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Aug-18-2007 12:19

Do you write haiku?
Syllables begin with five,
Then seven, then five.

And now your challenge -
We all love a mystery!
Write one for us, please.

Of course, there are rules;
Mysteries must be Haiku.
Here's an example:

She died at midnight;
Sherry and strychnyne don't mix...
The butler did it.

One haiku is all
You have to tell your story.
(Much unlike these rules)

Spelling's important;
So is plot, so be careful!
And it MUST make sense.

You may want a prize.
In fact, there will be prizes!
...When I think of some.

August thirty one -
Last date of submissions, please,
Just before midnight;

Exact server time
Is eleven fifty nine.
Don't miss the deadline!

Sep-3-2007 09:17

A big thank you to the judges. I must say I was as surprised as my fellow contestants. Please know though, no mice were harmed in the writing of that haiku.
:)

Sep-3-2007 11:52

thank ya'll very much. this was an absolute blast.
congrats to the other winners as well.

and in the words of Sally Field, " you like me, you really like me".

*brick thumps himself in the forehead for typing that last statement*

lol

Sep-3-2007 14:37

My biggest "Congratulations" to the winners.

And a huge thank you to Breitkat, Lady Jas and Carrie Mehome for sponsoring the prizes.

The hiakus were great and cleaver. Thanks to Anikka for hosting another great creative contest.

Sep-3-2007 14:39

*wishs there was an edit button*

clever not cleaver

Sep-3-2007 14:48

I dont know, cleaver fits with the whole murder mystery thing!

Sep-4-2007 07:22

Congratulations!
a word, multisyllabic
fitting, nonetheless! :)

Sep-5-2007 01:50

Just so you know more
contests will come on the day
they come out, you'll see.

Sep-7-2007 15:21

I'd like to introduce everyone to my new word, 'humtwizzled', which was coined to describe the feeling you get when you suddenly complete a villain hunt much faster than you thought you were going to.

Coincidentally it's also the feeling I got when after I'd been manically villain hunting all week I finally got round to checking the boards and read the results of the haiku competition.

Huge congrats to all, and big thanks to Anikka & the judges for making us use our writing brains!

Oct-1-2007 21:53

b..to the..ump for Anthony

Jun-11-2008 06:45

Bump, cos I want to
I liked reading these Haiku
Well done all. (Go sleuth!)