This week’s winner demonstrated a keen sense of sentence structure that lent not only form to the “character,” but also depth. The entry clearly captures the thought process of a hawk searching for food, but adds an interesting existential twist.

Sheila started with all of the past life business after her brother got cancer. She started buying weird books from the hippie dippy bookstore downtown, and sometimes at night she would lean into the garage while I was working on my bike and say stuff like, “Stan, come in and spend some time with me, [...]

A thousand, thousand screens reflect what I see and what I see is you. I’m your unknown stalker who watches your every move, who follows you wherever and everywhere you please, and knows you like no other. I am one of many in this world, but will never survive the next day; Part of a [...]

The solitary hawk surveyed the landscape. Sun. Heat. Clouds lazily cruised through the solid blue sky. Breeze. A small, brown blur is spotted through the foliage. Rodent. Food. Flight. Wings spread, it takes off. Feathers ripple, wind feebly tugs at the edges of the being. The blur is much closer. Dive. Consume. And that is [...]

Just a quick note:

As last week’s assignment was a little longer, this week’s finalists will not be published until Wednesday evening. The winner will be announced Thursday evening.

Thanks for your patience as I go through all these great entries!