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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 [Burning Inside]: oh sweet I am so getting in on this...btw Moorn if you did this for me sorta....well I can write other scene's. I mean look at the kiss scene....i just enjoy writing horror style, and if you write horror at least a few times there must be death and possibly blood and gore

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Not necessarily. Gore and blood and death are the horror equivalent of a politician saying 'I care about the issues'. A cheap and easy way out that requires little to no work to use. ^-^ Although, don't forget, you did say that one of your weaknesses is that you can't write anything usually that isn't morbid or sadistic. ^-^

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: And it isn't just for you, Burning. 'Tis for everybody, but especially those who avoid light-hearted or romantic material.

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: :) I can't wait to read everyone's entries

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: yea I know, I was just to lazy to say people like me, and ok fine, with what you said, but I can still write other wise....and you will see that again with this.....but yea w.e

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: I can't wait. ^^

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: well if I get the time I will write it up this weekend....or tonight or tomorrow depending on how lazy I am

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: c yas everyone

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: bye chu

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Later Chu. If my hands will ever start feeling better, I'll write another example piece. ^^ I need some practice in this area anyway.

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: what happened to your hands?

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: I have tendonitis. ^^

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: ouch... that's gotta suck. Well take your time on the example...I'm sure everyone gets the point of the contest. ^^

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Yeah. *^_^* I'm sure they do, we're all smart cookies here.

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: Yup. That reminds me of a joke: Why did the skittle go to university?

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: I dunno. Why?

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: ...?

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: Because it wan't to become a smartie ^^

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Where's my drumset? *Badum - ching!* That's pretty good. ^^

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