Thus Spake Turkey Contest [Archive]

Mark Somers

11-12-2009, 10:08 PM

Back by popular demand...

OK not really but could be fun.

Right?

Right?

Come on work with me here folks.

Write 6 pages about Thanksgiving from a turkey's point of view.

Due midnight of the Sunday following Thanksgiving.

Easy.

Good Luck

maralyn

11-12-2009, 10:49 PM

I'm in !

Fortean

11-12-2009, 11:54 PM

Write 6 pages about Thanksgiving from a turkey's point of view.

Due midnight of the Sunday following Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving was last October 12th! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_%28Canada%29)

Turkey's POV, eh?
"We accept you, one of us! Gooble Gobble!" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/combinedhttp://)
(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022913/combinedhttp://)

maralyn

11-12-2009, 11:58 PM

I can just make a few adjustments to my unused Halloween entry and call it "Did the turkey take his medication".

Mark Somers

11-13-2009, 12:29 AM

I can just make a few adjustments to my unused Halloween entry and call it "Did the turkey take his medication".

These contests are sooooooooooo easy. :turkey:

bioprofessor

11-14-2009, 08:04 AM

I'm in. No choice. There's this turkey following me around in Denver right now. I thought I shook it in Estes Park, but there it was, in the crusty brown prairie, perched on the back of a bull elk, it's bleached, hormone-laden body menacing and odd among the twisted bristlecone and sage brush. Thanksgiving will be good if I can get rid of this bloated foul. I may have to kill it, if the coyotes don't do it first.

Ravenlocks

11-14-2009, 04:10 PM

Thanksgiving will be good if I can get rid of this bloated foul. I may have to kill it
I can think of a solution that would result in a very tasty Thanksgiving. ;)

bioprofessor

11-15-2009, 04:37 AM

I can think of a solution that would result in a very tasty Thanksgiving. ;)

Hmmm, maybe. Are metaphors tasty?

emily blake

11-15-2009, 01:56 PM

Seeing as how I am new to the board and have never entered one of these before, can you give me some rules? How do I turn my work in?

I like contests where there's no real prize because then there's no pressure and lots of fun.

Mark Somers

11-15-2009, 04:11 PM

Hi emily and welcome.

The rules:

6 pages maximum.

Deadline: Midnight of the Sunday (the 29th) following Thanksgiving.

Send your submission to me "clueless" by Private Message. Note: It'll take about 2 messages to get all of 6 pages to me. The Message thing is limited to 5000 characters whereas this message is limited to 10,000 characters.

I'll post the entries on an "Entries Only" thread.

There will be about 4 days for voting. Send me "clueless" your votes.

Good Luck

Ravenlocks

11-15-2009, 04:23 PM

Hmmm, maybe. Are metaphors tasty?
Depends on the seasoning.

David Alin

11-16-2009, 01:28 AM

Mark Somers

11-16-2009, 10:16 PM

Hi David.

...

Is there a reward, a prize? Did I miss it?!

Does winner WIN a credit or something during the high end votes?

Sorry no prizes. No rewards. And no you haven't missed much. Come to think of it this is a pretty sad contest. Plenty of :mpopcorn: :mpopcorn: :mpopcorn: :mpopcorn: Though. :D

Great company.

Good Luck

dpaterso

11-17-2009, 12:21 PM

For The Honor.

maralyn

11-17-2009, 01:58 PM

Well, for the satifaction of beating dpat. And I guess you could say you placed in a contest.

And to give the turkey a voice!

Mark Somers

11-25-2009, 09:05 PM

Yes the Turkey needs a voice.

Mark Somers

11-28-2009, 09:31 PM

A little more than one more day to submit your entry.

:turkey:

I'm going to have to find a latin translation of giving a voice to the turkey. It'll sound like incredibly academic. Ya'll can use it at them there fancy pants cocktail parties.

Fortean

11-28-2009, 11:48 PM

I'm going to have to find a latin translation of giving a voice to the turkey. It'll sound like incredibly academic. Ya'll can use it at them there fancy pants cocktail parties.

Meleagris syntaxis (Latin)

Gobbledygook (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/En-us-gobbledygook.ogg) (Colloquial Yankee)

maralyn

11-29-2009, 01:32 PM

Sorry, I've been really busy. Parties and dramas and stuff.

I'll put my unused Halloween one in still though. Which is now a Thanksgiving one. Tomorrow.

Mark Somers

11-30-2009, 01:05 AM

I'll extend the deadline to midnight PST of the 30th...

Unless of course... someone else needs more time.

Mark Somers

12-02-2009, 09:39 PM

OK you guys, no more extensions.

Midnight PST of the 5th is the deadline for voting.

Vote first place, second place, third place.

Comments are welcome.

Thanks to all who entered, and Good Luck.

theblondewritr

12-03-2009, 11:48 PM

[QUO:love: [/QUOTE]
NOT

maralyn

12-04-2009, 06:02 PM

Anyway, but in all fairness, this is a Writing Exercises Forum.

The contest forum is over somewhere else. I'm just being a bit flippant to draw attention to the benefits of exercises. So the next thread should really be an exercise.

I know, how about a chase scene exercise.

Two pages. And no more than three lines of dialogue all up.

Mark Somers

12-06-2009, 01:58 AM

I know, how about a chase scene exercise.

Two pages. And no more than three lines of dialogue all up.

Thanks maralyn. Great idea. Santa chase scene. Three Pages by December 25 2009. I'm on it, dude.

Mark Somers

12-06-2009, 02:00 AM

And I need some more votes/voters.

Thanks again.

You guys are great.

Mark Somers

12-07-2009, 08:34 PM

Contest results:

Ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

We Shall Overcome 3 + 2 = 5

Aaaaaaand

Wishbone 3 + 2 = 5

are tied for first place.

Second place...

Gobble, Gobble 1 + 1 = 2

No third place

Mark Somers

12-07-2009, 09:26 PM

Voting update:

First Place WISHBONE by bioprofessor 3 + 3 + 2 = 8

Second Place WE SHALL OVERCOME by cmmora 3 + 2 + 2 = 7

Third Place GOBBLE, GOBBLE... by Fortean 1 + 1 = 2

HALLOWEEN by maralyn 1 = 1

cmmora

12-07-2009, 11:52 PM

Great Comp all and thanks to all who voted.

Edit: My Bad. Thanks Clueless for taking the time in putting this comp on. Great job.

cmmora

Voting update:

First Place WISHBONE by bioprofessor 3 + 3 + 2 = 8

Second Place WE SHALL OVERCOME by cmmora 3 + 2 + 2 = 7

Third Place GOBBLE, GOBBLE... by Fortean 1 + 1 = 2

HALLOWEEN by maralyn 1 = 1

bioprofessor

12-08-2009, 04:06 AM

Thanks all, particularly clueless for taking the time run these exercises.

I had a few family members read Wishbone during Thanksgiving. Quite fun.

For some weird reason, I kept hearing Steve Buscemi doing the Turkey's dialogue while I was writing it.

maralyn

12-09-2009, 07:43 PM

What ???

One vote???

ONE ????

maralyn

12-09-2009, 08:04 PM

Lucky I'm already on holidays.

I mean, no one even got the ode to Centos "it doesn't have to make sense" aspect?

Or the running battle with dpat over him always accusing me of needing medication joke?

Oh, man. Who have I been talking to here?

maralyn

12-09-2009, 08:45 PM

But message boards are a medium in themselves aren't they.

I've figured out that what I do is set traps, and I jump up and down putting on a show to distract from the trap being set.

And then I catch them all in it, because they've all ended up behaving even worse than me.

And then I get to make a statement. That's the punk influence.

But ..... who......am......I......talking.......to....... ????