September 15th, 2024
Summary of 2024 Results
PROMOTED to Comet from Poetry World:
First: Texas Poetry Magazine
Second: Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Third: South Africa Poetry Magazine
Fourth: Australia Poetry Magazine
RELEGATED to Poetry World from Comet:
Ninth: Wax International
10th: Edmonton Poetry Magazine
11th: Eleventh Transmission
12th: Montreal Poetry Magazine
Complete 2024 Final Results and Rankings
The Comet Publications: Inaugural Members
These magazines were selected as inaugural Comet publications based on the number of times they have appeared in the collections,
Poetry World #1 to #6.
Africa Poetry Magazine
Axil Poetry and Art
Canada Poetry Magazine
Dublin Poetry Magazine
Edmonton Poetry Magazine
Eleventh Transmission
First Nations Poetry Magazine
India Poetry Magazine
Montreal Poetry Magazine
NYC Poetry Magazine
Vancouver Poetry Magazine
Wax International
Poetry published on the Wax Poetry and Art Network is sorted into two collections, Comet and Poetry World. To ensure that each collection is imbued with fresh poetic voices on a regular basis, a point-based system will determine how publications move from one collection to another. Points are earned by regular poetry submissions only. Contest submissions do not generate points for a publication.
After three rounds (one year of publiction), the four lowest scoring Comet publications will be relegated to Poetry World. The four highest scoring Poetry World publications will be promoted to Comet. Scroll down below the rankings to read how points are accumulated.
Publications that win and maintain Comet status are awarded a contest. This means additional publishing opportunities for everyone in the demographic of the publication. As well, this means additional Wax Poetry and Art Poetry World Cup qualification spots.
FINAL RESULTS
Comet Rankings
Round 1: Comet #1
Round 2: Comet #2
Round 3: Comet #3
GOLD
First: India Poetry Magazine (Previous: Second)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 2
Round 3: 8
Total: 16
SILVER
Second: Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: First)
Round 1: 7
Round 2: 5
Round 3: 2
Total: 14
BRONZE
Third: Axil Poetry and Art (Previous: Fifth)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 5
Round 3: 9
Total: 14
Fourth: First Nations Poetry Magazine (Previous: Eighth)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 3
Round 3: 11
Total: 14
Fifth: NYC Poetry Magazine (Previous: Ninth)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 11
Total: 13
Sixth: Canada Poetry Magazine (Previous: Fourth)
Round 1: 5
Round 2: 1
Round 3: 5
Total: 11
Seventh: Vancouver Poetry Magazine (Previous: Second)
Round 1: 8
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 3
Total: 11
Eighth: Dublin Poetry Magazine (Previous: Seventh)
Round 1: 4
Round 2: 0
Round 2: 6
Total: 10
Ninth: Wax International (Previous: Tenth)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 4
Total: 5
10th: Edmonton Poetry Magazine (Previous: Fifth)
Round 1: 5
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 0
Total: 5
11th: Eleventh Transmission (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 0
Total: 0
12th: Montreal Poetry Magazine (Previous: 12th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 0
Total: 0
Comet Extra Points Awarded:
Round 1:
– Canada +1 pubs
Round 2:
– Africa +1 (2nd top three)
Round 3:
– NYC +2 pubs
– Axil +1 (2nd top three)
– First Nations +1 (2nd top three), +3 pubs
– India +1 (appear all), +1 pubs
– Dublin +1 pubs
– Canada +1 (appear all), +1 pubs
– Vancouver +1 pubs
– Africa +1 (appear all)
Poetry World Rankings
Round 1: Poetry World #8
Round 2: Poetry World #9
Round 3: Poetry World #10
GOLD
First: Texas Poetry Magazine (Previous: First)
Round 1: 6
Round 2: 7
Round 3: 16
Total: 29
SILVER
Second: Nigeria Poetry Magazine (Previous: Third)
Round 1: 3
Round 2: 4
Round 3: 14
Total: 21
BRONZE
Third: South Africa Poetry Magazine (Previous: Second)
Round 1: 2
Round 2: 8
Round 3: 10
Total: 20
Promoted
Fourth: Australia Poetry Magazine (Previous: Third)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 7
Round 3: 11
Total: 19
Fifth: Edinburgh Poetry Magazine (Previous: —)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 12
Total: 12
Sixth: Toronto Poetry Magazine (Previous: 10th)
Round 1: 1
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 10
Total: 11
Seventh: Wales Poetry Magazine (Previous: Eighth)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 3
Round 3: 7
Total: 3
Eighth: San Francisco Poetry Magazine (Previous: 11th)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 1
Round 3: 5
Total: 6
Ninth: London Poetry Magazine (Previous: Fifth)
Round 1: 5
Round 2: 0
Round 3: 0
Total: 5
Tenth: New Zealand Poetry Magazine (Previous: Fifth)
Round 1: 0
Round 2: 5
Round 3: 0
Total: 5
Other results omitted.
Poetry World Extra Points Awarded:
Round 1:
– No extra points
Round 2:
– Texas +1 (2nd top three)
Round 3:
– Texas +1 pubs, +1 (appear all), +2 (2nd first place)
– Nigeria +2 pubs, +1 (appear all)
– Edinburgh +2 pubs
– Australia +2 pubs
– Toronto +2 pubs
– South Africa +2 pubs, +1 (appear all)
– Wales +1 pubs
PROMOTED to Comet:
First: Texas Poetry Magazine
Second: Nigeria Poetry Magazine
Third: South Africa Poetry Magazine
Fourth: Australia Poetry Magazine
RELEGATED to Poetry World:
Ninth: Wax International
10th: Edmonton Poetry Magazine
11th: Eleventh Transmission
12th: Montreal Poetry Magazine
Promotion and Relegation
Every year, starting on September 15th, 2024, four of the 12 Comet publications will be relegated to Poetry World.
At the same time, four Poetry World publications will be promoted to Comet.
Promotion and relegation will be based on points accumulated when both collections are published on January 15th, May 15th, and September 15th. Consider these publication dates as Round 1, Round 2, and Round 3.
For each collection, two aspects will be considered.
– The number of publications that appear in the collection.
– The inverse ranking of the order of publications as they appear in the collection.
How this works: Suppose 10 publications appear in a collection.
– The publication whose poem appears first in the collection will receive 10 points.
– The publication that is the last to make its initial appearance in the collection will receive 1 point.
– Publications that did not appear in the collection will accumulate 0 points.
Additionally:
– Publications will receive 1 additional point if they appear in all three rounds.
– Publications will receive 1 additional point each time they appear in the top three, after placing in the top three once already in a previous round.
There is a special consideration for additional first place appearances, as described next.
– Publications will receive 2 additional points (instead of just 1) each time they appear first in a collection, after placing first once already in a previous round.
– Publications will receive 1 additional point for each additional poem published in a collection.
Results and Tie-Breaking
The four Comet publications with the lowest score will be relegated to Poetry World.
The four Poetry World publication with the highest scores will be promoted to Comet.
In the case that any number of publications are tied in points,
the highest scoring round from each publication will be dropped.
If there is still a tie, the highest scoring round will be dropped again.
If there is still a tie at that point, the decision will be put to Google Analytics.
The number of unique views for the top ranked web page will be used as the final tie-breaker.
Relegation and Promotion Changes Publication Status
Persons who make a submission during Submission period 2 (May 15th to September 14th) may be submitting to a
Comet publication that ends up relegated on September 15th, or a Poetry World that is promoted.
These submissions will follow their publication into their assigned collection.
This is to ensure that relegated publications do not lose valuable points earned toward promotion during the following cycle.
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