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Sorry guys, there's no lyric prompt this month.

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APRIL FOOLS!

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
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Lyric Prompt: "Everything In Its Own Time" Open in new Window.

Prizes for last month will be sent out soon.
Bored? Looking for something to do?

Questioning your life choices?

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Lyric prompt: "Walking in Memphis" Open in new Window.
Song prompt: "Simbiose" Open in new Window.

If you're tired of feeling bored all the time, there's a solution.

Side effects include: Loss of time, uncertainty, high gift points (5K+), headache, merit badgitis, and occasional reviews.
Please see a doctor if your entry exceeds 50,000 words, as this can be a sign of a novel condition.

Ask your doctor if "The One-Line Lyric Challenge" Open in new Window. is right for you.
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I overhauled an item in my porfolio:

 
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Mutiny Open in new Window. [13+]
There's a mutiny afoot.
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For at least the 10th time.

I reread it last night and realized the meter was still off. Not sure why this one has given me so much trouble. Still not perfect, but it flows a lot better now. I'm finally happy with it.

This is your sign to go back and rework your old writings with fresh eyes.

Be ruthless. I know it's your favorite line and it's so clever, but if it doesn't work with the rest of the piece or doesn't flow right, then cut or rephrase it. Keep an old version if you think you might want to go back to it someday. Maybe you can work it into a different piece, or start a new one.

No one writes a best-selling novel or world famous poem in one take. You'll be surprised what you can end up with if you continuously improve on the same work over time.
The rumors are true.

No, not that one.

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Not that one either.

There is a new prompt at:

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Song Prompt: "Simbiose" Open in new Window. (new)
Lyric Prompt: "Walking in Memphis" Open in new Window.

Both are due at the end of the month.
A blast from the past:

"Wanted" Open in new Window.

Lost: one hour, last seen
Sunday, at the corner of
Daylight and Savings street.
If found, please fall back
and call the time police.
End this temporal malady.
Reward: $50 thousand
Or an extra hour of sleep.
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It's bound to turn up again sooner or later—they always do. Give it a few months, say six or so, then contact the police with a description.
Happy March, all! I am flying out tomorrow to Memphis, TN for a job interview at a great institution. This would definitely be a dream job.

Unfortunately, I won't have time to send out prizes for "The One-Line Lyric Challenge" Open in new Window. until I get back March 5.
Apologies to everyone who entered last month for the delay.

However, there is a new prompt up now!

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Lyric Prompt:"Walking in Memphis" Open in new Window.

Deadline is the end of the month.
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Good luck for the job interview. I hope you get it.

If you haven't already done so, maybe add a disclaimer with the judging time-line on the contest page since a newsfeed announcement travels off the page.
Hoping for the best for you.
Best of *4leaf* Luck!
Five days.

That's long enough to walk from Chicago to Cleveland. Or grow 2.5 mm of hair. Or read the Quran, twice. Or climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro.

Or enter:

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Song Prompt: "When in Rome" Open in new Window.
Lyric Prompt: "All Things End" Open in new Window.

I suppose it's your choice.

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There's no way I could walk from Chicago to Cleveland. Although I could manage the hair, I'll admit that.
"When in Rome" is one helluva protest song. Folks who focus on survival only know what they know... I see there are two responses. I should write to this as well, maybe use the phrase in italics that came to my mind.
Alright, fine.

You can have a Song Prompt for February.

But not until you finish your Lyric Prompt.

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Song Prompt: "When in Rome" Open in new Window. (new)
Lyric Prompt: "All Things End" Open in new Window.

Mmm, topical.
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I finished my lyrical prompt. Can I have chocolate with my song prompt? Please?
Good things come to those who wait.

And here they are:

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


New lyric prompt for February: "All Things End" Open in new Window.

The prizes for January have all been sent out, and the January prompts are now closed.
Second prompt for February will go up in a couple of weeks!
Well. January was a tough year, but we made it.

Sorry I haven't been around. My last day at work was yesterday, after 6 years. The end of an era, and one of the hardest weeks I can remember, mentally, emotionally and physically.

I need some time to get my life back in order, whatever it's going to be.

Please be patient as I get caught up here.

I do plan to send out prizes and a new prompt for "The One-Line Lyric Challenge" Open in new Window. some time tomorrow.
At some point, when my brain solidifies again, I will also try and catch up in "The Bradbury" Open in new Window..
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Today, I am reminded of these immortal words from Martin Luther King Jr:

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."



Good news you probably don't care about:
I've officially "graduated" from physical therapy!
Still not at 100%, but I can do most things now.

Good news you might actually care about:
You still have time to enter "The One-Line Lyric Challenge" Open in new Window. this month!

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Lyric Prompt: "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" Open in new Window.
Song Prompt: "Motherland" Open in new Window.

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Congratulations on graduating!!
Thats awesome! May you have a great career!
Ah, maybe should have made this more clear. I "graduated" from attending physical therapy every week for an injury. As in, I don't have to go in person anymore and can just do daily exercises at home until fully recovered. Still good news, but nothing to do with my career.
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Congratulations to all the Quill nominees!

Unfortunately, I didn't get any nominations this year. Probably because I didn't write anything in 2024, besides a couple of eight-line poems  Open in new Window.. That's, frankly, all I could manage.

I'm not going to let that happen in 2025.

After this month, my last month at my job of 6 years, I'll have a lot more time.
Mental health allowing, I will be using some of it to write.

But until then, I will probably be MIA.

 

By the way, a new prompt is up over at:

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Song prompt: "Motherland" Open in new Window. (new)
Lyric prompt: "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" Open in new Window.

Keep in mind, there's no rule against cross-submitting your entry to other contests or activities.

Perhaps, "The Bradbury" Open in new Window.?
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You're as bad as me, Anni. Nothing but blank pages and I couldn't convince anyone that it was a "shape poem" about snow. *Laugh* I did, however, clean out my port and got a nomination for best portfolio. Evidently, the standards are much lower in that category. *Rolling*
But you run a contest! That's something. *Smile* One of my offerings I wrote for you was nominated. Not the one I expected. *Laugh*
🌖 HuntersMoon Author Icon - I need to redo my port... it's mess and I know it! However... not a priority before I die.
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Thank you for all the anniversary notes and reviews!

I can honestly say I probably wouldn't have written a single thing for fun in the last 4 years if I hadn't joined this site at the beginning of 2021.
I definitely needed a push to get back into it.

I did fall off again last year. I could give lots of excuses, but I won't.

I'll just try and do better this year.

 


Let's not forget about:

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The One-Line Lyric Challenge Open in new Window. [13+]
A musically-inspired challenge with writing prompts posted twice a month. Prizes included!
by Anni Pon Author Icon


Lyric Prompt: "All She Wants To Do Is Dance" Open in new Window.

If you're on "The Bradbury" Open in new Window. train, why not kill two birds with one story?

Song prompt for January coming soon.
Happy WDC anniversary.
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