Six of one, half a dozen of the other

On the Media, one of my dearest podcasts, invited listeners to submit 12 word novels during November (NaWriNoMo). I just caught up to the results in last week’s episode. I may be anticipating another contest. Start counting words. Click below to see the actual results:
In the army, George discovered he was a coward. He told [...]

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Hooray for Winners!

I am officially closing the window for entries into our latest giant contest, coming up with a better movie for the cast of The Kingdom to appear in. Well, the competition was fierce, but since 50% of the entries submitted also included a vote that we publically recognize Mark’s brilliant work on this subject, there [...]

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Pitching for Prizes

I am bothered by the promotional blitz leading up to Universal’s Middle Eastern action-thriller The Kingdom, for many reasons. Some are tied to hunches I have about the film and deeply held convictions about God and peace and stuff. Another is that it looks like a very promising cast in a big, dumb, pandering movie.*
So, [...]

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Winning is for Losers

Time to wrap this thing up, so I can get back to writing about the weather and commenting on my aches and pains. Oy, vey.
I didn’t really get 10 entries on topic, which was the condition for awarding a prize, but everyone’s work was so fantastic – just brilliant, really – that you are all [...]

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They should have sent a poet.

Entries rejected for insensitivity:
Five, four, three, two, one. . . .
Ground control to Major Tom:
Ignite psych profiles.
Spin, media, spin.
Houston, we have a problem.
Hope for star shooting.
Hell hath no fury
Like my alleged assault charge.
Final frontier, fool.

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High queue

Here’s the competition so far (just to save you some click-and-scroll time). I’ll keep the box open until Thursday, and then declare which writer is the most gifted poet in the World.
Orbit passion thwart
“zero-g and I feel fine”
Earthbound rubber tubes
White rocket flying
Love-tranced white-knuckled driving
Whom can I Depend?
In space, heads are home.
If hearts stayed weightless on [...]

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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

A call for haikus:
Whose light verse will reign supreme?
The gauntlet is down.
Of this site’s three readers, I can think of two who are remarkably imaginative (yes, I mean you). This whole avenging astronaut story so lends itself to seventeen syllables, I cannot let the moment pass. I declare a contest: if I receive 10 submissions [...]

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