Polite Dissent

Just a little over a week left to get me your entries for the Nikolai Dante contest! It’s easy to enter…all it takes is little luck and sending your name in an e-mail to contest [at]politedissent.com.

However, if you have just the slightest hint of creativity, there are two other ways for you to win:

1. The Quality Contest: Tell me the tale of a Russian Nobleman (or woman) that includes 4 of the following six items:

• a bottle of vodka
• a river otter
• a copy of The Annotated Alice in Wonderland
• an ice cream sandwich
• Spiro Agnew
• the island sounds of Don Ho

This does not have to be a prose story. It can be a poem, song, picture, comic or whatever. The medium is up to you. Send all entries to contest[at]politedissent.com.

2. The Quantity Contest: Tell me the tale of a Russian Nobleman (or woman) that includes as many items on the big list as possible. Again, the medium is unimportant. Sheer quantity is what counts. Here’s an image to inspire you. I created this in less than five minutes in photoshop. So far it lacks a Russian aristocrat (and has an alligator instead of a crocodile), but it’s a good start.

Multiple entries in the Quality and Quantity contest are allowed.

More information can be found here.