"Sounds like PANIC to me" Writing Contest!

There are two kinds of people in NYC today: those who are panicking about the incoming storm, and those of us annoyed by the hysteria.  To give everyone something else to think about for a couple days, let's have a writing contest!

The prize is a good one: THE CUT by George Pelecanos.  (It's f/ing AMAZING!!)


Rules for the contest are a little different this time.


Write a story using 150 words or fewer (note the word count change from the usual 100).  Use at least three sets of homonyms (words that sound the same) from the list below.

(Example Noah built an ark using his arc and straight edge)

Bonus points given if you use the homonym sets of three or four words. (Example: She heaved a sigh at the handsome hunk from Planet Xi who made her heart compress at 36 psi)

Use ONLY the homonyms from the list below.

arc/ark
bail/bale

dam/damn
faux/foe

fisher/fissure
marshal/martial

sachet/sashay
weather/wether

ore/or/oar
psi/sigh/xi

rain/reign/rein
slew/slough/slue

wail/whale/wale


right/write/rite/wright
Sioux/sou/sue/sough



Contest opens at 10am tomorrow (Saturday 9/27)  It runs through 10am Sunday (9/28).

Post your entry in the comments column of this blog. Enter only once.  If you make a mistake delete your entry and post again.

Don't post comments that aren't entries.

If you have questions about this contest you can tweet to me @janet_reid
If you have questions and you don't know what "tweet to me" means, check out twitter.com

Ready? Set! WRITE!  sorry, too late. Contest closed now.