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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.

2006-01-17 [Burning Inside]: delusional disease.....wut?!?!?!?!! and yea ask Chu, im stupid

2006-01-17 [Mister Saint]: If you were stupid, Burning, I would've smacked you already. ^^

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: see? Moorn agrees.

2006-01-17 [Burning Inside]: ....surprised I haven't been smacked.....haha actually ive been smacked alot....just not by Moorn

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: *smack*

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: .....haha you've been smacked :P and he can be quite stupid...but that's expected of everyone. If he put his mind to it he's pretty smart. And stupid is such a losely used word...you could say something that shuts me down and I'd call you stupid. But it's all in good fun :D

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: ....I just felt like smacking him...*clears throat* gonna step away from people now... ps. I get you chu, me agrees.

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: :D:D

2006-01-17 [Mister Saint]: *winds up attack weasel with big slapping gloves* Get 'em! *throws it at Kuzco*

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: O.O *ducks for cover*

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: I shall not be defeated that easily! *slaps weasel, and another and another* they're too many! *runs for his life...in circles*

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: ^^;; *tackles Kuzco and gives out a war cry as she takes the weasels on the ground and throws them back at Moorn* MWAHAHAHA!

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: *looks at her VERY intimidated* holy crap...*tries to crawl away* girl's gone crazy, save ME!

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: *goes to sleep right there* I'll be back soon...I'm making soup

2006-01-17 [Mister Saint]: *turns the weasels into waffles*

2006-01-17 [Kuzco]: You cook? That's great, you're ready to get maried then! ;) (sorry, too tempting not to say it) *eats waffles*

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: lol *eats a waffle*

2006-01-17 [Mister Saint]: I'm a great cook, actually. I have a wonderful girlfriend, too, but I'm not old enough to get married. ^^

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: why not? you're never too young...unless your 19...then yeah you are too young...

2006-01-17 [Mister Saint]: There's a whole world to travel and explore first. ^^

2006-01-17 [chuchutrain]: true true

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