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I was very disappointed with the turnout for the competition, with so many people saying they would be in without any official resignation. You should be ashamed!!!
Okay, so now, for the results...
I had only two entries, so I would split the points of third place between them, including their already won prizes.
Second Place:
Ghaks, for his stimulating poem Nanking about Japan:
Nanking
The river fills with blood,
the blood of the immigrants’ wrath.
The city has turned into a slaughterhouse.
Men, women and children, massacred
in their thousands.
Who knows what terrible fates
they suffered, at the hands of the
immigrants?
The immigrants who came to
bring peace but
crush freedom.
Shame on all of us.
First place goes to Stella Thomas for her innocent portrayal of Irish patriotism:
This is the Day...
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I am Israeli and I thought it'd be awesome to have a mult-cultural contest for people to submit stories/poems about their cultures. So--
Write a short story or poem about your culture. It could have plot, it could be random bits&pieces, it could even simply be a description of a single object, or ritual, or anything that relates to your culture.
Rules:
Write out what culture the story is about above the work.
You must use YOUR OWN culture. If you are from small town America, that's great, Maybe your father is from Romania? Awesome! Maybe you were born in London, moved to NYC, and your parents are from Paris? Then you are big-city type--spectacular! But if your friend is Canadian and you're not, you CANNOT write a story about Canada.
Stories: max. 1000 words, no min. Poems: 50 words max., no min.
Deadline: March 15, 2008 (A month from now!)
I will grade entries according to your: creativity, information, and overall feeling of your piece.
3 per person.
Please post the links to your story here or PM them to me.
Prizes:
1st place: 3 critiques & 200 points.
2nd place: 2 critiques & 100 points
3rd place: 1 critique and 50 points.
Have fun!
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 3:38 pm Post subject: |
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| It sounds like an interesting challenge. I will see if I can think of something. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 12:13 am Post subject: |
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Great!
Remember, this could be ANYTHING, and it can stretch on for hundreds and hundreds of words. It could also be about anything---from a centimeter of cloth (like a grandfather's treasured Italian rag) to an entire county (you could do something about supersized America, maybe?) to the entire planet (are you from Mars?) |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 1:47 am Post subject: |
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| I'm in. I'll be done in a week. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:12 pm Post subject: |
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Just for clarification, when you say culture, do you mean--
1. The specific things which happen in said homeland (America for moi) that set it apart from everything else?
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2. The everyday things which may overlap with other countries?
Because I'm thinking of writing a fragmented type piece that would just include descriptions of everyday and special things from various times of the year. With America being such a melting-pot of backgrounds, it's hard to pinpoint a specific "culture", so some of what I would write about might seem washed-out or not significant.
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| Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Both of them would be perfect. Your idea seems SO interesting! I REALLY can't wait to read it. |
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Oh this looks like so much fun... I can't believe I hadn't seen this before. I wish I did more Polish things, haha, then my story wouldn't be so lame. Oh well. I have ideas.
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YESSSSSSS!!!!
Recruitment DOES work. (Poland! YES! YES! YES! One more country for me to read about = PARADISE!) |
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| Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2008 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| Hi there, I was wondering, do you have to send 3 entries per person? |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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Great. I will try and write some stuff based on my British Born Chinese roots.
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