A Contest for Writers

by Crazy Ivan

With the YouTube Tournament having just wrapped up and the Australian art contest reaching its halfway point I guess it's about time to announce another contest.  I've been informed that I favor artists too much on this blog so I've decided to back away from that for a moment and favor those with sick wordsmith's skills instead.

In my youth people wrote with little graphite sticks
embedded in wooden columns.  We called them pencils.

So here's your mission (if you choose to accept it):  Tell us why you play Myachi.  That's pretty much all there is to it.

Like all of our contests, there will be a sick prize for 1st place and not quite as sick of prizes for 2nd and 3rd place.  The Grand Prize winner on this one will be receiving their choice of a Suffolk Downs or Oaxaca Myachi (both limited edition Pakisacks that are notoriously great jammers) and the 2nd and 3rd place runners up will receive a 5.0 Myachi of their choice.

Like all of our contests, there are a few rules:

• All entries must be received by Saturday, May 7th at midnight eastern standard time.
• All entries should be between 100 and 1500 words (that's about 1 long paragraph up to about 2 pages).  Entries that are longer than 1500 words or fewer than 100 words may not be accepted as entries.  Entries significantly longer than 1500 words will definitely not be considered.  To obtain a valid word count, you can type your entry on Microsoft Word or cut and paste it to word once it is finished.
• Entries that contain vulgar or offensive language will not be considered.
• All entries become the property of Myachi Industries.  Myachi Industries reserved the right to use all entries in whole or in part for any purpose, commercial or otherwise, with or without reference to the original author.
• All submissions should be written in English.
• Submissions that contain a large number of misspellings, improper punctuation, improper grammar or text speak will not be considered.
• Entries will be judged based on writing style and content.  All judges decisions are final.

Pretty simple right?  So once you've got your entry typed up, you can submit it by sending it to crazyivan@myachi.com.  Only entries e-mailed to that address will be considered!  That means you can't just put your entry on the Myachi Forum or on our Facebook page.  I must receive it via e-mail before the May 7th deadline.

The top 3 entries will be published on the Myachi Blog on the 8th, 9th and 10th of May so that everybody can be in crazy suspense by the time I finally get around to telling you the grand prize winner.

Remember, this is a creative writing contest so be original.  The more creative the entry is, the more likely it will be to win.  If you have any questions or suggestions related to this contest, you can email me at the address above or you can leave them in the comments section below.

Thanks a ton and good luck to all.