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December 6, 2020 at 5:59 pm #8805VaughanModerator
Write a Wintery Haiku (3 lines only) & post with it the best awful Christmas jumper (sweater) you can find. (Size 300)
Contest Directors – JessiCapri & Vaughan.
Sponsored by Achat and an anonymous donor. Winner will get A$500 and Runner up A$250
Send to Saga55 in PM who will publish anonymously for voting.
The Haiku must be your own work, pics can be your own or off the internet.
Open and Deadline for Entries. Dec 6 to Dec 20 Midnight EST
Open and Deadline for voting: Dec 20 to 30 Dec 2020 Midday EST.
Winners Announced on New Years Eve and prizes awarded.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin. It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.
Here is an example – Haiku and pic
Haiku. Put the kettle on
The days are getting shorter
Camellias at duskTo assist you, these might be useful for you.
Useful FREE Downloads.Down Load this free programmes and open a free account with imgur to upload your pics too.
1. For taking images – Light Shot http://app.prntscr.com/en/download.html
2. For storing images and giving them a http address – Imgur https://imgur.com
Uploading a pic to imgur.
1. Log in to your free imgur account.
2. Click on your name to show drop down menu. Click on Albums
3. Click on “New Album”
4. A box appears. Choose a name, maybe your partners name, the subject etc… Make sure you click on “hidden”. You don’t want the public to see your obscene pics – you could even get kicked off the site.
5. Click on “ Add another image” and a box appears. Click on “Browse” and it open a box to your PC. In the Pop up box, look for “Documents” in your menu and then your “Achat Name” Specials Folder, then “Fave Pics” folder or “Screen Shots” folder.
6. Choose the pic you want. Click on the pic to populate the box , then on “Open” and it will upload to your imgur album. This uploaded pic in your album will now have a “http…” address. You need the http address to post in forum either in a PM or a Topic.7. Alternatively if you have a Discord account, the pic can be uploaded there and the http address given there can be used for forum instead.
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To upload a pic to forum.
1. Right click on your chosen image in your imgur album you wish to post or pm in forum. A drop down menu will appear. Click on “Copy Image Address” or “Copy URL” or similar. This is to copy the http address of the pic.
2. Open up Forum and the topic or PM ( Private Message ) you wish to answer or send. Paste it by right clicking and choosing paste from the drop down menu (OR Control / Ctrl + V ) in your Forum ” Message ” or ” Reply” box. The URL will appear.
3. Then high light it blue (Holding left button down on your mouse and dragging across )
4. Above the smiley faces above is a square box ” insert image” ( 2nd one from the left),
5. Click on that, it will bracket the url for you
6. Then preview, using the below button on the right under the text box. The pic should come up above this section. Check it looks right and not too big. If it’s not, try againIf it’s too big, try this –
It can happen that a pic can be too big and it doesn't fix on the post size (max width is 750). So, it can help to resize it without modifying it offline. See below:
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To Resize a pic thats too big
1. [img.]http://URL of the pic[/img.] (Remove dot after img in both brackets. Dotted so you can view it)
2. Use this simple code:
[img. width=300] URL of the pic [/img.] where 300 is the size you want to set. (Remove dot after img in both brackets. Dotted so you can view it)
3. I recommend for rooms, a good size is 650.
4. The longest size is 750. So if you want pics on the same line, ensure added together, including spaces does not exceed 750.
5. For smaller pics, lower it around 300 or 400.
6. 600 is a good size for Forum. [img. width=600] URL of the pic [/img.] (Remove dot after img in both brackets. Dotted so you can view it)
7. If you are happy with the preview, then send / post.
NB for this competition, you need 300 like this [img. width=300] URL of the pic [/img.]
(Remove dot after img in both brackets. Dotted so you can view it)December 8, 2020 at 7:28 pm #168830VaughanModeratorExciting News EveryoneDue to an unexpected and kind donation from an anonymous benefactor this particular competition is going to change slightly.
It will be split into 2 contests.
1. A Haiku Contest where there will be improved prizes of ….. Drum Roll please….
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250This contest involves writing an original wintery Haiku with 3 lines and syllabells of 5 , 7 , 5.
You can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haikus each but only one can win a prize. The prize will be awarded to the highest ranking Haiku. Then prizes awarded to the next highest ranking Haikus by a different writer. No more than one prize can be won by a writer in this contest.AND
2. A Christmas Jumper Contest where there will be improved prizes of ….. Drum Roll please….
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250This involves finding the best ugliest jumper or sweater you can find. It can be one taken yourself or one you have found off the internet. Please ensure it is sized to a width of 300. Only 1 entry per person in this contest.
Once completed and found, send your entries to Saga55 who will publish them in separate topics anonymously.
The persons entering and secret Judges will list the Haikus and Jumpers in order of preference and send to Saga55 who will award points.
There will also be a public vote where points will also be awarded.
In the end, the entries with the most votes will be announced as Winners and the entrants identified.Open and Deadline for Entries. Dec 6 to Dec 20 Midnight EST
Open and Deadline for voting: Dec 20 to 30 Dec 2020 Midday EST.
Winners Announced on New Years Eve and prizes awarded.Thank you to The Contests Benefactor.
JessiCapri & Vaughan will remain Directors of both contests.We hope you will all enjoy entering both competitions and that it will bring some light relief in these Covid 19 Times.
Good Luck everyone.
Please tell your friends. Spread the word of this and the other contests and get them to join the Forum Community.
We look forward to receiving your entries.December 14, 2020 at 7:59 pm #168831Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 3 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 14, 2020 at 8:09 pm #168832Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 3 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 15, 2020 at 10:49 pm #168833Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 5 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 15, 2020 at 11:31 pm #168834Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 6 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 17, 2020 at 10:00 pm #168835Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 9 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 19, 2020 at 12:07 am #168836Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 6 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 19, 2020 at 12:08 am #168837Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 11 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
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Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 20, 2020 at 12:51 am #168838Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 6 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788130927934308383/Countdown1AABC.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]ONE day left
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 20, 2020 at 12:52 am #168839Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 11 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]ONE day left
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 20, 2020 at 9:45 pm #168840Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 7 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788130927934308383/Countdown1AABC.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]This is the LAST Day For Entries!!
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 20, 2020 at 9:47 pm #168841Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 13 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]This is the LAST Day for Entries!
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 21, 2020 at 2:00 am #168842Saga55ParticipantChristmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1000
2nd Place – A$ 500
3rd Place – A$ 250So far we have had 7 Entries into this Christmas Jumper Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can find a great picture of a Christmas jumper/sweater and pm it to us. The prizes are well worth the effort.Each person can only enter once so find the best ugliest jumper you can!
Have a go. We would love to see your jumper. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and the Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788130927934308383/Countdown1AABC.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]THREE HOURS left For Entries!!
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)December 21, 2020 at 2:01 am #168843Saga55ParticipantWINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place – A$ 1,000
2nd Place – A$ 750
3rd Place – A$ 500
4th place – A$ 250
5th Place – A$ 250So far we have had 13 Entries into this Wintry Haiku Contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.
We think you can do it.Haiku – This ancient form of poem writing is renowned for its small size as well as the precise punctuation and syllables needed on its three lines. It is of ancient Japanese origin.
It contains 17 syllables in 3 lines of five, seven, five. Haiku poems are typically about nature and usually about a specific season.Syllable – a unit of pronunciation having one vowel sound, with or without surrounding consonants, forming the whole or a part of a word; for example, there are two syllables in water and three in inferno.
Still not sure – when you say a word, usually when your mouth or tongue moves to a different shape … that's the next syllable.
There are 3 syllables in the word “syllable”, 2 in “fire” , 1 in “wood”Got it? Fantastic.
Now you can write your Haiku –
Total 3 lines 17 syllables,
line 1 has to have 5 syllables,
line 2 has to have 7 syllables and
line 3 has to have 5 syllables.Each person can enter up to a maximum of 2 Haiku poems. They do not have to rhyme.
Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat forum community.
[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]THREE HOURS left for Entries!
Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021) -
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