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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.

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: You never know what you can eat if you put your mind to it.

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: I highly doubt that you can eat the entries...unless you eat the computer but that's a whole different story

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Hey Chuey (chu, if you prefer?) Don't forget to put your username there. ^^

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: well mine is up now it may change slightly in a bit, because I am going to do a grammar check tomorrow, don't have the time right now kus I gotta go to bed right away

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: ok I know this is a double post and I seriously hate doing those.....but I just had to say it again......Wow great work Chu

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: *applauds*

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: well its updated now, sorry i didn't see the happy ending rules...but mine was still close to a happy ending....i mean...they kissed....and cryed, and left.....lol, but oh well there is 2 more short paragraphs added now

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Well, don't rush or anything. There's plenty of time. ^^ I just thought I'd let you know before the deadline so you could edit.

2006-01-13 [Kuzco]: A story about farewells? This is in my very blood! Portuguese blood that is. ;) "At least that's what my history teacher used to say". I'm in.

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: lol well just make sure you read the rules first, it helps alot for this contest. But yea it wasn't a rush it actually made me feel like it was now complete....besides I told you I still have to run my grammar check through to make sure that it is all fine kus I'm pretty sure its not

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Portugal? I know where that is. Next to Burbank right? *jests* There is a band called Angra that did a song called Lisbon... I wonder if the band is Portuguese...

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: no I thought Portugal was next to the Scotia Bank *grins* im just kidding man i just felt like it after what Moorn said with Burbank....but no evilness from me Portugal

2006-01-13 [Kuzco]: Not funny....next to SPAIN! :P And no, Angra is brasilian, their song was about the discovery days. The same days I'm gonna refer on this contest. well, school time. Cheers.

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Coolness. No, Portugal kicks ass. It has a great name. I'd like to go there some day.

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: yea it'd actually be pretty cool to go there

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: I have an auntie in portugal...and a nefew? I think a nefew anyways...but I'm not to sure :)

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: wow sweet

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: yeah I learnt that last year

2006-01-14 [Kuzco]: Thanks guys :). Really chu? Where in Portugal?

2006-01-14 [chuchutrain]: I have NO clue...lol my sisters where traveling and went to visit them...all I know is that it's in portugal. Sorry ^^;;

2006-01-14 [Kuzco]: hahaahha, nothing to be sorry about. :)

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