Dear Andre,
I don't doubt your sincerity, but your contest appears, to be generous, rather naive. Given the winning entries above, your line "whether experienced or not" appears to mean "whether good at writing or not." Suffice it to say that the winning poems are not well-written, and look like the sort of thing a high school sophomore with a C+ in English would knock off in about 20 minutes. You are certainly free to give money to anyone you like for any reason you deem worthy, but understand if the more "experienced" poets here don't take your contest very seriously. It's hard to tell what you're rewarding; clearly not writing ability.
Chris
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