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KLM7640
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I'm a veteran eater of sour grapes but this is a joke: http://creativecompetitor.com/competition-winnersHere's the opening paragraph of the winner's entry: "The visions were becoming unsettling. They appeared in a blinding flash of colours, lights and images and then vanished as quickly as they came, leaving behind an impending sense of doom..this time the vision had been crystal clear, it spelled out death. "Rain poured from the gathering clouds, intense in their blackness causing those below to scurry through the rain-drench city centre, ant-like from above. Miranda sat in her usual spot inside the Cosy Book Dweller, a café with an unusual array of well-flicked through books, steamy windows and piping hot coffee. Instinctively, Miranda had felt safe here, the heady aroma of coffee beans and inane senseless chatter helping her to retain a sense of normality against the odd direction her life had taken. A student studying psychology, she would have felt more intrigued by the potential of visions if it had happened to anyone else other than her, might even have enjoyed pondering on the repercussions such a gift or curse would have on the human psyche. But these were a painful intrusion into an otherwise orderly life, one that had been planned out for years supported by her now aging parents, both with a no – nonsense background. If she told her mother about them, she would merely say that it was a migraine caused through over-studying, her practical suggestion would have been calming, shining a light of hope at the end of a very dark tunnel, but she would have been wrong. She was nothing more than a lab rat in her own complex world and she didn’t like it." How can something so bad win a competition? Was it judged by a computer program??? "if it had happened to anyone else other than her" - oh shut up! shut up!!! So be warned: check out past winners before handing out that entry fee, however small.Right, back to the grapes 
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bunnykin
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I agree with your comments.
It is even worse in its complete form.
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Turnip
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perhaps someone had smeared the judges' eyeballs with Vaseline overnight
This post was last edited by Turnip, 02 Sep 2010, 11:52
Back to my roots.
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KLM7640
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Quote: Turnip, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 11:49perhaps someone had smeared the judges' eyeballs with Vaseline overnight Or the judge was indisposed and they handed the responsibility over to a passing cat.
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MLT
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Quote: Turnip, Thursday, 2 Sep 2010 11:49perhaps someone had smeared the judges' eyeballs with Vaseline overnight Maybe the other entries were illegible, illiterate or worse and the judge was glad of something he/she could actually read.
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KLM7640
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Joe 90
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Do the words, 'hole' and 'keep digging' apply here....?
This post was last edited by Joe 90, 02 Sep 2010, 17:00
my website
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unclearthur
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Now come on chaps - we're all men (and women) of the world. Like the rest of real life, it's not what you do, but who you know. Sets the teeth on edge though, I have to admit. My Blog
 www.cavalrytales.co.uk'The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against disbelief'
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draig
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500 quid prize as well. Wonder what the entry fee was.
The Stories so Far
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perrybond
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You should get a prize; best use if iconithingies I've ever seen
This post was last edited by perrybond, 02 Sep 2010, 22:11
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Crappy competitions
02 Sep 2010, 11:35
