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Assorted Contest Entries

by BeHereBook

Rated: E · Folder · Contest · #854564

Current contest entries, as I try to maintain organization where my GPS does not reach...

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Size: 43 Items

Created: June 2nd, 2004 at 6:53pm

Modified: May 11th, 2023 at 1:19pm

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Kelly One

Rated: E · Computers · #2295117

Flash fiction story about obsolescence.

Created: May 5th, 2023

Modified: May 5th, 2023

Size: 2.02 KB

Genres: Computers, Sci-fi, Contest Entry

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Four Prunes

Rated: ASR · Food/Cooking · #2283403

And just like that, an ad campaign from the Eighties is back in business.

Created: Oct 17th, 2022

Modified: Oct 18th, 2022

Size: 0.54 KB

Genres: Food/Cooking, Contest Entry, Other

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My Mom is a Student

Rated: E · Personal · #2283178

Pantoum about my mom, who amazes me with her determination & desire to achieve perfection.

Created: Oct 14th, 2022

Modified: Oct 15th, 2022

Size: 0.86 KB

Genres: Personal, Relationship, Contest Entry

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The Fall of Picayune

Rated: GC · War · #2283101

It is Oct. 14, 2044 and the Freedom Coalition has lost. We are all brothers now.

Created: Oct 13th, 2022

Modified: Oct 13th, 2022

Size: 4.11 KB

Genres: War, Contest Entry, Other

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The Purge (Tedium Ad Infinitum)

Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2282737

The Purge offered a night without judgment to one weary of an annoying old friend

Created: Oct 9th, 2022

Modified: Oct 9th, 2022

Size: 0.88 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Relationship

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The Portal

Rated: 13+ · Contest Entry · #2282736

A portal opens on Halloween, offering a night without judgment to one who acts on it

Created: Oct 9th, 2022

Modified: May 10th, 2023

Size: 0.88 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Horror/Scary, Relationship

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Odd Bedfellows

Rated: ASR · Contest Entry · #2282570

These two preppers haven’t slept for days. Let's find out why and how they respond.

Created: Oct 6th, 2022

Modified: Oct 7th, 2022

Size: 1.67 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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Would you pay $5 for just a single rose?

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #2282548

Writer's Cramp entry. Title provided, words in bold required.

Created: Oct 6th, 2022

Modified: Oct 6th, 2022

Size: 1.22 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Other, Other

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Google Got Me

Rated: E · Contest Entry · #1859989

Poem for The Writer's Cramp

Created: Apr 7th, 2012

Modified: Apr 7th, 2012

Size: 0.97 KB

Genres: Contest Entry, Computers, Technology

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BRIEF

Rated: E · Experience · #1101904

Poem in Clarity Pyramid form on Time and the nature of special moments.

Created: May 4th, 2006

Modified: May 5th, 2006

Size: 0.21 KB

Genres: Experience, Writing, Contest

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Smoother Brains Are Better

Rated: ASR · Satire · #1020423

Ironic tale which affirms the importance of choosing one's battles carefully.

Created: Oct 10th, 2005

Modified: Oct 13th, 2005

Size: 1.63 KB

Genres: Satire, Research, Community

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Bionic Binoculars

Rated: E · Children's · #1010409

Poem about an imaginative boy who hid in a witch's backyard to avoid doing chores.

Created: Sep 12th, 2005

Modified: Sep 16th, 2005

Size: 2.65 KB

Genres: Children's, Fantasy, Sci-fi

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The Game

Rated: E · Children's · #1008291

Teenagers attending a football game unknowingly create a cycle of cause and effect.

Created: Sep 5th, 2005

Modified: Sep 6th, 2005

Size: 3.25 KB

Genres: Children's, Teen, Sports

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Goodbye, Cavendish

Rated: E · Food/Cooking · #1003937

Everything you ever wanted to know about baby bananas, and then some...

Created: Aug 22nd, 2005

Modified: Aug 22nd, 2005

Size: 2.59 KB

Genres: Food/Cooking, Home/Garden, News

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Love and Conquest at the AMF Lanes

Rated: E · Activity · #1001646

Inverted tenebrae form (4,3,2,1 syllables per line) taken through 10 frames of bowling.

Created: Aug 15th, 2005

Modified: Aug 15th, 2005

Size: 0.88 KB

Genres: Activity, Entertainment, Sports

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kilauea

Rated: E · Action/Adventure · #1000661

Extraordinary once-in-a-lifetime adventure made better by thoughts of companionship.

Created: Aug 12th, 2005

Modified: Aug 12th, 2005

Size: 2.02 KB

Genres: Action/Adventure, Travel, Activity

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Stevie Wayne Bishop and the Midnight Run

Rated: 13+ · Contest · #999245

Fictional poem on small town socialization. SLAM entry. Janis Joplin reference in bold.

Created: Aug 8th, 2005

Modified: Aug 8th, 2005

Size: 1.97 KB

Genres: Contest, Community, Activity

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Sunday Afternoon, Pomona Speedway

Rated: E · Action/Adventure · #996555

Action-packed pantoum that reaches speeds of up to 190 mph. Mini-SLAM entry. NNNYERROOOM!

Created: Jul 31st, 2005

Modified: Dec 20th, 2012

Size: 1.26 KB

Genres: Action/Adventure, Entertainment, Sports

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Feelings Once Removed

Rated: E · Contest · #994554

Mini-SLAM entry. On the feeling of being violated.

Created: Jul 25th, 2005

Modified: Jul 30th, 2005

Size: 1.08 KB

Genres: Contest, Tragedy, Entertainment

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Monkey Bars

Rated: E · Personal · #992201

Musings about those things that I've always been afraid of. SLAM entry.

Created: Jul 18th, 2005

Modified: Jul 18th, 2005

Size: 1.30 KB

Genres: Personal, Opinion, Inspirational

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Buoyancy Control on Vacation

Rated: E · Sports · #976106

50-word fictional story on the unpredictable nature of rented scuba gear.

Created: Jun 1st, 2005

Modified: Jun 3rd, 2005

Size: 0.34 KB

Genres: Sports, Action/Adventure, Satire

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Purple People

Rated: E · Sci-fi · #968051

Account of alien abduction. No a's allowed.

Created: May 7th, 2005

Modified: May 9th, 2005

Size: 0.82 KB

Genres: Sci-fi, Action/Adventure, Contest

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Constellations on Parade

Rated: E · Entertainment · #941411

Pantoum for stargazers. Mini-SLAM entry.

Created: Feb 20th, 2005

Modified: Feb 21st, 2005

Size: 0.85 KB

Genres: Entertainment, Nature, Hobby/Craft

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Reginald the Fifth

Rated: E · News · #938775

Cloning is now a reality. Still, every cat is entitled to his own sense of entitlement.

Created: Feb 13th, 2005

Modified: Feb 14th, 2005

Size: 1.34 KB

Genres: News, Animal, Scientific

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Valentine Surprise

Rated: E · Romance/Love · #936869

Sonnet for my sweetheart on Valentine's Day, celebrating snow, surprises, and romance.

Created: Feb 7th, 2005

Modified: Feb 16th, 2009

Size: 0.68 KB

Genres: Romance/Love, Holiday, Nature

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Mountain Boots

Rated: E · Environment · #933758

Putting my boots and the Great Outdoors in perspective... Chained haiku Mini-SLAM entry.

Created: Jan 30th, 2005

Modified: Feb 2nd, 2005

Size: 0.52 KB

Genres: Environment, Nature, Contest

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At the Spine

Rated: ASR · Contest · #930354

Egad! I think I might need some counseling! Mini-SLAM entry.

Created: Jan 21st, 2005

Modified: Jan 23rd, 2005

Size: 0.79 KB

Genres: Contest, Relationship

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Moment X Minus One

Rated: E · Contest · #928906

On the subject of daydreaming. Mini-SLAM entry.

Created: Jan 17th, 2005

Modified: Jan 22nd, 2005

Size: 0.76 KB

Genres: Contest, Other

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In the Clouds

Rated: E · Fantasy · #889514

100-word story for OH WOW. For those times when all you can ask for is patience...

Created: Sep 16th, 2004

Modified: Sep 21st, 2004

Size: 0.60 KB

Genres: Fantasy, Drama, Self Help

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So You Want to Work For a Corporation...

Rated: E · Business · #886646

For all the skilled laborers who have become expendable. Fifty-Five Fiction entry.

Created: Sep 8th, 2004

Modified: Sep 10th, 2004

Size: 0.49 KB

Genres: Business, Career, Opinion

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The Risk of Taking Irkutsk

Rated: E · Entertainment · #886164

55-word story inspired by one too many games of Risk. Fifty-Five Fiction contest entry.

Created: Sep 6th, 2004

Modified: Sep 9th, 2004

Size: 0.50 KB

Genres: Entertainment, Hobby/Craft, Military

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Art Detour

Rated: E · Comedy · #885076

100-word story about the subjectivity of art. Uses the word "urbane". For OH WOW.

Created: Sep 3rd, 2004

Modified: Sep 4th, 2004

Size: 0.98 KB

Genres: Comedy, Arts, Contest

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Closure

Rated: E · Parenting · #879711

Poem about a brave teddy bear, written by the mother of a first grader who was bullied.

Created: Aug 18th, 2004

Modified: Aug 21st, 2004

Size: 1.55 KB

Genres: Parenting, Drama, Psychology

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Everything Changes

Rated: E · Supernatural · #876395

Fun with ML tags. Verses have 1/2/3/4/5, 1/3/5/3/1, 5/4/3/2/1 syllables.

Created: Aug 9th, 2004

Modified: Feb 8th, 2013

Size: 1.92 KB

Genres: Supernatural, Ghost, Sci-fi

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Enough for All

Rated: E · Emotional · #870684

SLAM entry. Taking a peek into my ol' burlap bag...

Created: Jul 23rd, 2004

Modified: Jul 23rd, 2004

Size: 1.40 KB

Genres: Emotional, Personal, Writing

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Relativity -- M.C. Escher

Rated: E · Arts · #869962

SLAM entry. Commentary from the perspective of M.C. Escher's posable mannequin.

Created: Jul 21st, 2004

Modified: Dec 21st, 2012

Size: 1.18 KB

Genres: Arts, Experience, Contest

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Analysts at Lunch

Rated: E · Comedy · #869636

SLAM entry about Wall Street analysts having chicken wings in a restaurant.

Created: Jul 20th, 2004

Modified: Aug 11th, 2004

Size: 1.20 KB

Genres: Comedy, Finance, Food/Cooking

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Sky Burial

Rated: E · History · #868773

Regarding Ethel and Julian Rosenberg, their trial, and their controversial executions.

Created: Jul 17th, 2004

Modified: Jul 17th, 2004

Size: 1.70 KB

Genres: History, Opinion, Contest

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The Development of A Child

Rated: E · Young Adult · #867567

Shakespearean sonnet in which I acknowledge more than a decade of development in 14 lines.

Created: Jul 13th, 2004

Modified: Jul 17th, 2004

Size: 0.68 KB

Genres: Young Adult, Contest, Parenting

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Cloak and Dagger

Rated: E · Friendship · #866789

Poem on friendship and the adventures of two underwater buddies, a flounder and an eel.

Created: Jul 11th, 2004

Modified: Sep 21st, 2004

Size: 1.51 KB

Genres: Friendship, Children's, Contest

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Yellow Tractor Lawn Sprinkler

Rated: E · Contest · #866068

Acrostic for the Daily Writer's Cramp in which I compare an item to my life.

Created: Jul 9th, 2004

Modified: Jul 9th, 2004

Size: 1.38 KB

Genres: Contest

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Humility on the Face of the Earth

Rated: E · Nature · #855725

Sonnet on natural disasters and the powerlessness of Man to stop them. Contest entry.

Created: Jun 6th, 2004

Modified: Jun 29th, 2004

Size: 0.74 KB

Genres: Nature, Opinion, Contest

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