Prompt is title, go from there.
Be you.
No sniveling please.
No religion, but recognition of a higher spirit is welcome.
No politics-this is to be about YOU,
and unless you're running for office, it's not necessary.
Please reconsider entry into this contest, if your only motivation is to win.
I'm looking for (any style, any form of) depth, and self acceptance.
Thanks
. Jin
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on June 23
- Rewards: Gold: 1001, Silver: 502, Bronze: 303, Honorable mention: 2 people
- Final notes: I could spend another month trying to judge this contest. All I can say is that for once, the intensity of some of these writes overrode my expectations-and then some. I will not placate you with "everyone did a great job," because you know that already.
What I will say is thank you. Im not so crazy for wanting what I want right now, right now, right now.
Each of your writes left me reeling for days, some more so than others. What resonated with me the most were those who were placed. It doesnt mean that a single one of you did a lousy job. I absorb your emotion, and sometimes it incapacitates me. Hence the long period of silence from your truly .
Thank you all, and congratulations winners.
Love,
jin
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by DinkyDiver 52 lines, 7 comments, on May 9 7:31 PM. In Sad, Personal, Contemporary, Contest, Hope, Life, Weird, Thoughts
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To myself wherever you are,
by Hope Angel 56 lines, 3 comments, on May 9 3:35 PM. In Personal, Contest, Letter to myself, Thoughts• Commented on by judge. -
"In what language to Deaf people think in?"
by Livingemptyspaces 27 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 8:04 PM• Commented on by judge. -
Dear the five year future me,
How are things going for you?by Veronica Arlena 27 lines, 1 comment, on May 22 10:44 PM• Commented on by judge. -
by archilagan 29 lines, 2 comments, on May 27 11:16 AM• Commented on by judge.
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Five years since I've written this
And I wonder if youby Stormy Sky 38 lines, 3 comments, on May 27 12:55 PM• Commented on by judge. -
Hey it looks you found this letter again.
This is you from a couple years back.by Borntowriteforever 28 lines, 10 comments, on May 27 10:04 PM• Commented on by judge. -
Five years ago I wrote a letter to me..
forgotten for years..time passes so quickly..by Honeydew 24 lines, 1 comment, on May 27 11:52 PM• Commented on by judge. -
In five years ...
college graduateby qteepie 10 lines, 1 comment, on Jun 4 9:56 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Five years from now
I will still be me.by DeepAzureEyes 41 lines, 2 comments, on Jun 5 5:09 PM. In Contest, Hope, Life, Other, Personal, Thoughts, My life, Inspirational, Self• Commented on by judge. -
dear person that i no longer know,
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To HollyLouise, no longer a child
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Dear me,
In five years you'll get this letter.by sunsunny3235 16 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 8 10:32 AM• Commented on by judge. -
Noon again. I know this because the bank doors are opening and the first wave of lunchers are headed to the trough. Sheep. I could have• Commented on by judge.
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If you are reading this is means you went the distance
I had all the hope you would get there being insistentby LadyElbereth 29 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 8 9:24 PM. In Contest, Humor, Life, Contemporary, Thoughts, Other• Commented on by judge.
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i love your rules, and your honesty
Rend
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thanks hon.
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are we writing a letter to ourselves or to you?
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to yourself.
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is it to be a letter to ourselves 5 years in the future, or in the past?
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Either way, I will accept both, just please make a note of it in AN.
Thank you.
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This sounds like a great contest, I am gonna try to write something. First, are we writing a letter from the future self to the present self. Or a letter from us now to our future self.
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I will let you determine when the letter takes place-past or future.
The letter is to be to you, not me.
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Alright, I will try.
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Oh I can't even begin to think of tomorrow lest 5 years lol but for you I will try
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that's all I ask.
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can it be really depressing or a happier note?? I can go either way seeing as I am in the middle of both worlds at the moment xxx
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You know, I'm in a weird place too lately, so I will let that decision rest with you, Dinky. Whatever your muse instructs you write will be perfectly acceptable with me.
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can I do it in the past tense???
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lol well I have given it a blast hope ya likes lol xx
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this is def. an amazing contest. i hope i can write something up in nine hours. =p
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wow, thanks for the silver. That means a lot. Moreover, thanks for the inspiration. I can't wait to reread my letter five years from now and see how it will affect me then
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Many thanks for the honor of Bronze Jin, I'm sure we all poured ourselves out to you in this contest.
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