It's that time again! I want to have a contest. It's a bit of a vocabulary lesson as well.

The idea is this, I have found a list of words that are considered by some to be the 100 most beautiful words in the english language. I am asking you to pick a word and depict it in a photograph however you want - do your thing! Some words are funny, some weird...don't go for the "easiest" concept - when you find a word you want, write it in a reply to this journal. If someone has already written the word you wanted, try to pick something else. This isn't a firm rule but I would prefer it!

The judges will be =Lohey and myself. The first thing we will look at is how closely your photo fits your word - second the beauty/power/emotion/etc conveyed by photo itself.

First prize is a Three Month Sub + an 8x10 Inch Lustre Print by Lohey of your choice.
Second prize is a One Month Sub + an 8x10 Inch Lustre Print by Lohey of your choice.
Third prize is a One Month Sub.

The rules are as follows:

* The deadline is September 1st at midnight, France time.
* Send a note to =steph9668 with "contest submission" in the subject line and your word with the link to your deviation in the note.
* Each deviant may submit one submission only.
* This contest is ONLY for photographs!
* The photo must be yours! (must be available on deviantART)
* Self portraits are permitted.
* Cannot be a photograph that is already in your gallery.
* You may not manipulate the photo further than what could be done in a darkroom.
* Please, add a link to the contest in the description section of your submission.
* After the competition's deadline the jury will decide on the top three.

THE WORDS

_{1 adroit: Dexterous, agile.
2 adumbrate: To very gently suggest.
3 aestivate: To summer, to spend the summer.
4 ailurophile: A cat-lover.
5 beatific: Befitting an angel or saint.
6 beleaguer: To exhaust with attacks.
7 blandiloquent: Beautiful and flattering.
8 caliginous: Dark and misty.
9 champagne: An effervescent wine.
10 chatoyant: Like a cat's eye.
11 chiaroscuro: The arrangement of dark and light elements in a picture.
12 cockle: A heart-shaped bivalve or a garden flower.
13 colporteur: A book peddlar.
14 conflate: To blend together, to combine different things.
15 cynosure: A focal point of admiration.
16 desuetude: Disuse.
17 diaphanous: Filmy.
18 diffuse: Spread out, not focused or concentrated.
19 dulcet: Sweet, sugary.
20 ebullient: Bubbling with enthusiasm.
21 effervescent: Bubbly.
22 efflorescence: Flowering, the opening of buds or a bloom.
23 elixir: A good potion.
24 emollient: A softener.
25 encomium: A spoken or written work in praise of someone.
26 ephemeral: Short-lived.
27 epicure: A person who enjoys fine living, especially food and drink.
28 epiphany: A sudden revelation.
29 erstwhile: At one time, for a time.
30 eschew: To reject or avoid.
31 esculent: Edible.
32 esoteric: Understood only by a small group of specialists.
33 ethereal: Gaseous, invisible but detectable.
34 etiolate: White from no contact with light.
35 evanescent: Vanishing quickly, lasting a very short time.
36 exuberant: Enthusiastic, excited.
37 felicitous: Pleasing.
38 fescue: A variety of grass favored for pastures.
39 foudroyant: Dazzling.
40 fragile: Very, very delicate.
41 fugacioius: Running, escaping.
42 gambol: To skip or leap about joyfully.
43 glamour: Beauty.
44 gossamer: The finest piece of thread, a spider's silk.
45 halcyon: Happy, sunny, care-free.
46 hymeneal: Having to do with a wedding.
47 imbricate: To overlap to form a regular pattern.
48 imbroglio: An altercation or complicated situation.
49 imbue: To infuse, instill.
50 incipient: Beginning, in an early stage.
51 ingenue: A naïve young woman.
52 englenook: The place beside the fireplace.
53 inspissate: To thicken.
54 inure: To jade.
55 jejune: Dull; childish.
56 lagniappe: A gift given to a customer for their patronage.
57 lagoon: A small gulf or inlet in the sea.
58 languor: Listlessness, inactivity.
59 lassitude: Weariness, listlessness.
60 laughter: The response to something funny.
61 lilt: To move musically or lively, to have a lively sound.
62 lithe: Slender and flexible.
63 loquacious: Talkative.
64 luxuriant: Thick, lavish.
65 mellifluous: Sweet-sounding.
66 missive: A message or letter.
67 moiety: One of two equal parts, a half.
68 mondegreen: A misanalyzed phrase.
69 nebulous: Foggy.
70 niveous: Snowy, snow-like.
71 obsequious: Fawning, subservience.
72 odalisque: A concubine in a harem.
73 oeuvre: A work.
74 offing: That part of the sea between the horizon and the offshore.
75 onomatopoeia: The creation of words by imitating sound.
76 paean: A formal expression of praise.
77 palimpsest: A manuscript written over one or more earlier ones.
78 panacea: A complete solution for all problems.
79 panoply: A complete set.
80 pastiche: A mixture of art work (art or music) from various sources.
81 peccadillo: A peculiarity.
82 pelagic: Related to the sea or ocean.
83 penumbra: A half-shadow, the edge of a shadow.
84 peregrination: Wandering, travels.
85 petrichor: The smell of earth after a rain.
86 plethora: A great quantity.
87 porcelain: A fine white clay pottery.
88 potamophilous: Loving rivers.
89 propinquity: An inclination or preference.
90 pyrrhic: Victorious despite heavy losses.
91 quintessential: The ultimate, the essence of the essence.
92 redolent: Sweet-smelling.
93 rhapsody: A beautiful musical piece.
94 riparian: Having to do with the bank of a river or other body of water.
95 ripple: A small, circular wave emanating from a central point.
96 scintillate: To sparkle with brilliant light.
97 sempiternal: Forever and ever.
98 seraglio: Housing for a harem.
99 serendipity: Finding something while looking for something else.
100 surreptitious: Sneaky.}

Good luck, be creative and HAVE FUN!!