A special thank you to Leger~ for working on the above image for me. You can see more of her fine image work in "Leger's Shop"  [18+].

Also, thank you to WhoMe??? for the pretty awardicon that graces this forum.






All items must be submitted in the forum in b-item format. To do this, type bitem:####### within curly brackets . Replace the hashtags with your item's ID number.




A complete story 1000 - 2500 words. NO EXCEPTIONS. Word count must be posted on the bottom or top of your story or in your forum post.

Newly written for this contest.

Rated 18+ or lower.

Relevant to at least one of the prompts. If I deem the story did not satisfy this requirement, I will disqualify it. I'm fairly liberal on connections, however.

Any fiction genre. Creative non-fiction is also acceptable.

Absolutely, positively, no way, no how... NO POETRY!




- All entries must be received by the last second of the last hour of June 30th.

- Stories may NOT be edited after the deadline.

- After the deadline, I will email you a request for your votes.

- Peer voting must be completed by Midnight WDC time on July 15th. I will do my best to send out reminders but I expect entrants to show some responsibility in this. There will be no extensions.

- I will award group winner prizes soon after the peer voting has closed.

- Grand prize winner will be announced and awarded on or around July 31st or when all the judges have cast their votes (whichever comes first).





This round's guest judges:

Spinning Around
LLC- PDG Newbie!

If you would like to be a judge for LPS, please email me. I am in desperate need of good volunteers .





Grand Prize: A Merit Badge of my choice and 25,000 GPs.

Group Winners: 10k awardicon to each and 5,000 GPs.

Honorable mentions: 5,000 GPs each, if any.

If there are less than six(6) entries for the round, the peer voting round will be skipped and only the grand prize will be awarded. If there are less than three(3) entries, I will issue participation prizes of my choosing to those contestants for their hard work.

And now...for the prompts:

Theme: Death through the mind of Edvard Munch.

"A fundamental element in the art of Edvard Munch is The Frieze of Life, a series of deeply personal, expressive motifs carried out in paintings and graphic works, saturated with existential uneasiness and angst. As a whole these pictures comprise his magnum opus. The themes of Love, Angst and Death are presented in 24 different groups, with Munch's personal notes to the individual motifs." --Munch.museum.no.

I have chosen three from the last part of the controversial exhibit: Death. Your task is to use one or all of these paintings as inspiration for your short story entry. :

Prompt One: Dead Mother & Child
She said she would be leaving them had to leave them - and asked if they would be sad when she was gone - and they had to promise her to abide by Jesus then they would meet her again in heaven.

Prompt Two: Death In Sickroom
Was she really going to die - in the past half-hour she had almost felt better than before - the pains had gone - she tried to get up - gestured towards the armchair beside the bed -

Prompt Three: Sick Child
What I wanted to bring out - is that which cannot be measured - I wanted to bring out the tired movement - in the eyelids - the lips must look as though they are whispering - she must look as though she is breathing - I want life - what is alive





This round's entries:






Congratulations to round 5's winners:

Since there were only two entries, both stories were awarded honorable mention and awarded a Merit Badge for their efforts:

Honorable mention:

"Reflecting on Amnesia"   [E] by chelsea
"Angels Among Us"   [18+] by Myst~Congratulates PDG grads

Curious on past round results? Click here: "LPS entries and winners"  [E]

Donations:

Donations are welcome and appreciated. Please send via the forum or direct to "Last Pen Standing Bank"  [E].
Any donations over 30k will recieve an MB and my humble thanks.

List of generous donors:

1. Creativity5(Maggie Michael)
2. Bonnie ♡PDG Grad Party
3. A member who wishes to remain anonymous.
4. Myst~Congratulates PDG grads
5. SoCalScribe
6. HuntersMoon - Gone4Awhile
7. Demon Squee
8. Gabriella
9. Silonch
10. LJPC - the tortoise
11. Addi ~Getting stuff done~
12.

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13. WhoMe???
14. Elemenopy
15. Giselle thanks WdC