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Faux Faulkner contest. The Faux Faulkner contest was an annual parody essay contest founded in 1989 by Dean Faulkner Wells, niece of Nobel laureate William Faulkner, with her husband Lawrence Wells, and sponsored by Yoknapatawpha Press and the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. [1] It was held 16 times until 2005. [2]
Wikipedia:Contests. Wikipedia has various contests from time to time -- for good writing, site and logo designs, or great images or media -- to encourage and recognize brilliant, unusual, or specially-targeted contributions. Contests have also been run on various other Wikimedia projects, generally eliciting excitement and support; the Wikinews ...
To make the chance-based contests legal, such games generally consist of a mathematical skill-testing question (STQ). [1] Penalties for violating the contest section of the Criminal Code, if it was enforced, include up to two years of imprisonment if charged as an indictable offense or a fine no more than $25,000 on a summary conviction charge ...
You’ve probably heard about how bad social media and other internet use is, but there is another side to that story. Experts share a more nuanced approach. Everyone says the internet is bad for ...
International Imitation Hemingway Competition. The International Imitation Hemingway Competition, also known as the Bad Hemingway Contest, was an annual writing competition begun in Century City, California. Started in 1977 as a "promotional gag", [1] and held for nearly thirty years, the contest pays mock homage to Ernest Hemingway by ...
Yet, while the ranking method might seem somewhat dystopian, Rose wrote in an essay for Business Insider that the system massively helped her performance. Rating system was a hit for former intern.
Mark James, a Songwriters Hall of Fame member who wrote or co-wrote “Suspicious Minds,” “Always on My Mind” and “Hooked on a Feeling,” died June 8 at his home in Nashville. The news ...
It's Bad For Ya. (2008) I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die. (2016) Wikiquote has quotations related to George Carlin. It's Bad for Ya is the 19th album as well as the 14th and final HBO stand-up comedy special by stand-up comedian George Carlin. It was televised live on March 1, 2008, on HBO, less than four months before his death in 2008.