CONTEST ENDED: The contest has ended. The winners will be notified by mail.
UPDATE: My original post called for a limerick. However, I've been told that the limerick form is too restrictive, so now you can enter with a short poem or a clever saying, as well as with a limerick. The description and rules below have been edited to reflect this. There also have been some additions to the prizes.
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Any cook worth their pepitas knows how to carve and then light a pumpkin. Coming up with a clever saying, however, is Zille difficult.
Any poets or pundits out there? You might be a poet and not even know it -- and I'm seeking pundits as well! So give it a try. Come up with a clever limerick, short poem, or witty saying that even a pumpkin can learn and post it here. The author of the best limerick, poem, or saying (as judged by me based solely on my personal and quirky opinion), will win a prize. There also may be prizes for second and third place if there are enough good entries.
CONTEST RULES
1. To enter, post a limerick, poem, or saying below.
2. You can enter more than once, as long as you provide a new offering with each entry.
3. Entering more than once may increase your chances of winning (or not), but you will not get more than one prize no matter how many times you enter, even if your entries are wildly better than all the others.
4. The contest ends Monday 10 AM PDT or Monday 17:00 GMT, whichever is later :)
5. Entries posted after the contest ends will be read and appreciated (if they deserve it), but will not be judged for the purpose of awarding prizes.
6. The entries you post must be your original work. By posting here you affirm that to be the case. (If you want to share something clever that someone else has written, start another thread.)
7. By posting your limerick, poem, or saying here, you are giving me and the Community Kitchen group permission to use that work in any way we wish within the Glitch game.
PRIZES
People sometimes donate things for these contests, so the prizes may get better before the contest ends -- or not. Here's what's on offer for now:
1st prize:
50 credits worth of furniture upgrades or 50 pumpkins (winner's choice)
and 50 expensive grilled cheese
and 3 emblems of Zille
2nd prize (if awarded):
25 pumpkins
and 25 expensive grilled cheese
and 2500 currants
2 emblems of Zille
3rd prize (if awarded):
10 pumpkins
and 10 expensive grilled cheese
and 1 emblem of Zille
If you win the credit upgrade prize, you will need to mail or give me the furniture item(s) you wish to be upgraded and tell me which specific upgrades you wish to be applied.
ATTN: COMMUNITY KITCHEN GROUP MEMBERS
Community Kitchen group members who participate in the contest will be awarded one tin star in addition to having the same chance as anyone else of winning a prize.