The Power of Words.

(OHEMGEE MY FIRST CONTEST!)

Okay. So I've begun to notice a lack in some people's words; it takes some far longer to get their point across than others. What I want from you, my fellow writers, is ten sentences full of luscious language that will evoke one or more of the following emotions in me:

1.) Joy
2.) Disgust
3.) Sadness
4.) Curiosity
5.) Sympathy

The longer your sentences are, the less I will be impressed. You may go under the limit of ten sentences (if you do you'll get brownie points). It can be out of a story you've previously written, or something that you've just come up with--the choice is up to you. Also, you are not limited to only one emotion--try and elicit as many as you please.

That's pretty much it. Any subject is fine, coarse language is fine, erotica and homosexuality is fine, just remember that the focus of this contest is how well you can put the English language into use. Don't be scared to have me running for a dictionary--no one's vocab can ever be too extensive.

So what are you waiting for!? ENTERENTERENTER!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on May 25
  • Rewards: Gold: 200, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 5 people
  • Final notes:
    Judging this was far more difficult than I could've imagined; which is great, because I had a lot of entries, but also tragic, because I can't give every entry their due! Honestly, I've spent the last hour arranging and rearranging the finalists and winners. WHY DO YOU ALL HAVE TO BE SO GOOD?!? I guess it's a great dilemma for a judge to be in. xD

    Anyway, Curiosity won gold because that was the only entry that provoked joy and made me SMILE.

    Illumination won silver because (while the sentences were long) the language was beautiful and I was a little amazed by how much the author could fit in only ten sentences.

    Fresh Meat placed bronze because of the great imagery and its ability to make me want to be sick! xD

    The honorable mentions are in order of favorites.

    ONCE AGAIN, GREAT JOB EVERYBODY AND I HOPE TO SEE YOU IN MY FUTURE CONTESTS!!!

Contest Winners

  1. Curiosity
    ten sentence story.
    by tonialoise 100 words, 26 comments, on May 13 10:44 AM. In Childrens, Drabble, Fiction
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  2. Illumination
    by iliad 300 words, 1 comment, on May 19 5:22 PM
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  3. Fresh Meat
    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 its
    by Andy Stephenson 100 words, 56 comments, on Jul 23 6:46 PM 2007. In Dark, Fiction
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Trapped
    I am stuck; trapped in a little box. All four sides well defined, straight and perfect. Corners flawlessly pointed in perfect 90 degree a
    by Noctella 100 words, 1 comment, on May 24 8:51 PM
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  5. Curiosity
    I do believe it is the most intoxicating feeling, to wonder. The stringing along of could have been’s and could be’s, the hope for all that might still be and the doubt that it probably isn’t. It doesn’t seem real and yet it
    by IceIceBaby 100 words, 2 comments, on May 15 12:59 PM
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  6. Good-bye,son
    by lavanya 200 words, 20 comments, on May 14 12:40 PM. In Depression, For contest, Life, Sad, Tragedy
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  7. Error: Unable to find finalist item 285236, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  8. Oh What...
    by Cupcake14 200 words, 5 comments, on May 15 11:04 AM. In Angst, Crime, Dark, Death, Depression, First person, For contest, Horror, Life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  9. Down the Hall
    by EZlats 100 words, 3 comments, on May 13 8:36 AM
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]

Entries [19]

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  • Lost Chance To Save A Life.
    They said it was just a phase, I'll get over it, and it will pass, but what they didn't know was how badly it had already affected me. It was not easy trying to deal with the pain of being alone, hiding away from the world, m
    by Zero Kiryu 100 words, 2 comments, on May 13 12:30 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • discomfort
    We were waiting by the windowsill, and without speaking, he ran a finger over the contours of my cheek. It felt like rain, or starbursts over an empty mine field. 1
    by xmiasmatik 100 words, 1 comment, on May 14 9:17 PM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • This Generation
    We wonder at tenitive specklings of logical precepts. Yet, we push labyrinthine thoughts away and slip through exsistance with glaikery. Ig
    by RoseBlossom100 100 words, 2 comments, on May 15 8:06 AM
    • Commented on by judge.
  • why
    why don't they listen to us kids. if they did this world would be a better place! with our imaginations, and thier skills, everything would be almost perfect in the world. but no. we have to just sit on the side lines and wat
    by uming890 100 words, 3 comments, on May 15 10:15 AM. In Contest, First person, Inspirational, Life, Other, Personal, Poem, Poetry, Society
    • Viewed by judge.
  • Reminiscence
    Sara, your name feels hollow on my lips. I see you through the camera lens's stuttering click. You are still golden where spring lay down her children. Your face waltzing under that smile, that swinging love you left behind o
    by IfYouSeeHer 100 words, 3 comments, on May 17 9:24 PM
    • Viewed by judge.
  • pain
    I might be unlucky
    or maybe its fate
    by Tashabambam <100 words, 4 comments, on Aug 6 9:39 PM 2008. In Love, Other, Poem, Romance
    • Viewed by judge. Prewrite
  • The Box
    Nine sentences. Just nine. Nine short little sentences. Waiting...
    by Hyenicus <100 words, 2 comments, on May 21 8:59 PM. In Curiousity
    • Commented on by judge.

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