Emotion and Detail

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on December 29, 2007
• Rewards: Gold: 150, Silver: 75, Bronze: 50
• Final notes:
  Thank you for your entries in this contest. I hope my advice was helpful. I want to let you know that I took the judging seriously and I judged on all aspects that I commented on. Thank you again, good job to all.
  Rose

Contest Winners

1. A Faery Tale

   Sean Kennedy watched the full moon rise behind the trees, sending slivers of light through the branches to shine like searchlights

   by E A Smith 1800 words, 18 comments, on Sep 8 1:34 PM 2006. In Fantasy
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
2. For Tomorrow We Die

   They weren’t heroes or astronauts, fighter pilots or cockamamie scientists, religion addicts or drug fanatics. They were just two people wh

   by cewelman 800 words, 4 comments, on Dec 18 2:40 AM 2007. In Angst, Love, Science fiction
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Of Sandboxes and Syndromes

   Remember our sandbox of gravel and garbage? How we always called them sandboxes and not sand castles? How our hands dug in the crud of the

   by iliad 1000 words, 15 comments, on Nov 30 7:47 PM 2007. In Fiction, First person, Love
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [10]

• Despair (pt1)

  In the unlit gloom of the dingy one bedroom apartment, not even the keenest of eyes would have been able to make out the room in its current squalid condition. Grimy fouled clothing was strewn across the floor, heaped in corn

  by iluvpunkroq 700 words, 3 comments, on Sep 25 1:33 AM 2007. In Dark, Depression

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Love, Jacob

  My name is Jacob Black. There is a beast inside me, but I swear to you, my heart is human, and my heart, my heart belongs to only one perso

  by elfflower1989 600 words, 14 comments, on Dec 9 5:36 AM 2007. In Fanfiction, Love

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Awkward

  “I love you, you know,” she said, stopping. The wetness on her face was not all from the slow, heavy raindrops.

  by Mazzon 200 words, 13 comments, on Dec 16 5:38 AM 2007. In , Love, Third person

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Bodybuilder

  BODYBUILDER / By Robert Davidson / ‘Can I give you a hand with those boxes?’ / The upstairs flat had been let at last and

  by robert davidson 4600 words, 19 comments, on Oct 9 6:05 AM 2007. In Angst, Life, Love, Romance, Short story

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Was This True Love?

  Death had its grip on me, and it wasn’t about to let go.

  by matt101 500 words, 5 comments, on Dec 8 8:31 AM 2007. In Dark, Death, Emotional, Gay, Love, Pain, Sad

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Run!

  I run up another ramp, the open air to my right, the building on the left, looking for a door into the building, a place to hide. The car

  by slashinguk 700 words, 22 comments, on Nov 13 3:07 AM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Confessions, This Is Us.

  You know, sometimes I look for reasons why I would do this to myself, and to you. I look for the reasons why I would put the both of us through such pain and longing and lonely nights. I wonder why I would make you go to bed

  by LadyKortman 1000 words, 1 comment, on Dec 17 9:40 AM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

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