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Originally Posted by PancakeBrah
A verse has to identifiably elate to the topic without too much effort on the reader's part. If it doesn't it doesn't get the vote.
After that it's just whichever verse is better. Pass/Fail checklist thing. I can't recall ever voting for a verse just because it related to the prompt more obviously or consistently.
But not relating to the prompt at all is a no go for my vote. The whole point.
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Fair point.
If both stuck to the topic I wouldn't give my vote to who stuck to it more but if one writer wrote to the topic and the other completely disregarded it, I'm voting for the guy who wrote to the topic, even if the other guy was a million times better.