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 Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 5:03 pm Post subject: Picture That! |
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"A picture's worth a thousand words"
-Anon.
Premise: I want you to take me a picture. Any picture. A nature shot. A human-based shot. Powerful shots. Subtle shots. But I want you to take it. No copying and pasting off of the internet. This will hinge completely on the honor system, so there won't be any checks and balances.
Then I want you to write a story or a poem about the picture or what's going on inside of it. The poem may only be twenty-five lines and the story may only be 1,000 words. That's all a picture's worth, after all.
Formal rules:
-- Picture must be taken by contestant
-- Story/poem must be written about the picture
-- Ends January 15th
-- At least four people MUST submit, or this contest will be null and void on the deadline. Sorry.
Prizes:
-- 1st place: Three in-depth critiques (Quote by scotty: Kylan will probably drop in a find a bunch of stuff that God himself wouldn't notice) 
-- 2nd place: Two in-depth critiques
-- 3rd place: A critique
Get writing, y'all.
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: Stuff and things |
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| Question: Can the photo be one we've already taken? Or do we need to take a new photo for this contest? |
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| Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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As long as you've taken it, I wouldn't care if the shot was taken five years ago.
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:18 am Post subject: |
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| Question: Do we have to include the picture with the story? |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 3:33 am Post subject: |
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| May we enter more than once? |
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| Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 11:01 pm Post subject: |
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BBB>> Yes
Areida>> You may enter up to one poem and one story.
Thanks!
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 8:52 am Post subject: |
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| I'm in!!! |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: |
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| Is the contest judged on the photograph and the poem/prose, or just the written part? Are they judged separately, or on how they work as a set? |
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| Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 3:32 pm Post subject: |
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The entries are judged by the quality of the photograph, the quality of the writing, and how well they relate to each other... So, yeah.
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| Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:40 am Post subject: |
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| Ooh, I am very much in. |
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| Posted: Sat Jan 05, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ten days!
Remember, if less than four people submit an entry, then the contest is off.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:29 am Post subject: |
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Four days.
No entries yet, so get those in!
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| Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2008 2:41 am Post subject: |
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| Maybe you should lengthen the contest a bit....like until the end of this month, or maybe the middle of Feb. |
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 1:00 am Post subject: |
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Well, I need to have some idea of who's in and who's not if I'm going to extend this thing. I sent off probably seven PMs and I've only gotten three back, one a negative.
So check in people if you want an extension!
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| Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2008 2:15 am Post subject: |
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| I'm still in, methinks. |
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