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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:31 am Post subject: May 2007 Claude Monet's "Sunrise" Contest |
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Deadline for entries is May 30th at 11:59 p.m. GMT
For the May 2007 contest, you have to write a response to Claude Monet's painting, "Sunrise." The form of your response is entirely up to you (poem, story, essay, personal statement, etc.), although points will be given for originality.
To enter, simply e-mail your response to:
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Wow! This sounds cool, and I definitely want to enter.
Great idea, Nate! |
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 5:23 am Post subject: |
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Indeed it does and so do I. Most likely that wont happen though, I've got so much work to do in the next couple of weeks its obscene. In a month or so, give or take a week, I should be on holidays though...
till then.
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:55 pm Post subject: |
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| I love this painting. I've actually already done a couple of drafts of my entry. |
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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*clutches head*
How is one to write a response to a painting? I always find these things confusing. *is confuzzled* Write a story about the painting? Write a story with the painting in it? :S
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:14 pm Post subject: |
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| ShadowTwit wrote: |
*clutches head*
How is one to write a response to a painting? I always find these things confusing. *is confuzzled* Write a story about the painting? Write a story with the painting in it? :S
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There's a ton of things you could do. Just a few ideas are:
- Write a story about the man in the rowboat in the forefront
- Describe the picture in poem form
- Write about a wharfman who is glancing at this scene
- Write about the feelings the poem invokes within you
Or you could look at this differently and write a story about how one day you were walking through an art gallery and saw this piece. Or you could go sci-fi, when somewhere centuries hence, this painting appears in some downtrodden shack on a world where sunlight is just a memory. |
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Oooh. Ta!
 *lightbulbs start flashing*
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 1:14 pm Post subject: |
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| The painting isn't showing right now... |
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 10:14 pm Post subject: - |
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Is there a word limit??? I hope not...
-Kylan |
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| Posted: Wed May 16, 2007 11:33 pm Post subject: Re: - |
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| Kylan wrote: |
Is there a word limit??? I hope not...
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I probably should've, but since I didn't say so to begin with, then no. Unfortunately for me and the judges, there is no word limit... |
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| Posted: Thu May 17, 2007 3:58 am Post subject: |
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| I have something in the works, but it will likely be flash, less than 1000. I've got some time though, so I'll look over it a bit before sending it. I really liked this challenge. |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:04 am Post subject: |
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| Only 10 days left to enter! |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:23 am Post subject: |
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This challenge is making my brain fly! I love it, love it, love it!
Count on my entry soon.  |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 2:27 am Post subject: |
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| Mine too. This is pretty awesome... |
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| Posted: Mon May 21, 2007 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Putting off studying for finals to enter a contest?
Sounds like a plan! |
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