Welcome to week 9 of this competition. Subscribe below for your writing prose.

Requirements for participation:

• Subscribe to the competition, and submit either a .doc, .docx file, or in the text box.

• No Google Drive Links Will Be Accepted

• Follow the prompt. If the three judges agree that this hasn’t been done, you will be disqualified from that week’s challenge.

• This is a haiku, so you must follow the 5-7-5 syllable count and the stanza requirement posted in each week's prompt.

• Satirical entries will be accepted and graded accordingly. If they fail to reflect the spirit of the prompt properly, it will be reflected in the scoring.

• Do Not Plagiarize! Plagiarism will be reported to the Justicar.

• Have fun and be creative. Show us what that brain of yours can do.

This week's Haiku will be graded out of 60 points:

Spelling/Grammar: 20% Creativity: 30% Entertainment Value: 20% Originality: 30%

Rewards:

• 1st: 10 points + 2nd tier crescent

• 2nd: 9 points + 2nd tier crescent

• 3rd: 8 points + 2nd tier crescent

• 4th: 7 points

• 5th: 6 points

• 6th: 5 points

• 7th: 4 points

• 8th: 3 points

• 9th: 2 points

• 10th: 1 point