A cliché (from French) is a phrase, expression, or idea that has been overused to the point of losing its intended force or novelty, especially when at some time it was considered distinctively forceful or novel. The term is generally used in a negative context.

Clichés, we all avoid them like the plague (an excellent example of a cliché by the way), but can you make them mean something again? Make us laugh, cry or sigh form old phrases like "There is no place like home", "Love is blind" and "Money doesn't grow on trees"

Want to enter but can't remember a good/bad enough cliché? Here are some sites that might help you out:

- Clichésite.com [link]

- Clichés: Avoid Them Like the Plague: [link]

- The Movie Clichés List: [link]


JUDGES
*Amberlouie
=BornBlitzed
`GeneratingHype
*MeadowCress
*wordworks


PRIZES


Overall winner:

A one-year subscription donated by *MeadowCress
A lit mug donated by *MeadowCress
A journal feature from *MeadowCress
A journal feature from =BornBlitzed
A feature from the *WordCount project!


Prose winner:

A 6 month subscription donated by *MeadowCress
A 3 month subscription donated by =BornBlitzed
A journal feature from *MeadowCress
A journal feature from =BornBlitzed


Poetry winner:

A 6 month subscription donated by *MeadowCress
A 3 month sunscription donated by =BornBlitzed
A journal feature from *MeadowCress
A journal feature from:devBornBlitezed:


More prizes may be added along the way! Check my journal [link] for updates of prizes and entries



RULES

A deviation can't have more than aprox. 4000 words (4003 will be tolerated, 4500 will not. There will be no dicussion on whether it is acceptable or not if the judges decide it isn't)

You are allowed two submissions, but only one per category

The deviation must be new and have some sort of noticable connection to the theme

Contest entries should be subitted as a scrap or deviation, note a link to *MeadowCress with the subject "contest entry"

All contest entries have to be submitted before or at the 27th of september before or at 11.59 pm GMT. There will be a cut off at the minute!

Following the tips that *WordCount have given will make the judges happy:

- Giving Prose Visual Appeal: [link]
- Wrath of the Grammar Nazi: [link]


DEADLINE

Repeating: the deadline is the 27th of september 11.59 pm GMT