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Winner: [chuchutrain]!


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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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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.


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

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: yeah lol my sister told me that one awhile ago

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: lol well seeing as how I'm the drummer here, *Badum, dum chii*

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: you have an extra dum....drummer boy ^^

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: not with the way I do it, I always make it that way....just kus I like it more

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Who said you're the only drummer here? *poke*

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: i never said only...but I said I was the drummer here

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: THE drummer implies that you are the only drummer here...or atleast the best ^^ atleast that's what I learned in LA class lol but who knows if that's right cause LA class was sucky

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: *grins* ^-^

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: lol well that may have been what you learned but thats not wut I felt like going by

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: yeah I know lol *grins like Moorn*

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: *cowers in a little hole*

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: *accidentally pours shrimp in the hole*

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: aw...don't be like that...come out....I'll give you a cookie? *tries not to laugh at the accident*

2006-01-13 [Burning Inside]: oo cookie *comes out not even noticing shrimp*

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: *hands you the cookie but takes a step away from you because of the smell of the raw fish*

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Reminds me of fish night at the restaurant at which I used to work. Gourd... the smell...

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: the smell isn't too pleasant...but fish is really good mmmm.....^^ I finished the entry for this contest by the way

2006-01-13 [Mister Saint]: Rock! And yeah, fish is great. But entries are good too! They just don't taste as good.

2006-01-13 [chuchutrain]: lol yeah....to bad...they would probably taste good if they were edible...

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

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