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Monday, November 21, 2005

The Big SHOW YOUR SEUSS-TALENT Writing Contest!

It's here! The quirkiest writing contest you've ever tried to win.

The rules are simple: Write a piece in Seuss-style rhyme. The length must be a minimum of three stanzas (a stanza equals 4 lines) and a maximum of twelve stanzas (for the sake of the judges' sanity). The piece must be completely original and not taken from an existing Dr. Seuss book or Dr. Seuss "style" web site.

Topic? Anything! (Obscene or inappropriate entries will be immediately disqualified at the discretion of the judges.)

Entries will be judged on the following:

*Strength of rhyme and meter in the Seuss Style: 50 percent

*Originality: 25 percent

*Humor and "entertainment factor": 25 percent

"So, Jillian, how do I enter?"

Good question! Here's what you need to do:

1. Write a really good Seuss piece.

2. Email your entry to me at editor@beatyourowndrum.com IN THE BODY OF YOUR EMAIL. Please note: All emails with attachments will be deleted!

3. Please include your name and email address, as well as THE LINK TO YOUR BLOG.

4. On your blog, mention that you've entered the contest and link back to The Write Way Home at http://www.beatyourowndrum.com/blog/jillian/jillianboehme.html.

5. Do all of the above by 11:59 pm on Friday, December 2. All emails received with a time/date stamp after this will be disqualified.

As soon as I've received your entry and have verified that you've linked back, you're officially "in the running."

The winners will be announced on December 6.

Here's what you'll be battling for:

The FIRST PLACE winner will receive a signed copy of My Lima Beans Are Allergic to my Spoon, a review and showcase of his blog here on The Write Way Home, and publication of his masterpiece in my December 6 blog entry.

The SECOND PLACE winner will receive a review and showcase of his blog here on The Write Way Home, and publication of his masterpiece in a subsequent December blog entry.

Here's a sample of what I consider to be a cleverly written "Seuss piece":

If a packet hits a pocket on a socket on a port,
and the bus is interrupted as a very last resort,
and the address of the memory makes your floppy disk abort,
then the socket packet pocket has an error to report.

If your cursor finds a menu item followed by a dash,
and the double-clicking icon puts your window in the trash,
and your data is corrupted 'cause the index doesn't hash,
then your situation's hopeless and your system's gonna crash!

If the label on the cable on the table at your house,
says the network is connected to the button on your mouse,
but your packets want to tunnel on another protocol,
that's repeatedly rejected by the printer down the hall,

And your screen is all distorted by the side effects of gauss,
so your icons in the window are as wavy as a souse,
then you may as well reboot and go out with a bang,
'cause as sure as I'm a poet, the sucker's gonna hang!

When the copy of your floppy's getting sloppy on the disk,
and the microcode instructions cause unnecessary risk,
then you have to flash your memory, and you'll want to RAM your ROM....
Quickly turn off the computer and be sure to tell your mom.

(Author Unknown)

Questions? Email me at editor@beatyourowndrum.com.

When does the contest begin? Immediately! Remember, the deadline for receiving entries is Friday, December 2 at 11:59 pm.

Good luck!

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16of my readers are feeling chatty:

At 5:43 PM, Doris said...: I can't wait to read the winners!
At 7:36 PM, chench said...: Wow. I'm not sure I'm good enough to get one to you, but I'm sure gonna try. Should be fun!
At 7:41 PM, eph2810 said...: Can't wait either to read the winners...Our son used to love Seuss' books when he was a little kid...
At 8:33 PM, Sally said...: You might want to stop over at http://www.blogadvance.com or more so the actual forum, they have a writers usergroup there that do weekly prompts etc, you might want to open up your competition more and post on there too.

http://www.blogadvance.com/forums
At 12:04 AM, ~ Stacy ~ said...: Oh, oh, oh ...

I LOVE Dr. Seuss! :)

Count me in, I'll be back.

~ Stacy ~
At 2:26 PM, Jillian said...: Thanks, Sally!

Hey Stacy -- welcome! I look forward to reading your entry.

Chench -- you rock! I'll be waiting with bated breath to read yours as well. :)
At 8:33 PM, Dave said...: Blog... Dog...

FLog... Frog...

Blog frog flogs dog...

I win! LOL
At 12:53 PM, Jillian said...: ROFL Dave!
At 12:43 PM, Dave said...: I plan to top that masterpiece while in New Mexico With the in-laws.

We had an uneventful trip except for getting pulled over and DogHouse boy relieving himself on the freeway. We listened to Harry Potter book 6 on CD all the way here.

Have a good Thanksgiving.

Dave
At 1:28 PM, Anonymous said...: Can you enter even if you don't have a blog?

AK Jamie
At 2:05 PM, Dave said...: Jill:

Todd (aka Gus) from our group tried to enter... I am trying to help get your link into his template. I am in NM and he is in AZ, and I think he set up a token blog to be able to join the group.

Not sure if we'll get it until after I get back at least.

Dave
At 9:09 PM, Dave said...: I wrote a real stinker that was really a limerick.

I tried to get inspired by watching The Grinch and Horton hears a who...

Nuthin

Driving home tomorrow
At 11:52 PM, Dave said...: DramaMama came up with a real good one. Now the pressure is REALLY on!

*sigh*
At 1:48 PM, Jillian said...: LOL Dave, it's darn good I'm having an objective third party make the final decision -- NO WAY am I going to come between you and your woman! You two can duke it out on your own. ;)
At 10:28 PM, Dave said...: I think she'll be swinging a TKO on this one, hers is way better than mine.

>--}o <-- Dave out for the count
At 6:52 PM, Sheila said...: What a brilliant idea! You're going to have a lot of fun!

Monday, November 21, 2005

The Big SHOW YOUR SEUSS-TALENT Writing Contest!

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