BrevityQuest. We want your writeups, 300 words or fewer.
- The quest starts Friday, July 3, 00:00 and ends Friday, July 31, 23:59 E2 server time.
- We're looking for well-crafted fact or fiction, both poetry and prose. New writeups only.
- Post as many submissions as you wish. It is okay to post hidden writeups if you prefer.
- Quest entries should be labeled as such, and a /msg to confirm is welcome.
- Bounty will be awarded at 10GP per writeup. A panel of mystery judges (applicants welcome) will do mysterious judging things. Lord only knows what the result will be.
Need some inspiration? Check out the BQ submissions listed in BrevityQuest11, BrevityQuest12, and BrevityQuest14. Need some counting? Check out the E2 Word Counter.
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The Winners
Factual: Smallsword by Clockmaker
Poetry: Here her lesser words were freed to tumble by etouffee
Fiction: Waiting for the number 48 bus, holding her breath by Zephronias
Series: City Magic by chord
Humor: Invite someone dangerous to tea. by Zephronias
- Sicambri by Clockmaker
- willingness to touch a turtle by moeyz
- Roman sandals by lizardinlaw
- Total eradication by artman2003
- Francisca by Clockmaker
- That's not a bug, that's a feature! by relentless
- Fewmet by Tem42
- Waiting for the number 48 bus, holding her breath by Zephronias
- Liquid Distortions by NFM
- Augean stable by lizardinlaw
- Buried family by lizardinlaw
- Dan-ah Kim by Tem42
- Hera Pheri by relentless
- July 3, 2015 by lizardinlaw
- William Hobbs by Clockmaker
- Gone With The Blastwave by Dustyblue
- Alphabet Poem by relentless
- alphabeasts by lizardinlaw
- pumpernickel by Clockmaker
- alphabody by lizardinlaw
- The Hollow Sound of Dark Beating Wings by Zephronias
- July 5, 2015 by lizardinlaw
- Smallsword by Clockmaker
- Omega Research Foundation by legbagede
- New York City: What Nonna told me on Sunday by Chord
- Atomic Robo by Dustyblue
- The Angel Jar by Zephronias
- you can't escape from God on a Sunday by moeyz
- 2008 Zimbabwe Elections by realplayer
- Flynning by Clockmaker
- He said, Shi said by artman2003
- New York City: What Nonna told me on Monday by Chord
- Nasal pleat by Tem42
- The Beach Chair by moeyz
- Invite someone dangerous to tea. by Zephronias
- Thinking I could do it by myself and learning I couldn't. by moeyz
- Carry on, my wayward son by artman2003
- Neither here nor there by relentless
- impacted crop by Zephronias
- New York City: What Nonna told me on Wednesday by Chord
- Look of disapproval by gnarl
- Smoke sky by lizardinlaw
- Ned Ludd Lives Forever by Clockmaker
- God Damn Robot, Episode I: The Phantom Mess by artman2003
- Hitchhiking in the late 70's by moeyz
- July 9, 2015 by lizardinlaw
- A Christmas Carol by gnarl
- Lori Jauntal's Little Friend by Zephronias
- puro by ralenys
- New York City: What Nonna told me on Thursday by Chord
- Free Music Archive by Dustyblue
- Dragon Ball Super by relentless
- Microbiome Dating Service by lizardinlaw
- Baked Pig by artman2003
- New York City: What Nonna told me on Saturday by Chord
- Jake from State Farm by Pandeism Fish
- The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters by Zephronias
- Jesus and Mo by Pandeism Fish
- we will tear the world apart until it is nothing but fragments, and meaning will cease by moeyz
- RAS Syndrome by Tem42
- The broken magnets in their heads all point to him by Zephronias
- The rain wash clean my soul by moeyz
- Forward New York by Chord
- UNIX Russian Roulette by relentless
- Amish quilters aren't arrogant after all, I reckon by fool4luv
- Do you know how to get to Sesame Street? by moeyz
- O Uommibatto by Clockmaker
- Fallacy of relative privation by Tem42
- Informal fallacy by Tem42
- Hermione Granger and the Goddamn Patriarchy by Pandeism Fish
- 90482 Orcus by Tem42
- The revenge of the ESRB by TheAnglican
- Golden Corral by TheAnglican
- On being left-handed, the ocean, God, and more than one toothbrush by moeyz
- Thought For The Day by moeyz
- July 17, 2015 by lizardinlaw
- Grawlix by Clockmaker
- July 16, 2015 by moeyz
- Kung Fury by Dustyblue
- SIG Trailside by The Custodian
- Carry On by TheAnglican
- 7.5x55mm Swiss by The Custodian
- Walk This Way by relentless
- Warren Mitchell by TheAnglican
- Love lives in honesty, yet we get all dressed up and move in darkness. by moeyz
- Six Word Stories by realplayer
- Polandball by TheAnglican
- bee rumble by gnarl
- July 23, 2015 by lizardinlaw
- I know them by the trucks they drive, the names they call each other, the tattoos on hot, shirtless days, the music they blast after lunch, to get through the rest of the day. by moeyz
- Street Lamps, Constellations and Her by FlavouredMilk
- The Theft of Memory by moeyz
- Here her lesser words were freed to tumble by etouffee
- Nipsy by Tem42
- Lignum Vitae by Tem42
- Danish pie by lizardinlaw
- Rhubarbe kage by lizardinlaw
- Fallout shelter by The Custodian
- On mixing up Vs and Ws by relentless
- Ten thoughts while cleaning my refrigerator by moeyz
- As the crow flies, or as the road winds, I promise you, I will arrive by FlavouredMilk
- Emotional labor by lizardinlaw
- Tree That Owns Itself by Tem42
- waiting for his arms to fold like wings around her by moeyz
- How I used an optical illusion to become marginally more attractive to the opposite sex by museman
- Die Antwoord by BIII
- The one at the top doesn't need to understand the mountain by BIII
- Today in the Emergency Department by museman
- Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished by BIII
- Windows 10 by drownzsurf
- Growth Mindset by Tem42