Joy and DeepFat are pleased to announce the August TD Forum Writing Competition.
Like the last one, it will feature two competitions, poetry and prose. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to submit entries. You may enter both contests, but only one entry in each, please.
Prose entries will be limited to 800 words. Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count. Poetry entries will be limited to 800 words. Remember those are maximum counts. A good entry of 400 words will do better than a poorer entry of 799. Your judges remind you that 800 words of poetry had better be pretty compelling.
Entries must be completely anonymous. It it up to the contestant to ensure anonymity. We suggest you send your entry from an email account that does not mention or suggest your name, and it certainly must not mention or refer to your TD Forum screen name. If you include your name or TD Forum handle or any other identification other than the security code, below, your entry must be disqualified. We do NOT want to know who you are until after the contest.
Attach to your email a security code, like this: “Security code: X4N8E8”
We will not publish the security code. This way, there will be no monkey business regarding authorship.
Email all entries to TDForumWritingContest@gmail.com. Do not send the entry as an attachment; include it in the body of the email.
If you have a friend forward your entry to us, ask your friend to tell us that the entry has been forwarded anonymously. If you are that friend, please cut the entry and paste it into a new email, so the original contestant’s email will not show.
The topic for both poetry and prose is “fire”.
Joy and I will judge the entries.
The contest is now open. The contest will close at 11:59 p.m. on August 5, 2009, Alabama time.
Have fun! The last such competition we had here was lots of fun, thanks to the estimable management of RalphWalnutEmerson and to the good attitudes of all contestants. Let’s do it again, only this time ask a couple of your friends to participate.
Good luck to all!
Joy and Deepfat
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