Writer's Block: You're a Winner!

[gemfyre]

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I have. Quite a few times. There was a stage where I was entering every competition in the TV Hits magazines I used to buy all the time. I'd have prizes show up on my doorstep and I'd go, "Huh, what's this? What the heck did I enter to win THAT?"

But there was a better win earlier when I was 10. I put one entry into a country-wide competition on Agro's Cartoon Connection to win a bunch of Matchbox Carousel stuff (the carousel, the display stand, and 17 horses/animals). I won it. It's beautiful and I still have it and it's probably worth quite a bit now being Matchbox and all and the fact that they only made them for about 3 years in the early 90s.

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[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Apparently I was notified I'd won a prize as part of a radio subscription. I was told I'd be contacted later for details.

Hah.

Oh well. I suspect it wasn't a prize I would have enjoyed anyway.

[princessapphire.livejournal.com]

I've won a few things from radio stations. Records when I was a kid, and CD's and concert tickets when I grew up lol.

I've won the lottery a couple times. Got 4 out of 6 numbers. Surprisingly a lot less money than the 6 number winners lol. One was for $16 and one was for $24.

I have one of those Matchbox Carousel Horses in the package. I got it at a garage sale. I collect carousel horses and always wanted those when I was a kid lol.

[wolflullaby.livejournal.com]

I only remember winning one major contest. It was a contest to design a jumper, and the winner had their jumper made (I was about 10 at the time).

My jumper design was a field with a unicorn and a princess. On the front it was daytime, and there was a rainbow going along one arm of it. On the back it was nighttime, and the unicorn was asleep and dreaming.

I won my age bracket and had the jumper I designed made up. It was one of the most exciting things ever! I was so happy to win a competition that was skill/creativity based. I still have the jumper at home, although now it's obviously far too tiny to wear. ^___^

I'm still vaguely considering framing it and sticking it up on the wall. Although since the design is on both sides, it won't display terribly well.

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

You could maybe stick it in a clear plastic case and dangle it from the ceiling or put it on a pedestal in the centre of the room or something...
Or dress a doll in it and keep the doll on display - maybe turn the jumper around every now and then.

[princessapphire.livejournal.com]

Her post reminded me....although this wasn't a contest....it was still like a prize of sorts. When I was in the 5th grade everyone at school had to make some drawings. Then one or 2 from each grade was picked to be a month of our school calendar. My drawing was picked to be on the cover. It was a drawing of 2 MLP's in the stable. I believe minty and peachy or snuzzle though I could be wrong lol. I remember the principal taking me aside and asking me if I'd drawn the picture myself and not traced it. I said that yes, I drew it myself, I just copied it from a coloring book.