The 2010 Halloween Haiku Caption Contest was difficult to judge, and all the entries were fantastic. Thank you for captioning all those weird art pieces! We’ll do it again sometime.
It was difficult to pick one, but to me the clear winner is FJ Bergmann (fibitz.com), for penning a gross little number inspired by the art piece, “Fountain of Worm.” Bergmann’s haiku has dynamic action, impending doom, good reference to the image, and great language use, all telling a unique story in just 17 syllables!:
FOUNTAIN OF WORM
quivering with need
undulating, gorged with blood
the gut villi wait
FJ wins a free trade paperback of the book, HE IS LEGEND, edited by Christopher Conlon for Tor Books. I’ll deface my story in that book with my signature scrawl. Maybe draw some book-worms, even. And then to make up for that I’ll toss in an extra Arnzen book of some kind as a bonus.
I wasn’t planning on a 2nd place prize, but I really liked the unsettling suggestions evoked by Terrie Leigh Relf‘s entry for the drawing, “Angry Bird”, too, so she’s winning a free copy of Audiovile on CD:
ANGRY BIRD
so many ravens
gathering around my house
those eyes. . .those blue eyes— TL Relf
We’ll have more contests like this in the future, so be sure to subscribe to The Goreletter so you don’t miss a chance. In the mean time, check out everyone’s twisted haiku! And do feel free to post your own captions, share dark poems, and add comments whenever you like on the gallery or photostream! I appreciate it, and I think all the visitors to gorelets.com really do, too. — Mike Arnzen
p.s. Don’t forget to download the free goodies released on this site to celebrate Halloween this year: a spooky digital wallpaper, and a new audio story set to music about, well, zombie mimes!
RT @MikeArnzen: Read the 2010 Halloween Haiku Caption Contest Winners at gorelets.com: http://bit.ly/bylq8O
RT @MikeArnzen: Read the 2010 Halloween Haiku Caption Contest Winners at gorelets.com: http://bit.ly/bylq8O
Congrats to the winning entries! Rather enjoyed being a part of this fun contest. Was nice to see such creative replies.
Sozar to F.J. Bergmann for First Place and me for second! http://www.gorelets.com/blog/dataerrata/2010-halloween-haiku-contest-winners/
Sozar to F.J. Bergmann whose ku, along with Mike’s drawing, made me squirm. Thank you again, Mike, for making an exception with my ku to those freaky birds. True story, by the way. . .I look forward to reading everyone else’s ku and to more of your fantasmagorically fun contests.