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WINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place   –   A$ 1,000
2nd Place  –   A$  750
3rd Place  –   A$  500
4th place  –   A$  250
5th Place  –   A$  250

So 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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TWO days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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Christmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$  1000
2nd Place – A$  500
3rd Place –  A$  250

So 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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TWO days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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WINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place   –   A$ 1,000
2nd Place  –   A$  750
3rd Place  –   A$  500
4th place  –   A$  250
5th Place  –   A$  250

So 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.

[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]

THREE days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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Christmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$  1000
2nd Place – A$  500
3rd Place –  A$  250

So 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]

THREE days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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WINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place   –   A$ 1,000
2nd Place  –   A$  750
3rd Place  –   A$  500
4th place  –   A$  250
5th Place  –   A$  250

So 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.

[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]

5 days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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Christmas Jumper PRIZES
1st Place – A$  1000
2nd Place – A$  500
3rd Place –  A$  250

So 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.

[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788130927934308383/Countdown1AABC.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]

6 days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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WINTRY HAIKU PRIZES
1st Place   –   A$ 1,000
2nd Place  –   A$  750
3rd Place  –   A$  500
4th place  –   A$  250
5th Place  –   A$  250

So 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.

[img]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/788131000744017940/Countdown1AAB.jpg?width=649&height=405[/img]

6 days left

Deadline for Entries Midnight EST 20 DEC (5am GMT 21 DEC 2021)

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1st Prize   1,500 Achat Dollars
2nd Prize  1,000 Achat Dollars
3rd Prize     500 Achat Dollars

Why not Give it a go. You may surprise yourself.

So far we have had  10 Entries into this contest. Obviously we would love more to enter.  We think you can do it.
Each person can enter up to a maximum of 3 times with a donation of A$55 for each entry to help sponsor our forum contests.

Have a go. We would love to read your work. Come on… Support your forum. Support us. Support your friends and Achat community.
Deadline is  midnight Eastern Standard Time the 1st of January 2021. (5am GMT 2nd Jan. 2021)

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1st Prize   1,500 Achat Dollars
2nd Prize  1,000 Achat Dollars
3rd Prize     500 Achat Dollars

Why not Give it a go. You may surprise yourself.

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For those interested and for transparency purposes, here are the breakdown of  the scores awarded for each story.

We will not identify the judges.  Each judge however has received a pm in forum advising them of their judge number. If they wish they can identify themselves.

Stories 1 to  4

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Stories 5 – 9

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Stories 10 – 14

[img width=700]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/783044848567451678/judges1c10-14.jpg?width=619&height=404[/img]

Stories 15 – 19

[img width=700]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/783044921912721418/judges1c15-19.jpg?width=619&height=404[/img]

Stories 20 – 23

[img width=700]https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/478965126473711636/783046337075740742/judges1c20-23.jpg?width=619&height=404[/img]

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Results of Halloween 55 Word Writing Contest

1. A$1,500  746    12. Nevermore by Lady Andrea
2. A$1,000  722    7. Horny Li'l Devil by Zuzannah
3. A$500  660  3. Asmodus’s Birth by Merlin35

4. 644  14. Witches Corner by JessiCapri
5. 640  23. Halloween Origins by Kaitlyn1989
6. 638  22. Our Girls by Lady Andrea
7. 634  18. “Halloween Love” by Anatheme
8. 622  11. ALL HALLOW'S by Soniaslut

9.  592  5. Her Monster by JessiCapri
10. 586  10. Revenge by Jayc
11. 576  1. Trolling for Treats ~ a Halloween Haiku by Kaitlyn1989
12. 572  17. Love Haunts by JessiCapri 
13. 554  16. It by Stone
14. 552  8. Taken by Vaughan                                                                 
15. 548  13. Moonlight Magic by Vaughan 
16. 524  9. The Long Halloween by Amethyst

17. 496  6. Cold Justice by kelly220022
18. 492  15. The Cast Iron Gate by Amethyst
19. 490  4. Perspective by Tift 
19. 490  19. Into the Abyss by kelly220022
21. 482  2. The Creaky floor by Amethyst
22. 442  20. 'A' Trick and Treat by Tych0
23. 430  21. The Unheeded Warning by Vaughan

The prizes have been awarded to the winning accounts.
Well Done &  Congratulations to the winners.
Special thanks to our judges and to all the writers and poets who entered.
We hope you will enter the next one, to be announced shortly.

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Results of Halloween 55 Word Writing Contest

1. A$1,500   746    12. Nevermore by Lady Andrea
2. A$1,000  722    7. Horny Li'l Devil by Zuzannah
3. A$500   660   3. Asmodus’s Birth by Merlin35

4. 644   14. Witches Corner by JessiCapri
5. 640   23. Halloween Origins by Kaitlyn1989
6. 638   22. Our Girls by Lady Andrea
7. 634   18. “Halloween Love” by Anatheme
8. 622   11. ALL HALLOW'S by Soniaslut

9.   592   5. Her Monster by JessiCapri
10. 586   10. Revenge by Jayc
11. 576   1. Trolling for Treats ~ a Halloween Haiku by Kaitlyn1989
12. 572   17. Love Haunts by JessiCapri 
13. 554   16. It by Stone
14. 552   8. Taken by Vaughan                                                                 
15. 548   13. Moonlight Magic by Vaughan 
16. 524   9. The Long Halloween by Amethyst

17. 496   6. Cold Justice by kelly220022
18. 492   15. The Cast Iron Gate by Amethyst
19. 490   4. Perspective by Tift 
19. 490   19. Into the Abyss by kelly220022
21. 482   2. The Creaky floor by Amethyst
22. 442   20. 'A' Trick and Treat by Tych0
23. 430   21. The Unheeded Warning by Vaughan

The prizes have been awarded to the winning accounts.
Well Done &  Congratulations to the winners.
Special thanks to our judges and to all the writers and poets who entered.
Also to all our sponsors including Achat who made these prizes possible.
We hope you will enter the next one, to be announced shortly.

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This Contest Is Officially Closed.

No More Votes Will Be Accepted.

Thank you  to everyone who participated.  Votes are being processed and tabulated.  Winners will be announced soon!!

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TWO HOURS LEFT

TWO LISTS MISSING

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There is only 11 hours left to get your votes in.

There will be no votes accepted after midnight est. tonight!!

THE CLOCK IS TICKING and we are still missing FOUR lists from judges.

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