Nightlock's defiance
My sister's name called
It's all happening so fast
No I volunteer
Caged in the darkness
I am free because of you
Your love released me
Not just boy with bread
Or just a simple ally
He keeps me alive
I'm betting on you
So you better stay alive
For Panem, please strive
the hunger games starts
only twelve tributes will live
it is up to me
nightlock in my hand
I am ready to defy
you cannot stop me
His words resonate.
I'll show them. I'm more than just
a piece in their games.
A pond plant to eat,
A girl fighting for justice
for all. The Katniss.
Lay your head and sleep
In this cave you will be safe
Come day: our kiss stays
*Please don't disqualify me. My other comment did not go through*
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