Yep! It's finally here! The next TYWC contest. Enjoy!

Here's what you have to do:

  • write a poem on the topic: A garden in autumn. Try and appeal to all five senses, sound, smell, taste, sight, and touch. It doesn't have to be too long. We certainly don't want to spend 2 days reading it!
  • write an article (composition) about autumn. This is quite a wide topic, so try and limit it a little. Like what people do in autumn, what animals do in autumn, what does autumn mean to you, etc. About 3 paragraphs would be fine, a little more if you want.

    • Please complete BOTH these!

    How do we judge them?

    We judge them according to the following:

  • Did you use interesting words?
  • Did you use all 5 senses?
  • Did you make it the right length?
  • How was your spelling and punctuation?
  • And of course, did you have interesting ideas?
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    Every contest has a prize!

    Well, admit it, everyone likes prizes. Here are the 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners prizes.

    3rd Place

  • 50 MegaBytes
  • a place in the "Winners" list.
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    2nd Place

  • 80 MegaBytes
  • a place in the "Winners'' list.
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    and the grand....

    1st Place

  • 100 MegaBytes (WOW!)
  • a place in the "Winners" list. (of course!)
  • AND a custom graphic.

    • Deadline

  • The contest starts on October 1st and the deadline for entries is November 1st. 1997
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    How do I send in my entry?

    Email your entries to me, Derya (derya@cs.bilkent.edu.tr)

    Also, we will give you two chances. We might send you back your entry, full of red-ink. Then you have the choice of reentering your revised version, or just having us judge the old version.

    NOTE: This is a contest not only for you to have fun, but also to improve your writing skills.

    Thank you to Zobocop for the idea!