November 2023 Year of the Rabbit Bamboo Shoots Writing Challenge Winners

Okay, this time lets do 100 to 1000 words. Remember, you can ignore these prompts if you choose to do so. Write about whatever you’d like to write about. In any form you wish. Had it with English? Write a piece in the language of your choice. Hawaiian. French. Japanese. Klingon. Pig Latin. No need for a translation.  Just do your thing.  Here are the prompts.

Thanks
Your’re welcome
Courtesy
Kind words
Words of comfort
Weird words
A word you just learned
A word you make up — Hey, if Shakespeare can do it, so can you. Jim Harstad says that when he’s jamming and fully in the writing flow, if the right word doesn’t come to mind immediately, he makes one up on the spot.
The right word
The wrong word
Funny words
Adjectives
Adverbs
Punctuation
Grammar
Language
Silence

Okay, Happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate it.  Let’s write.

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3. Enter as many times as you like using a trigger/prompt (this page).
4. Contest Challenge entries can be prose (including short stories, nonfiction essays, or whatever you write), poetry, or plays -- or any type of hybrid writing you dream up.
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7. Winners will be announced with all possible speed after the end of each month. Winners receive 10 Bamboo Bucks credit to spend in the BRP online bookstore. Bamboo Bucks have no monetary value outside of the online store.
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