Well everyone, it's here, my tenth contest. So, what you have to do in here is pretty simple. Very simple indeed, so simple infact that you have to amaze me, completely leave me with my mouth gaping and drooling all over the computer.
Yea, minor exaggeration.
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Details
As I said, very simple. I will give you some prompts, you have to use them to give me a description, a description in one paragraph only! It should be short and very beautifully composed, varied vocabulary, though beauty is in simplicity too!
Anyway, that's all.
The prompts in bold are considered - by myself - difficult and I would be awed if you can pull them off!
Oh, and the prompts are:
1. Standing in a rainbow.
2. Swimming in choclate.
3. Flying through a cloud.
4. Being written in a book - be a word here!
5. Painting your lover.
6. Tasting soda for the first time.
7. Sleeplessness.
8. Haunted by memories.
9. Stepping in burning hot desert sand.
10. Being killed - any method.
11. Feeling a loop of rope close around your throat.
12. Being hit by a bullet.
13. Waiting for your first date from an hour.
14. Dinner time for an elephant.
15. Coutning stars.
16. Seeing a phantom.
17. First kiss.
18. The moment you bf/gf breaks up with you.
19. Seeing your mother die.
20. Realizing the world isn't perfect.
21. Knowing you will always be a geek.
22. Understanding your Father is a serial killer.
23. Confronting an alien.
24. Hiding from an abusive parent.
25. Stealing bread for survival.
That is pretty much about it ...
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Judging Is Based On:
Originality is the key.
Beauty in words.
Sentence formations.
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Rules
Okay, so the rules are:
No erotica and all that. Nothing in adult category Just one paragraph! Make it short! Nothing more then 150 words! Make it beautiful. No bashing any religion, race, culture. Be polite, ask me for any details. Read other works. People often return the favor. Have fun!______________________________________________________
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on August 10, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 100, Silver: 85, Bronze: 45, Honorable mention: 27 people
- Final notes: For the very first time, my judging was delayed and prolonged. A little too much.
I have reviewed all 30 entres four times. FOUR TIMES GUYS! Giving final scoring and total scoring and wow, this was the msot amazing contests, I have ever had. The competition was so DAMN tough.
Each and every entry was mind-bogglingly amazing. Thank you so much all of you, I have seen 30 talents, mind-blowing writes
The winners had the hidgest marks obviously. Um, well, they're titles were good, their imagery and uncommon themes were what got them ahead.
Their words were poetic and amazingly written, so well done. ALL OF YOU WERE GREAT!
I could not end this contests with a clear concious with ten HM's so i have 27 HM's because who cares, I loved each and every one of you!
My most successful contests, EVER! Bless you all guys!!!
Contest Winners
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I could feel the writer’s thoughts vibrating dully through the shaft of the pen. The utensil danced to and fro, traveling like a car downby ladynigritude 100 words, 15 comments, on Jul 27 4:07 PM 2007. In , Contest entry, Description, One paragraph, Other, Personification
Gold trophy winner
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I remember well, the day I became part of a rainbow. It’s not the kind of thing you tell people, for very few believe; but as a believer ofby Veritaserum 100 words, 19 comments, on Aug 6 12:23 AM 2007. In , Contest, Fantasy, Fiction, Fragment, Inspirational, Short story, Strange
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He spoke as I toiled, suggesting the correct hue for the shadowed curve of his cheek, or requesting that I ripen the green in his eyes, for• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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The natives brought the recent catch into the village squealing in a language that only it knew. Tying it to a large tree by its feet itsby Andy Stephenson 100 words, 56 comments, on Jul 23 6:46 PM 2007. In Dark, Fiction
Honorable mention
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I fell onto the grass, pain shooting up my spine as a rock found just the right spot in my knee, hitting a nerve quite as effectively as Jonathan’s casual accusations. I stretched out, hand moving behind me over parched green• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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The words he had just spoken to me echoed in my mind. "It's over." I shook my head as if that would stop the pain that made me shake. I clu• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Tonight I lay awake, the back of my shirt covered in grass stains. I stare up at the night sky. I think to myself what it would be like if one of those bright little dots was you, looking down on me. I smiled and continued co• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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I ran as far away as I could from the monster chasing me with her kitchen knife.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Ghosts keep me up at the time of darkness even though I see nothing but blackness. I squirm, and yell but no help comes. My desperate screams are silent and no one rushes down the hall. There's nothing to save me from my nighby Frozen Angel 100 words, 6 comments, on Jul 23 3:16 PM 2007. In Dark, Fiction, Haunting, Memories, Nightmare, Sleeplessness Honorable mention
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by Violet Hawthorne 100 words, 6 comments, on Jul 24 3:43 PM 2007. In Contest, Death, Life, Pain, Paragraph, Sad, Stars, Young adult Honorable mention
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She could only cling to the banister of the golden banister. Jasmine thought about his face, the face that haunted her throughout her past week in the orphanage. A ghost followed her wherever she went, a ghost that wouldn’t• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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They came faster, and faster, flooding my mind, turning pushing me off the cliff towards insanity. They wash over me like waves in the oceby miles of smiles 100 words, 9 comments, on Jul 26 12:03 PM 2007. In Contest, Haunting, Memory, Short, Very short, Very very short Honorable mention
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“What is it, Daddy?” / He gave no answer, but merely tugged me along until we were right above it, standing on a fragile-looking bridge crafted of gold. I looked down at it again, the colors in the waterfall swirling• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Her eyes locked onto mine, and the world froze. For a moment, the crowds and screaming disappeared. Her eyes narrowed, remembering… and the• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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The town looks at peace. Why doesn't the rest of the world freeze in the wake of a tragedy?by The Imagined 100 words, 11 comments, on Jul 30 12:57 AM 2007. In , Family, Sad, Short Honorable mention
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Tell me there are thousands of faceless creatures out there with the same problem: human life. A raw, aching hole.• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Her face smiled at me just one last time. Her countenance spoke with warm hugs, held hands. I'm not sure where she’d got that smile. I always wished I could stop the downpour of hail, fist-shaped stones that belted her at eve• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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I sat on the branch of a fallen tree outside my house. I lit a cigarette and inhaled the sweet smell. It soothed my soul. I could hear him• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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by Andrew Timothy 100 words, 9 comments, on Aug 1 12:02 AM 2007. In , Humor, Memory Honorable mention
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One hundred and five, one hundred and six… the late evening was wearing heavy on me, blurring my vision. The glittering points of light against midnight fused till it looked like a painter had taken a brush and painted a wh• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Insanity is a killer, she said, it shapes people into monsters, paints consciences black. It burns them. They don’t understand wrong.
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Bronze trophy winner
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can you enter more than one story?
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How can hiding from an abusive parent be beautiful? Cuz that's the option I chose and the rules say to make it beautiful >.<
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hm...now here's a problem....
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oh fine! Make it gruesome, hardcore and bloody and messy!grrrrrrrr!!
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lol!
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Hahaha
Dude! How do you think up some of the crazy topics/prompts you come up with? lol. Some of those are just utterly bizzare...seriously!
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flabbergastingly idotic imagination!!! sometimes it helpss!!! lolz......
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I'll be flying by again later...to try one of those bold ones. Cool contest!
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thnx, looking forward to it!
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Awh, your 150-word rule is seriously killing me...
I'll have to keep trying, though.
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hahaha!! lolz....that happens!!!
anyone!
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164 words...Almost there......
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Why do you torture me with word limits???????
I think I'm gonna enter this one just for the heck of it... -
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muahahahaha....*evil eye*
thats the main fun!! make me
in less words....
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Can I enter more than one paragraph if they're REALLY SHORT paragraphs? For instance, if I was writing "hiding from an abusive parent", I'd probably write something like...
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Footsteps.
Scramble. Run. Crouch down.
Safe...
[main description here]
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Than the 'main description' should be pretty elaborate and kept to one para. OK?
those really small things dont matter...
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Goodgood. Now I shall go and write something.
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Thanks Asfand
Thanks Asfand, for the honorable mention. I appreciate it. -
You gave out 27 honorable mentions?? Wow, that's awesome of you.
And thank you for the gold and the points, sir!
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