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Jul-1-2012 17:42

Summer is in full swing, one and all! In honor of this long-awaited time of year, and the slow but steady revival of our beloved community, Dawn of the Dead Agency is putting forth a Summer Story Competition! Much like the Holiday Writing Competition Wish Upon a Star sponsored in 2009, our entrants must adhere to a simple set of rules for their entry to be considered by our dishonorable judges, otherwise known as the zombies of the beloved Dawn of the Dead Agency. The rules are as follows!

1. The story must have a summertime theme. This is a broad spectrum, involving anything one might do on summer vacation or a nice summers day.

2. Entries MUST USE- I repeat MUST USE, all of the listed elements somewhere in their story, although no particular order is required.
The elements are as follows:

-A red kazzo
-a comically large margarita
-an underinflated beach ball
-a blue checkered picnic blanket
-a brilliant display of fireworks
-a very sunburned uncle
-sand between your toes
-a hammock
-a pirate in a hawaiian shirt
-a parrot that only sings medleys of Cher songs
-a fanny pack
-a mysteriously abandoned bikini top
-a sinister volleyball
-three coconuts
-a bottle of Maui Babe suntan lotion

*Once again, you must use all of these items somewhere in your story, wherever and however you see fit.

3. Entries have a 2 post limit (about 4000 characters).

4. Prize will be a special custom item selected by Dawn of the Dead!

5. Have fun with it!

We hope to see a lot of entries from our sleuth community! The contest will run until Saturday, July 14th at which point our agency will begin judging entries!

Happy writing, all!

Jul-8-2012 01:56

HOW CAN THAT NOT BE AN ENTRY, haha! That was absolutely brilliant!

Jul-8-2012 15:28

HAHAHA! That was incredible, SS! :D Brilliant.

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Jul-8-2012 15:31

Loved that. :D

Jul-13-2012 10:48

One more day left to get those entries in!

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Jul-21-2012 16:46

I'm dying of curiosity...who has won??
What a great challenge to the community...thanks for hosting this!

Jul-21-2012 22:45

Hey Ruby! Sorry for the delay, we are waiting for a few more votes from our agency members...the TH tournament has sort of disrupted the normal flow of things.

Jul-22-2012 16:58

I hate that I missed this - will you have more of these? It looks so fun!

Jul-27-2012 13:19

Curse this infernal treasure hunt tournament, it has thoroughly delayed everything!

But without further ado, I have the winner of our contest. From the table of our judges (6 in total), we give you the results of the Summer Story Competition. Drumroll please...

Congratulations to RIZA HAWKEYE for her thoroughly inappropriate addition to our contest. It was right up Dawn of the Deads alley. You may expect your prize shortly!

Also, Honorable Mention and Runner-Up goes to Ruby Moonlight, who stole the hearts of more than half our judges as well.

Congratulations you two!