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elizaTrickster
09-04-2008, 10:22 AM
Bleh! Dracula says that it is another month! He also says that he's too busy to make prizes for a while. Maybe the next contest.

The way this works:
I am going to give you a picture for you to write about. You can either write prose or poetry. There will be winners in each category.

The rules are simple:
1. Submit a original entry in prose or poetry form by the date provided!
2. Please make your entries readable. As in, choose your font, font size, and colour carefully. If we can't read it, we can't judge it. Also, if I can't tell whether it's supposed to be poetry or prose, meaning- it's just a paragraph- that wins you no points.

FAQ:
1. Prose is normal written word. For example, a normal story.
2. Post your entries here!
3. How long should it be? As long as you want! I promise I can read it all!
4. Do the conditions in the written piece have to be exactly like those in the picture?-No. Whatever you see in the picture is what you can write about. If you look at the scene above and see a spring setting in a world where there is no warmth or something, that is fine. Um... otherwise, I think it need to be like the picture at some point in the story.
5. The entries will be judged on grammar and content.

The Picture:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e275/oncloud9247/PICT2653.jpg

(The Arch of Septimus Severus)

You have until roughly September 30th !

elizaTrickster
09-06-2008, 07:36 PM
Everyone was so excited...

rockerchic24
09-07-2008, 04:05 PM
._. I barely know what it is... But I do have an idea, at the least.

elizaTrickster
09-07-2008, 04:07 PM
You can simply think of it as Roman ruins, if you wish. Or pretend it's from a made-up land.

elizaTrickster
09-15-2008, 10:41 PM
Bump to tha maxx

Glyph Bellchime
09-17-2008, 05:05 AM
BUMP for The Stray Cats.

Hmm. I just couldn't come up with anything last month, but I'll definitely get some mental juice working this month :D

Some research may help. (opens Google)

elizaTrickster
09-29-2008, 11:50 PM
Hey guys !

G.J
09-30-2008, 01:45 AM
Awww..no one's entering your contest? Well..here's a submition...it's a poem. ;)

Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee

We’re the Romans of the land
We’re the marchers towards the war
We sing our song of victory
We bellow out our battle cries
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee

Our armor shines silver
The sun glistens on our swords
We are brave and we are strong
We’re the warriors and we’ll fight forever
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee

Stand up, stand up
We, the Roman Warriors march
To fight and defend
To protect our native lands
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee

We the Roman Warriors
The protectors, the fighters
The wise and the strong
Hold your heads high and sing one last time;
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee
Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee


Victoria , Victoria nos vindicatum thee- It is latin for Victory, Victory, we claim thee.

Charmless_Anachronism
10-01-2008, 03:26 AM
...I've been working on something, but due to my own self-hatin', it's not finished. O.O I've got like three stanzas...

*slinks away*

Glyph Bellchime
10-01-2008, 05:04 AM
Erm... no offense, Eliza-sama, but... I kinda like it when you used more abstract images. Gave me more fertile ideas, so to say.

(sighs) Or maybe I just have writer's block.

elizaTrickster
10-02-2008, 12:01 AM
For this month, I'll do a less-literal picture.

G.J wins anyway! :D

Glyph Bellchime
10-02-2008, 02:28 AM
Congrats, G.J. You sure had some stiff competition. XD