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SCHLIEFKEVISION CONTESTS
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January, 2006
SCHLIEFKEVISION'S 2nd Haiku Contest
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THE RULES
Remembering back to
fourth grade, haiku are those funny little Japanese poems that have
the 5-7-5 syllable lines. I vaguely remember something about
them having to be about nature, but this is my contest, and I'm
American, so play by my rules!
Write a three line haiku
about SCHLIEFKEVISION, Austin, hot dogs, painting, poverty,
sugary cereal or whatever just floats your boat, as long as it
relates to this sphere of existence in some way.
Check out the archives for some ideas...
SEND THE HAIKU to info@schliefkevision.com
no later than Tuesday, February 13th at 6pm CST. That's two and
a half weeks to enter as often as you'd like.
GET TO WORK, AND GOOD
LUCK.
For more on haikus,
follow this link |
THE PRIZE
The winner will get to
select the prize of his/her choice:
OR
After all entries are
received, a panel of appointed and impartial SCHLIEFKEVISION judges
will decide, over beers, which entry will be deemed the winner.
And please remember,
we're all winners in the eyes of the Lord. |
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Man, I don't know why I put myself through it with these
contests. They start out on a whim, and just kinda grow a
life of their own and the entries I get blow me away. This
contest was no different. For all those brave souls who
entered the contest and provided a five word description of
their birthday, I humbly thank you for the laughs and smiles it
brought to me. Now, after paring down an extensive list, I
present to you the three entries that made my world a little
brighter, and I hope makes yours a bit brighter too:
Mouth willing, liver not
able
Corey P.
Blindfolded alone in a
boat...
Ethan T.
curled up with my monkey
Paul E.
I think those fifteen words
are all deserving of a snazzy SCHLIEFKEVISION t-shirt.
If you didn't win, just keep those creative juices bottled up a
little longer, as a new contest will take place soon. If
you can't live without a SCHLIEFKEVISION t-shirt, you can pick one up in the
store.
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To
celebrate the day Michael officially turns thirty years old and the
last vestiges of trust are wiped away ('Don't trust anyone over 30,
man), here's a quick contest that runs from March 27 - April 20.
The winner gets a new SCHLIEFKEVISION t-shirt. Here's the
contest:
Write a FIVE word sentence describing a
memorable birthday you had. Five words, no more, no less.
Hyphens are cheating, as are any type of foreign (non-English) word
things like ba'hai or something like that.
The sentence should encapsulate a funny,
historic, horribly bad, or just plain memorable birthday experience.
No further explanation is needed nor necessary, so...
To get you started, here's a few of my past
recent birthdays:
1996: Twenty one meets drunk dykes
1997: Hung Over Racing Cement Feet
2001: Spaghetti first, Hairy Lemon after
2004: Cool Hand Runs Off Drunk
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PREVIOUS CONTESTS:
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February-March 2005 |
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SCHLIEFKEVISION's |
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First Haiku Writing Contest |
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for Loyal Readers |
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Well, after thumbing through the entries, I
finally sorted through all the entries and quickly threw my
hands up in making a decision on who should win. Without
the services of an independent accounting firm who could make my
decision for me, I passed the buck to a couple of friends who
sat down and debated over email and the phone to come up with a
winner for this little contest. So without further ado,.
here's the winning entry:
Golden years? Maybe.
brittle bones and broken dreams
colonectomy.
Heather F.
The judging was close and
heated, with indecision running high and opinions wandering from
one entry to another. In addition to the runner up, I've
listed the other judge's top picks, in no particular order.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and a new contest should be on
its way soon.
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SPECIAL RUNNER UP
AWARD:
This haiku was actually the judge's
decision, but upon further inspection, the poem didn't
follow the 5-7-5 haiku format, so I sadly had to bump this
entry down to second place.
saturday
glassy eyed, greasy haired
fork under the drivers seat
pick out beef chunks
Kim B. |
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'PLAGIARIZED' ENTRY
THAT TOUCHED MY BEAN:
This entry was sent in by Holly F., who noticed a slew of haikus
written by children from England, Japan and the good ole U.S. of
A. Although she declined entry into the competition, Holly
and Simone are both eligible for prizes, if they come forward to
claim them.
In the deep blue sea
Underneath the sandy rocks
lives a tiny crab.
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Simone Badhasha, 10 yrs old
Essex, England |
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This empty canvas
Void of all color and meaning;
Until Schliefkevision!Jon B. |
Seeing beyond the average thought
Michael paints his art
Canvases alive with creativity
Judy S. |
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THE RULES
Remembering back to
fourth grade, haiku are those funny little Japanese poems that have
the 5-7-5 syllable lines. I vaguely remember something about
them having to be about nature, but this is my contest, and I'm
American, so play by my rules!
Write a three line haiku
about SCHLIEFKEVISION, Austin, hot dogs, painting, poverty,
sugary cereal or whatever just floats your boat, as long as it
relates to this sphere of existence in some way.
Check out the archives for some ideas...
SEND THE HAIKU to
contest@schliefkevision.com
no later than Friday, February 25th at 6pm CST. That's two and
a half weeks to enter as often as you'd like.
GET TO WORK, AND GOOD
LUCK.
For more on haikus,
follow this link |
THE PRIZE
The winner will get to
select the prize of his/her choice:
OR
After all entries are
received, a panel of appointed and impartial SCHLIEFKEVISION judges
will decide, over beers, which entry will be deemed the winner.
And please remember,
we're all winners in the eyes of the Lord. |
GOOGLE SCHLIEFKEVISION CONTEST
After
receiving a bunch of incredibly varied and off the wall entries,
it's clear some folks read a whole lot more SCHLIEFKEVISION than is
probably good for them. Here is the complete list of entries,
in no specific order:
hacknslash nightmare provided
blood red BBQ
20'' Black dildo
the dark
underbelly of their personality
austin
plumber painter
phlegm color swatch
Gringo Verde
Hairy Hitler's Ireland Meal
I searched high and low for schliefkevision, and then
finally....... “a gringo fell into my lap”
Dostoevsky’s foreskin BBQ
currant jelly
phlegm
gringo fool Nixon killer
thrift store Jesus howling in Austin
AND THE WINNER IS...
Matt N. of Austin, Texas who penned the
phrase 'Dostoevsky’s
foreskin BBQ'
and struck the
biggest chord with the selected input of a crack staff of judges.
He will receive a pencil drawing of the very phrase he selected,
along with an autograph (on canvas, so you know its legit) as well
as a token piece of memorabilia from the Michael Schliefke's
personal archives.
SCHLIEFKEVISION would like to thank all the participants in the
contest, and if you didn't win this time out, just remember, there's
not only next time, but everyone is a winner in the eyes of the
Lord.
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Here was the details for the contest:
Ladies and Gentlemen -
With the main page of SCHLIEFKEVISION just having
passed the 10,000 visit mark in just over a year and a half's time, it's
time to celebrate a little bit and find out how people are finding this
dusty little corner of the internet.
The goal, will be to find the most creative Google
search that resulting in SCHLIEFKEVISION.com. If you go to Google
and type in 'Schliefke', this site is the first one listed. But
this contest will be judged on originality. For example, if you
type in 'chili cheese dog austin', this site sits right at the top of
the list. The listing doesn't have to be the first one, but it
shouldn't be on page 14 either. Be creative, peruse the
archives if you need to, and find some
phrase that finds this site.
Email the most distinctive phrase you find.
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The winner of this contest will receive the
following prizes:
- A pencil drawing by Michael Schliefke
- A Michael Schliefke autograph
- A miscellaneous item from Michael Schliefke's
personal archives
If that doesn't get your blood pumping just
a little bit faster, nothing will. So get on it, start googling
today and get those entries sent in. This contest will end on
Wednesday, September 15th.
All entries should be emailed to
contest@schliefkevision.com
And remember the last contest???
THE RECORD GUESSING CONTEST
Congratulations to J. Bays who won the last contest by
guessing every single record correctly, down to the artist and
title. The runner up identified four artist and titles,
but fell in comparison to J. Bay's stellar performance.
J. Bays even nailed the bonus tie-breaking
question, I use 3/8 inch staples in my canvases.
Your autographed picture, painting and mixed CD will be mailed
to you in 6-8 weeks, or when I scrounge up seven dollars for
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The hints, along with the correct answers:
1. The soundtrack of one of the greatest movies to ever
make it out of the sixties alive.
The Graduate, Simon and Garfunkle
2. Johnny Cash is one of a thousand others who also sang
the title song of this album, but I'm not sure who sang it
first, and he didn't have panties thrown at him when he did it.
Green Grass of Home, Tom Jones
3. Perhaps their greatest album? One of the few
artistic highlights from the 80's.
Joshua Tree, U2
4. songs about travelling???
Goin Places, Herp Alpert and the Tijuana Brass
5. Just the greatest singer/songwriter in American history.
Hot August Night, Neil Diamond
6. Fellow alums of the Kansas City Art Institute put
together a series of spirited numbers.
Here Now Today, Coctails
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