July/August contests, Spotlight referendum, Downtime for maintenance

Congratulations to faerybeki, winner of the July Acrostics contest! She receives a $25 amazon.com gift voucher. You can find her winning poem EMPATHY here:

http://www.neopoet.com/node/21941

The August contest closes on August 31. See the contest rules for the contest code:

http://www.neopoet.com/forum/25844-august-contest-now-open-sorry-delay

The poll for the rating system has been closed. The "Nominate for Spotlight button"- option was favoured by a majority of members and is now up again. You can view the outcome of the poll here:

http://www.neopoet.com/vote/25875

For questions regarding the "Nominate for Spotlight button", please go to this forum:

http://www.neopoet.com/forum/24747-nominate-spotlight-trial

Neopoet.com will be taken down for maintenance this Saturday (08-22-09) for approximately 2 hours.
We apologize for the inconvenience and thank everybody for their patience in advance.