We are celebrating our one year anniversary and autumn by announcing our seasonal activity: a drabble contest. What is a drabble, you may ask. A drabble is a vignette that usually contains 100 words and focuses on a theme. Our contest will run a little differently than a traditional drabble contest:
Rules:
• Instead of sticking to a strict 100-word limit we are allowing up to 500 words per drabble.
• Members may submit as many drabbles as they like and collaborative drabbles with other members are fine as long the end product is less than 500 words.
• Drabbles should involve your individual characters or general themes related to the site or show. Unclaimed characters from the show are fair game.
• Please only select themes from one of the prompt tables below.
• Our Drabble Contest will take place from August 9th to October 1st.
• At the end of the festival, members will be asked to vote for their three favorites. Graphics prizes and sidebar recognition will be awarded to our winners.
Proverbs Set 1:
1. A leopard cannot change his spots
2. Give him an inch and he'll take a yard
3. Laughter is the best medicine
4. The road to a friend's house is never long
5. Where there's a will there's a way
6. No good deed goes unpunished
7. No man can serve two masters.
8. One man's loss is another man's gain.
9. A house divided cannot stand
10. The cure is worse than the disease
11. He can't see the forest for the trees
12. When one door closes, another will open
13. Don't put all your eggs in one basket
14. Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day
15. They that take the sword shall perish with the sword
Proverbs Set 2:
1. life is short, eat dessert first
2. everyone lays a burden on the willing horse
3. imitation is the sincerest form of flattery
4. a scholar's ink lasts longer than a martyr's blood
5. never ask a fox to mind the hens
6. if you lie down with dogs you'll rise with fleas
7. variety is the spice of life
8. revenge is a dish best served cold.
9. it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all
10. the road to hell is paved with good intentions
11. the more things change, the more they stay the same
12. the nail that sticks up will get hammered down
13. all happy endings are beginnings as well.
Proverbs Set 3:
1. Absence makes the heart grow fonder
2. As you make your bed, so must you lie in it
3. Beggars can't be choosers
4. Curiosity killed the cat
5. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread
6. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer
7. Like father, like son (or mother, daughter)
8. The straw that broke the camel's back
9. Two is company, three is a crowd
10. When the cat's away, the mice will play
11. Every rose has its thorns
12. Let sleeping dogs lie
13. Once bitten, twice shy
14. Blood is thicker than water
15. X marks the spot
16. All is fair in love and war
((Drabble prompts created by the lovely people of
Runaway Tales.))
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