The EIGHTH Fractal Writing Contest is over. There were just 8 contestants this time, maybe the fractal was a bit weird and hard to inspire. We had several poems and stories -- but, there was NO HAIKU! Perhaps next time I should reward the first haiku entry, as an incentive! Most entries saw something different in the fractal, there were several interpretations; @breezin wrote a poem that was very emotional about the succession of life, a repeating cycle.
The contest post expired with a payout of 3.546 SBD, and the rewards are as follows:
| USER | PLACE | REWARD | ENTRY |
|---|---|---|---|
| @breezin | 1st | 1.8 SBD | poem |
| @acousticsteveo | 2nd | 1.0 SBD | poem |
| @petersonsdc | 3rd | 0.7 SBD | description |
Congratulations to all participants and a big thank you to all upvoters. I'd like to see more participation in these contests and get a bigger reward pool to distribute, so it would be helpful to resteem and/or upvote. If there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, and sufficient entries I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.
By the way -- I was thinking of sending printouts of the fractal to the winners instead of SBD rewards, but I have to check out how to do it first; online on-demand print services, perhaps? If anyone has any suggestions feel free to post them.
This week, the NINTH installment of the Fractal Writing Contest will run.
The Contest
Each post in this contest series will contain a fractal, a 2-dimensional representation of a complex mathematical formula. The participants have to post a comment with something inspired by the fractal, be it just a title, a haiku, a story, whatever.
Rules
- You have to reply with a comment in the contest post.
- The reply must be inspired by the fractal, but no explanation needed.
- Any kind of content is acceptable: just a title, a haiku, a poem, a short story, a painting, a photo, a video, a doodle, whatever. The content must be yours, no links to other people's work accepted.
- I will pick the best reply, when the post expires (1 week after posting it).
- The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, and sufficient entries, I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.
- Upvotes and resteems are welcomed, but not necessary to participate.
Fractal for Contest #9:
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by @nyarlathotep
A fractal made in JWildFire
(click on image for detailed view)