Hope your friday was a good one.


As *fotoFRIDAY's twenty-fifth week anniversary closed in, we decided to celebrate by holding a contest based on a photo prompt. We received many fantastic and well-written pieces of both poetry and prose; it was an absolute pleasure to read all of your work and see how each person reacted differently to the photo provided.


And from all those wonderful pieces, we chose two winners that went above and beyond. Not only were they excellent examples of poetry and prose, but offered unique perspectives and were presented as finished or nearly finished pieces.


We present to you the winners!


Prose:




Of Sunsets by =IfrozenspiritI


Poetry:




Netting Fairies by ~SparrowsTakeRoot


Both winners will receive:

A copy of `alienhead's new novel, A Life Transparent

Winner's choice of =caveatLECTOR's prose mug:





`alienhead poetry mug:



Or a print of equal value.


A 6-month sub provided by ^coshdaddy

An interview with `bananaprincess about their piece and their writing.



Please make sure to check out the rest of the entries too and leave some love:

The Trouble With Small People
Perspective Forced
Next Summer, yes...
Treading Wine
Empty
The Number Three.
Boozed
Amnesia
Beach
Beach -II-
Beach -III-
Beach -IV-
Beach -V-
Of Horizon Gnomes
Sea
Bottled up
Yout Message in a Bottle
Clouds can't cover
Death . . .
-Collecting Liliputians-
Lilliputians Abroad
Perception
wide
Freedom


We'd like to thank ^coshdaddy, =MSJames, =caveatLECTOR, `bananaprincess, and `alienhead for their support and donations as well as everyone who participated. We'd also like to thank *ahermin for the use of his photo, Collecting Liliputians.

We look forward to seeing your writing in fotoFRIDAYS to come!

- The fotoFRIDAY Staff


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What is fotoFRIDAY?

*fotoFRIDAY, originally began on PoetryCritical by a fellow named onkelcripsy, is a weekly photo-based writing prompt. Recently revived at PoetryCritical, `youthculture thought it would be a fantastic idea to carry the concept over to dA and expand it to include poetry and prose.

The concept is simple: write a poem or story inspired by the week's picture. There are no line requirements, and the author can choose to be as literal or figurative with his/her interpretation as s/he'd like.

In 2006, fotoFriday earned `youthculture an award as a senior dA staff member for "bringing together visual artists and writers by inspiring art with art". It has been applauded and honored by senior members and gallery directors throughout the dA community and continues to inspire countless artists on dA and beyond. In January 2007 `alienhead even published a short novel, A Life Transparent, originally conceived from a fotoFriday prompt.