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Post by Mikauzoran on Jul 24, 2016 19:23:23 GMT
Super Short Contest #14: Lipstick Writing: July 24 - Sunday July 31 Voting: Sunday, July 31 - Saturday, August 6Theme selector: creativitygames.net/random-word-generator/randomwords/1 Theme: "Lipstick" Themed Writing Competition Guidelines Event Details:Each participant needs to write a short story to be posted by midnight according to the Cafe clock in the Contest Entries section of the Fanfic Library: www.poirotcafe.com/board/31/poirot-cafe-contest-entries . That's midnight Sunday going into Monday; you have the entirety of Sunday to work. At the end of the writing period, any member can vote for their favorite story. Make sure that when you post your stories on FF.net that you mention that the story was written for Poirot Cafe's competition to our readers! Let's have fun and advertise at the same time! Prize:A Custom Badge. Guidelines:1. 500-1,000 words only (with 100 word margin to "wrap it up"), and please include word count at the top. 2. K-T ratings only. 3. No crossovers or spoilers. 4. Must be new material written within the contest's writing period. No re-posted stories. 5. Please be fair and courteous when voting and reviewing! This might take a little bit of creativity for some of you, but I think it should be a good challenge. When "lipstick" first came up, I was like, "What? No." but then I thought, "Well, this might be an interesting exercise after all. What the heck?" I hope you all have fun!
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Post by sgamer82 on Jul 28, 2016 23:34:08 GMT
Dunno if I can make a story out of it, but I wanted to share this pic as it was the immediate thing I thought of on seeing the prompt.
EDIT: removing the pic because I can not find its source anywhere.
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Addy01
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Post by Addy01 on Jul 29, 2016 0:05:31 GMT
Wahhh! I super adorbs this!
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Post by Cesela on Jul 29, 2016 2:20:35 GMT
That is a super sweet picture! Isn't one of the OVA's where Haibara puts make-up on Ayumi?
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jul 30, 2016 1:41:46 GMT
Yeah, that's the kind of scene I thought of too. Super cute picture! Did you draw that, sgamer82? If not, please include a link to the original posting and author credits as Crimson doesn't allow posting of other people's art without proper credits. Thanks in advance! And if you did do that, that's super awesome! I love the color choices and everything!
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Post by Mikauzoran on Jul 30, 2016 1:43:13 GMT
BTW, is anyone else participating in this contest? I was planning on it, but I have had A WEEK with getting this new project off the ground. It's the first one that I'm sort of in charge of. ^-^ I"m super proud and excited, but it's a lot of work! So I'm exhausted and not sure if I'll be participating in this or not.
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Post by sgamer82 on Jul 30, 2016 1:46:25 GMT
Yeah, that's the kind of scene I thought of too. Super cute picture! Did you draw that, sgamer82 ? If not, please include a link to the original posting and author credits as Crimson doesn't allow posting of other people's art without proper credits. Thanks in advance! And if you did do that, that's super awesome! I love the color choices and everything! I didn't draw it and, to be honest, I don't know the source. It was just a cute pic I came across one day she opted to save. Couldn't even tell you where that was now. Pixiv maybe. I'll see what I can find. BTW, is anyone else participating in this contest? I was planning on it, but I have had A WEEK with getting this new project off the ground. It's the first one that I'm sort of in charge of. ^-^ I"m super proud and excited, but it's a lot of work! So I'm exhausted and not sure if I'll be participating in this or not. I may have something. I had an idea inspired by that pic after all, so should have it set by tomorrow.
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Post by Cesela on Jul 30, 2016 2:49:44 GMT
Im planning on participating as well; but after the first spurr of inspiration my energy fell down to the "nope" modus once more.
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Post by Addy01 on Jul 30, 2016 4:11:52 GMT
I can whip up something if we need a third participant. I think only Jinx has submitted something so far
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Post by phantomshyraz on Jul 30, 2016 9:11:08 GMT
I actually have something in the works. Only editing it now...wrote a tad bit too much (really...its hard to cut those last few words) so should have something within the next hour or so.
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Post by Mikauzoran on Aug 1, 2016 0:11:09 GMT
Okay everyone, voting is now open! Please read all the entries and vote for your two favorites. Good luck everyone! I'm so glad that we got so many entries. ^.^; I was a little worried with the unusual theme, but I think this was a good exercise after all. ^.^
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Post by Mikauzoran on Aug 5, 2016 11:43:08 GMT
Hey all! Make sure to get your votes in. You've got today and tomorrow left.
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Post by Cesela on Aug 5, 2016 21:21:41 GMT
Is there a tie? Because I can switch my votes if there is. There were so many good ones I had a hard time picking two (instead of all of them)!
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Post by Addy01 on Aug 5, 2016 21:50:26 GMT
Nah, I think Mikau would hv mentioned it by now.
Anyway, you shouldn't just change your votes because of a tie. Just go with your guts!
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Post by Mikauzoran on Aug 6, 2016 10:47:44 GMT
Actually, there's now a three-way tie. -.-; It was close, but there had been a winner up to this point.
But you shouldn't change your vote, Cesela, just because there's a tie. That's unfair and disrespectful to the writers who worked hard to get your vote in the first place. Your first choice is usually correct, statistically, anyway.
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