Limerick Contest Winners

That’s right. I said winners, plural. Because you guys are just so talented, and not at all having to do with the fact that my judges were evenly split as to their favorite entries, which were:

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These limericks *DO* contain SPOILERS for Secret Society Girl, Under the Rose, and Rites of Spring (Break)

You have been warned. Skip the following if you have not read these books!

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There once was a Digger named Amy,
Who fell for the patriarch, Jamie.
On becoming a couple
With their bodies so supple,
They did the wacky without shamie.

Purple Ranger’s innovative coinage of “shamie” (move over, Edgar Allan and Shakespeare!) as well as interesting (if not necessarily accurate) predictions for the future took an early lead with the panel. Jamie and Amy have *not* done the wacky, guys. Just some good, old-fashioned snogging. Says one judge: “I just giggle every time I read ‘shamie.'”

And then there was the “response” limerick of Phyllis Towzey:

Oh, please, are you serious Anne?
Ed’s a vampire – Poe’s just a man!
But if Jamie got bitten
Even Bella’d be smitten,
Do you think Amy’d give up her tan?

Which I covered in detail last week. One judge called it, “the best, despite its vampirocentrism.  Clever, perfectly metered, and none of the lines feels like filler.”

Congratulations, you two! (I have your addresses, so I’ll be sending the ARCs out when I drag my butt to the P.O. — hopefully tomorrow).

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And finally, because I’m the kind of girl who awards hard work, I’m awarding one ARC to our diligent entrant from the wintry north, Tiff! Tiff’s 29 limericks were on all different topics, but a few judges agreed that had the following one scanned correctly, it might have taken the entire competition:

I love how SSG gives us
Obscure references like “Sublime” author Longinus
And words like grok
To increase our literary stock
It’s like a romantic, plot-happy thesaurus!

I’ve got your address, too, I believe.

Congratulations, winners!