CONTEST?!

[Snypiuer]

I was going to post this over the weekend, but my cinema misadventure left me too upset to.

 

First, NASA has a two-part contest to:

 

A. Pick the wake up song for the last 2 shuttle missions by voting on a list of songs.

 

and

 

B. Pick 2 original songs.

 

The second part may be of interest to the musically inclined Pennites.

 

There is still plenty of time to send in a submission - wouldn't it be great to have the work of one of our members played in space!?

 

Here's the website:

 

https://songcontest.nasa.gov/home.aspx

 

Now, there has been some new, interesting posts:

 

Hjolnai has written (in my opinion) a VERY promising beginning to what looks to be a tale of intrigue, read "Shades of Grey": http://www.patrickdurham.net/themightypen/index.php?showtopic=16968 and tell me what you think!

 

The Pen Keep's Resident Ninja (that would be Kikuyu Black Paws for the 'uncool' among you) has given us three new poems, "Strings" and "Saturnian Giraffe" here: http://www.patrickdurham.net/themightypen/index.php?showtopic=16969 and "Rain": http://www.patrickdurham.net/themightypen/index.php?showtopic=16970 - they say "A picture paints a thousand words", what do they say about words that create a picture?

 

What can I say about Quincunx? Frankly, the fact that I BELIEVE I understand and can follow her writing, kind of scares me. Her work has always been on a different level. When I compare what I write to her work, I always feel like I'm in a dirt lot, on one side of a fence that I can NOT climb over or get around and there is a carnival on the other side and I can hear the excitement, smell the hot dogs, popcorn and cotton candy and see glimpses of it through tiny knot holes and cracks in and between the planks of the fence. "Appellation" is just another helium filled balloon floating above that fence. Buy a ticket and take a ride here: http://www.patrickdurham.net/themightypen/index.php?showtopic=16971

 

Oh yeah! Regel has been spotted making the rounds! Why not put on your P.I. or Ninja outfit and see what topics have caught his attention!

 

Finally, as mentioned in the last News post, I have contacted Smeagol and he still has a few Mighty Pen T-shirts from long ago, PM me for info AND. . . (notice how big that 'and' is?!) since I was going to buy one for myself, but he doesn't have one my size (Snypiuer is NOT a tiny person - I START at 3X and hope they don't shrink!), IF (once again, notice size) there is an upturn in posts over the next month or so, I was planning on picking my favorite post and sending the author the T-Shirt I would have bought for myself.

 

SO, if traffic picks up and a greater number of members start to post, I'll give away a Mighty Pen T-Shirt to the author of the best post. Hopefully, there will be so many post, I'll HAVE to ask for help picking one! If it REALLY picks up, MAYBE there will be more give aways - it would have to be worth it though! If only a few people post, I'm just going to buy a shirt for my niece.

[Degorram]

Hopefully I'll have some material soon that will be Pen worthy. Degorram does not a poet make, I think....*sigh*

[Hjolnai]

It seems that activity is picking up a bit, after a slow few months.

 

As for Shades of Grey, my laziness means that it may be very slow... provided I don't forget about it and abandon it altogether. Still, I'll try to get some more done soon.

 

The NASA contest looks interesting, and I bid good luck to any Pennites who attempt it.