42 Days - Challenge #7

[Admin]

This challenge counts for the "First Annual Writer's Contest"!

[glow=red,2,300]Flowerpower![/glow]

Challenge #7 revolves around flowers, in all kinds, shapes, forms and uses - so:
Write a story about a character (or several characters) of your choice and flowers.

Picking flowers, planting flowers, giving flowers, recieving flowers, naming flowers, hayfever from flower pollen... It's up to you what precisely you write about, as long as the plot revolves around our petaled friends!

No keyword this time.

Additional rules for this contest:

• Your story should have a length between 600 and 6000 words.
  
  
• The genre is of your choice. (Tragedy, drama, angst, humor, romance, etc.)
  
  
• Lime/Lemon is not allowed. (Whatever genders: No gratious sex scenes, please.)
  Gorefests are not allowed. Mowing the lawn is excluded from this rule.
  
  
• The rating can range from K to T.
  
  
• The story can play in any fandom-universe of your choice.
  

Deadline for submissions is: 24. August 2005

Voting will start on August 25th, and end on September 10th.

[narrizan]

Okay 'tis done, done and done!

Title : Artless Ikebana
Author : narrizan
Fandom : Saiyuki
URL : www.fanfiction.net/s/2493430/1/
Summary : The Goddess of Mercy tries her hand at flower arranging
Rating : K

enjoy - zan

[Otaku_princess]

Title: The Field of Nightmares
Author: Otakuprincess
Fandom: Yami no Matsuei
Genre: Supernatural
Rating: K+
Summary: Tsuzuki finds himself in a beautiful garden of flowers. However, Tsuzuki soon learns that appearances can be deceiving and his "paradise" is transformed into a living Hell.

URL: www.fanfiction.net/s/2532479/1/

[cesmith]

Title: Banishing His Demons
Author: cesmith
Fandom: Weiss Kreuz
Genre: Angst
Rating: T
Summary: What does Aya do to help himself forget his nightmares?

www.fanfiction.net/s/2540048/1/

[KarotsaMused]

Title: Sonflower, Daughterflower
Author: Karotsamused
Fandom: Samurai Champloo
Genre: general
Rating: K
Summary: Fuu's thoughts on the different sorts of flowers around her when she was a child.

www.fanfiction.net/s/2550535/1/

[Admin]

This challenge is closed!

[Admin]

Totals:

A = entertainment value
B = technical performance

Contestant #1:
A: Total = 25 points / 4 votes = 6,25
B: Total = 21 points / 4 votes = 5,25
Overall total: 6,25 + 5,25 = 11,5 / 2 = 5,75

Contestant #2:
A: Total = 26 points / 5 votes = 5,2
B: Total = 24 points / 5 = 4,8
Overall total: 5,2 + 4,8 = 10 / 2 = 5

Contestant #3:
A: Total = 23 points / 4 votes = 5,75
B: Total = 27 points / 4 votes = 6,75
Overall total: 5,75 + 6,75 = 12,5 / 2 = 6,25

Contestant #4:
A: Total = 27 points / 4 votes = 6,75
B: Total = 27 points / 4 votes = 6,75
Overall total: 6,75 + 6,75 = 13,5 / 2 = 6,75

Congrats go to Contestant #4, KarotsaMused!