Posts Tagged ‘Winner Announced’
It was an exceptional contest — one which because of the sheer number of first-rate entries took me over a week to decide. Here, in no particular order, are some of my favorites: Shonda Royall: I woke up, dying. Jeremy J: Not again, she thought. QUINN-TUP: With closed eyes, she stumbled to the blood-spread of […]
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It was another difficult decision over which I heartached for one week. Here, in no particular order, were the finalists: She sat down exhausted. — Shannon Murray After a lifetime of incubation, she now carried the fatal disease. — Scott The Ark lay in shadow, its golden angels covered in thousands of years of dust. […]
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Best first sentence for a novel about a modern-day prophet who does not believe in God … And the winner is C-CAT: “Thank God for atheist cops,” she said with a wink to the cross-wearing parking attendant who had, quite reasonably, been persuaded to spare her. I chose this sentence first for its paradoxical nature and […]
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Just over 300 entries (both sites combined) the vast majority of which were beautiful and brilliant. The winner: rapideyemvmt The sentence: He came there every day, before and after work, but he didn’t notice the tattoo of a single hydrogen atom on the nape of her neck until today. This elegant sentence has a hint […]
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(c)Ray Harvey 2011