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Greetings, scribes!
Nice to be writing to you again... Guess what it's time for? Our seventh contest ever, of course! I know you're just terribly excited, considering the long wait and all after our last contest, so please try to contain your excitement. Gosh, get a hold of yourself-- I'll tell you what it's about in a second here.
Okay, so gloomy weather is setting in again due to the natural course of things. When the sun goes away it's time to batten down the hatches and get ready for stormy winter-- break out the sweaters, the scarves and the logs. We all start learning to rely on simple pleasures to substitute for sunshine, like a nice cup of coffee in the morning, a cozy pair of mittens, some smelly candles... And that's exactly what I want you to write about.
YOUR MISSION:
I want to read about your favorite simple pleasure at this time of year... Some small little thing that makes you incredibly happy-- whether that's oatmeal in the morning, your favorite breath mints, your pet, your favorite trashy tv show... and I want you to write a love letter to it. That's right-- a mushy, sweet love letter to that simple pleasure. Be creative. Think about it. Appreciate it. It can be quirky, cute, sentimental, romantic, funny-- think original.
RULES AND SO FORTH:
What you write about must be a simple pleasure of yours-- no one else'. Be personal.
Good grammar, as always, along with good spelling-- both are incredibly important for you to place.
It can be in letter form, or it can be a love poem addressed to your simple pleasure.
Make sure your piece ends up in Scribes-Are-Beckoned's CONTEST folder, pretty please! It would be a shame if your entry got lost in the mix.
Only members of Scribes-Are-Beckoned can participate-- so join, by all means! We'd love to have you!
Be your original, lovely, brilliant, artistic genius self.
PRIZES:
FIRST PLACE:
Your piece will be featured in our spiffy Featured folder!
An interview in one of Scribes-Are-Beckoned's blogs!
You will receive 100 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 100 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A literature request by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
SECOND PLACE:
You will receive 50 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 50 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A literature request by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
THIRD PLACE:
You will receive 50 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 50 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
If you would be such an angel to donate a prize to this contest, we would be eternally grateful... If you'd like to donate a prize, please add a comment or send the group (or me, Lis) a message.
Alright! Type away, literature monkeys! Grab some hot coco, watch a chick flick and get sappy! Onward!
DEADLINE: December 11th.
Your Devoted Founder,
Lis
Nice to be writing to you again... Guess what it's time for? Our seventh contest ever, of course! I know you're just terribly excited, considering the long wait and all after our last contest, so please try to contain your excitement. Gosh, get a hold of yourself-- I'll tell you what it's about in a second here.
Okay, so gloomy weather is setting in again due to the natural course of things. When the sun goes away it's time to batten down the hatches and get ready for stormy winter-- break out the sweaters, the scarves and the logs. We all start learning to rely on simple pleasures to substitute for sunshine, like a nice cup of coffee in the morning, a cozy pair of mittens, some smelly candles... And that's exactly what I want you to write about.
YOUR MISSION:
I want to read about your favorite simple pleasure at this time of year... Some small little thing that makes you incredibly happy-- whether that's oatmeal in the morning, your favorite breath mints, your pet, your favorite trashy tv show... and I want you to write a love letter to it. That's right-- a mushy, sweet love letter to that simple pleasure. Be creative. Think about it. Appreciate it. It can be quirky, cute, sentimental, romantic, funny-- think original.
RULES AND SO FORTH:
What you write about must be a simple pleasure of yours-- no one else'. Be personal.
Good grammar, as always, along with good spelling-- both are incredibly important for you to place.
It can be in letter form, or it can be a love poem addressed to your simple pleasure.
Make sure your piece ends up in Scribes-Are-Beckoned's CONTEST folder, pretty please! It would be a shame if your entry got lost in the mix.
Only members of Scribes-Are-Beckoned can participate-- so join, by all means! We'd love to have you!
Be your original, lovely, brilliant, artistic genius self.
PRIZES:
FIRST PLACE:
Your piece will be featured in our spiffy Featured folder!
An interview in one of Scribes-Are-Beckoned's blogs!
You will receive 100 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 100 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A literature request by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
SECOND PLACE:
You will receive 50 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 50 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A literature request by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
THIRD PLACE:
You will receive 50 points from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
You will receive 50 points from ~turtlegirl42!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
Your work will be featured in a journal entry by me!
A deviantWATCH from me!
A llama badge from =Starija!
A llama badge from ~justiceiskira!
A llama badge from *NobleQueenOfLothaire!
A llama badge from me!
If you would be such an angel to donate a prize to this contest, we would be eternally grateful... If you'd like to donate a prize, please add a comment or send the group (or me, Lis) a message.
Alright! Type away, literature monkeys! Grab some hot coco, watch a chick flick and get sappy! Onward!
DEADLINE: December 11th.
Your Devoted Founder,
Lis
First Place Winner (glossolalias) is Interviewed!
:star: Check out more work by ~glossolalias (https://www.deviantart.com/glossolalias) here: http://glossolalias.deviantart.com/gallery/
1. Do you remember why you first started writing? If so, do explain.
i started writing as a way to vent emotions i otherwise bundled. i became interested in technique as i got older and started to take my craft seriously by the time i was seventeen.
2. Does your life, your experiences or the people in your life have any impact on the subjects of your writings?
certainly! i feel like every story has a bit of myself and my experience, and my poetry is usually confessional.
3. What technical aspect of writing fascinates you most of all?
i am all
'SIMPLE PLEASURE' WINNERS
Whew! What great entries! I mean, wow! You guys got really creative with this one. It's made me incredibly happy-- and very proud to know we have such talent in our group... Thank you all for participating! All of the pieces submitted were lovely. Are we ready to see who placed?? I am! :eager:
:excited:
:star: THIRD PLACE is taken by... ~JediHobbit89 (https://www.deviantart.com/jedihobbit89) for "To a Mistress (or Cigars on a Cold Night)" (http://fav.me/d5moopv)!
This piece is creative, well written, passionate and humorous all at once! I thought it sounded terribly romantic and yet I could pinpoint the subject of the poem well at
PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITY *CLOSED*
Hello literature monkeys!
Evelyn Taliette has informed me that she has reached the limit for her project. She thanks you all for participating and apologizes that she was unable to respond to every one of you. Congratulations to those of you that got in! I'm so proud of all my members.
~Lis
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Dear literature monkeys, I have good news for you thanks to our dear friend, ~EvelynTaliette (https://www.deviantart.com/evelyntaliette) (Evelyn Taliette).
Evelyn Taliette is organizing a book of dA's best writers and she is very impressed by the talent in our lovely group, you see, so she wanted me to inform you about this.
Here are the instructions as explained by Evelyn Taliette (
301 Members! Important!
Scribes-Are-Beckoned has hit the 300 member mark! After one year of being up, you literature monkeys have made this group into something respectable. You are all so talented and lovely-- I just had to do something in celebration of this glorious event! :D
Are you ready for the news? Brace yourself. It's really incredible. You will be WOWED... but, I mean, don't get your hopes up really high. It's not amazing, but it's... it's nice. Actually, just-- never mind.
SCRIBES-ARE-BECKONED HAS AN OFFICIAL FACEBOOK PAGE!
http://www.facebook.com/ScribesAreBeckoned?ref=hl
So, like it! Or, y'know, you don't have to... but, really.
LIKE IT. :iconseriou
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