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dearly bemused,
nothing pleases me more than to announce @cleophas the winner of the 9220 sat prize for last week's contest. You can find a link to their winning story below.
in addition, as prompted by @optimism’s thoughtful response yeserday I’ll be I’ll be zapping the top comment on the winning story 1000 sats, starting this week and for future contests.
This means that the enthusiastic zappers and readers, my judges and jury, will also be able to reap some of the reward.

this week’s contest

your BEST under 400 prompt for this week is:
ode to a place
please submit all entries by posting to ~the_stacker_muse with [BEST under 400] in the subject line or clearly at the top of the post as well as the word count. top posts by zaprank will be announced Tuesday, July 29 at approx 1630 utc.
feel free to submit:
  • essays
  • memoirs
  • travelogues
  • short fiction
  • photo essays
  • poetry
  • and more, be creative!
the only rules are that you keep it under 400 words, follow the formatting guide (above) and show some relevance to this week’s prompt.

last week’s submissions:

this territory is moderated
Tuesday, July 29
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Whoops. It should read Tuesday, Aug 5. Thank you!
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The topic reminds me of an all-time favourite song “Ode to my Family” by the Cranberries
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oh the Cranberries, an Irish gem! not familiar with this song. ill have to check it out.
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This is a good theme to write about.
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Congratulations @cleophas!
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@cleophas you do not have an attached wallet. Can you send a lightning invoice of 9220 sats to claim your prize?
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110 sats \ 0 replies \ @cleophas 14h
hello @unschooled! just roll the prize over into the next week's bounty please. I like how exciting it feels when the prize gets bigger.
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