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Winner: [chuchutrain]!

The Valediction Contest, a Flipside contest!

Hosted by [Mister Saint]

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Valediction Contest Judging

Please drop by this wikipage for the contest results.

From www.merriam-webster.com
Main Entry: val·e·dic·tion
Pronunciation: "va-le-'dik-shen
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin valedicere to say farewell, from vale farewell + dicere to say
1 : an act of bidding farewell
2 : VALEDICTORY.

I have designed this contest especially for the benefit of some of our 'dark' writers, but it should be fun for everyone. Get your flying shoes on!

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Theme

The idea of this contest is to write a farewell scene. However, this is no ordinary valediction. We will be writing a farewell scene with some very specific themes, so read this section very carefully!.

Here are the thematic rules for the story. If you do not adhere to these rules, I won't even judge your entry. The idea of this is to help you break away from dark writing, and/or expand your horizons into something you may not have done.

1. There shall be no killing, death, dying, blood, demons, illness, cutting, or other similar elements in this story.

2. The story is to be a romance.

3. Any genre, any race is okay.

4. Happy ending, happy progression. No tragedies.

5. Be creative! A valediction, in literature, is a farewell speech. Make sure that you imply to where your person is going.

6. The scene must have only two characters.

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Rules

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1. Both poetry and prose are allowed.

2. Submissions must involve the theme.

3. Original work only, please.

4. Spellcheck and grammar check your work. This time, grammar and spelling errors will hurt your entry's score, so check 'em!

5. 400-2000 words prose, or 8-50 lines of poetry.

6. Respect the work of others.

7. The deadline for this contest is January 25th, 2006. Late entries will not be accepted.

8. Content: Submissions should be clean enough for twelve year olds to read. So profanity, gore, and sexual content should be kept to reasonable levels (although if your entry has gore, you aren't winning anyway ^-^).

9. Entries will be judged on the following criteria: Creativity, adherence to the theme, grammar and spelling, and overall effect.

10. Entries should be in standard paragraph form.

Prizes

I haven't decided yet.

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Submissions!

Please give your username, a link to your story, and a word count if at all possible. For poems, a line count is preferable.

Submissions:

1. [chuchutrain]: 63.Valediction Entry Word Count - 631
2. [Burning Inside]: 233.Short Stories.Farewell 1,138 words
3. [Kuzco]: 212.Saudade 1513 words.

If you intend to enter, please place your name in this list. Thanks!

1. [chuchutrain]
2. [Burning Inside]
3. [Kuzco]

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The Valediction Contest, a Flipside contest, hosted by [Mister Saint], king of the world. Writer/Poet buttons by [Ash], courtesy of WritersCo Graphics. [Mister Saint] will see you in his trailer for the traffic mooning scene.

2006-01-18 [chuchutrain]: ....no because it's illegal to bring them back...but I did set off these really loud thingys that set off car alarms and pissed off the owner of the parking lot :D

2006-01-18 [Burning Inside]: lmao

2006-01-18 [chuchutrain]: but he spoke a different language than everyone there so we didn't know what he was saying. It was awsome

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: roflmao... you deliquent you... :P

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: ??

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: what do you mean "??" she's like creating a revolution in noises in the middle of the street with fireworks! bad girl! ;)

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: lol no I couldn't remember what the word meant and was too lazy to grab a dictionary

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: lazy ass.

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: ^^ yea that describes me ^^

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: I'm a very eloquent fellow.

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: see now u just want me to get a dictionary well fine

2006-01-19 [Mister Saint]: As evinced by even using the word 'eloquent'. Most people think that word means a big animal with a trunk. >.>

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: LOL! NO way! anyways, I don't know what evinced means ;)

2006-01-19 [Mister Saint]: Shown to be. ^^

2006-01-19 [Kuzco]: oh, ok, thanks.

2006-01-19 [Mister Saint]: ^_^

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: lol eloquent and a animal with a trunk....wow never knew there was a mix between a car and an animal lol, and evinced is to show someone clearly

2006-01-19 [Mister Saint]: *falls over*

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: ?

2006-01-19 [Burning Inside]: why did u fall over?

2006-01-19 [chuchutrain]: Yeah...I'm out to take over the world...lol ^^ big words are fun...kinda like antidisestablishmentarianism

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