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Thank you to all who entered our Fabulous February Challenge: to include cherish in your One Perfect Sentence. Here are the results: First Place He cherished her, he would say, pleading, repentant, after every beating, and by his lights this wasn't a lie, which made his surprise all the...

Thank you to all who entered our Jocose January Challenge: to include stepping out in your One Perfect Sentence. Here are the results: First Place Stepping out onto the front porch in the middle of the night, I was blinded by the sun, which had hung in the same place high in the sky since last...

Happy New Year! Congratulations to all who entered the November OPS challenge. The theme was Beneath the skin. Here are the winners by votes plus our guest judge's special mention: First Place The textured skin of a thousand lifetimes covers my bones; what lies beneath is as fresh as a new...

Despite my initial difficulty with the photograph, I loved all the entries! Eerie, romantic, tragic, funny, I loved them all. Here are the winners: First Place: He had waited a thousand years to be set free from this tree-tomb with a kiss from his true love who had just causally glanced at him...

Congratulations to everyone who entered! I loved all the monsters you created! :clapping-hands: First Place: ‘Don’t worry, the only monsters are the ones in there,’ Mum said as she tapped my forehead, and that, it turned out, would be the problem. - Lakeland Waffler Ooh! I'd love to know...

Here are the August results. Great variety of interpretations - not surprising the votes were so evenly spread. Congratulations to all! :D :clapping-hands: Sharing First Place: If she crossed the border she'd be shot, but if she didn't she'd be dead. - Rachael Burnett And My brother lives...

This month, the challenge was to write your own OPS starting with the somewhat ominous phrase: “We didn't inherit…” The winners are always chosen by popular vote. I hand over to @AgentPete : In first place comes this portentous and quasi-apocalyptic starter from Sedayne: “We didn't...

The June challenge was to use the theme 'no enemy but time'. Thank you to those who entered and voted. Here are the June results: Joint First Place The day died around my hospital bed - David Geey And My only excuse for being so lackadaisical in my correspondence is that the world turns...

May's challenge was to include the word 'Spring' or 'spring' (plurals allowed) in your one Perfect sentence. Thank you to all who entered and all who voted. Apologies for the delay, but here are the Results: Joint First Place In August, we marvelled at the vigour of the runner beans given the...

Thank you to all who entered and all who voted. I was indeed inspired by the entries! Here are the Results: First Place with 6 votes: The split second before I hit the switch, it occurred to me I could prove her innocence. - Sedayne Ooh! This makes me want to read on and find out the what...

Thank you to all who entered and all who voted. :) So many brilliant interpretations of "Marching". Here are the Results! Equal First Place with 6 points: “Let me clue you in: it comes between February and April, and you’re gonna do it up and down this damn yard until I tell you to stop...