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PRESENTING....THE CRICKET AWARDS!
Where we nominate our favorite stories, covers, comics, and more from Cricket to recieve and award!
Here's how it works. There are 7 catagories...
-Cover
-"Cricket Country" Comic
-Short Story
-Long Term Story (covered in more than 1 issue)
-Poem
-Informational (this includes crafts, recipes, factual stories, and how-tos)
-Old Cricket Says
Each person can nominate as many things as they want in each catagory until November 26th. Then, voting will start! You'll have until December 1st to put in votes for what people nominated. You can vote 3 times per catagory. The winners will be announed on a seperate thread later!
My nominations are as follows.... *digs out Cricket stash*
Cover:
"Getaway" (July/August 2010)
"Blue Rondo a la Turk" (February 2010)
"Sky Horse" (September 2010)
"Rasa's Library" (September 2011)
"Cricket Country" Comic:
Cricket Country October 2010 (The bugs have a sleepover; Sluggo tells a scary story.)
Riddle Country (April 2011; the bugs tell riddles; Sluggo is confused; Ladybug gets annoyed by Cricket's riddle.)
Cricket Country September 2011 (The bugs hide cookies and make up a secret code to get to them.)
Cricket Country Carnival Today! (September 2010; Ladybug tells fortunes.)
Cricket Country Spells Fun! (February 2010; the bugs have a spelling bee; Ladybug almost tricks Cricket.)
Cricket Country January 2011 (An advanced species of ladybugs land in a spaceship in Cricket Country.)
Short Story:
The Fieriest Temper in Firewater Springs (July/August 2010)
Judgement Day (February 2010)
Boarding School (September 2010)
Hello, Cocky! (September 2010)
Rags and Riches (September 2011)
The Beggar Prince and the Honest Princess (April 2011)
Norbert the Nose (April 2011)
Skyler and Skyman (May/June 2010)
The Tale of Paddy Ahern (October 2010)
The Most Miraculous Retrieval of Cookies in History! (May/June 2011)
Long Term Story:
Little Brother of War
Saving Freyfaxi
The Third Barber
The Princess and the Golden Fish
A Temple Built by Philosphy
When I Left My Village
More Later!
submitted by WritingWarrior, age Classified, Nowheresville
(November 19, 2011 - 8:36 am)
(November 19, 2011 - 8:36 am)
I have only getting been Cricket since August so I probably missed most of everyone's favorite mags.
=^..^=
(November 19, 2011 - 10:10 am)
Oh, and I'd like to add San Martin in the Mist to my Short Story category.
Poem:
Gossamer Voices (July/August 2010)
City Jazz (February 2010)
What Was The Question? (September 2010)
Chimney Birds (September 2010)
Poems from the Tao Te Ching of Las Tse (February 2011)
When I Knock on the Sister Door, It Opens (October 2010)
Informational:
Ladybug's Own Chocolate Chip Cookies (May/June 2011)
The article about Nicolo Paganini (October 2011)
The Odd DUWK That Helped Win the War (October 2010)
Chirping Champions (February 2011)
Riddles: An Ancient Game (April 2011)
The Forbidden Dots (September 2011)
Secret Writing (September 2011)
Battle of the Giant Humbugs (September 2010)
Eco-Art Bracelets (September 2010)
Walker Weston (February 2010)
The Champion of Children (December 2011)
Old Cricket Says
September 2010 (Noodling)
April 2011 (Spaghetti Farming/April Fools)
February 2011 (Judean Date Palms)
That's OK, SusyQ. There was lots of great stuff in the issues past August-one of my favorites is September 2011!
Princess of Spamalot says trim. Trim what? Are you making a dress?
(November 19, 2011 - 5:21 pm)
For long term stories, I nominate In Search Of From the October 2006? issue, The Princess And the Golden Fish from January 2011, and The Traveler from January 2010. (And The Star Shard. Duh.)
For poems, I nominate The Fairies, March 2006, and Opposites, April 2008. (Also there are a few I can't find but... I can't find them.
For covers, I nominate September 2006, October 2006, and May 2007. Also January 2008 and September 2008. And September 2011. (I noticed that all my favorite covers are really busy.)
Short stories, I nominate The Legend of the Seventh Wall from October 2006; and Esther and the King March 2011.
(November 20, 2011 - 12:54 am)
Long term story: A Single Shard. Definitely.
Chickuu says nytp.
~Ash out~
(November 20, 2011 - 5:40 pm)
Did I seriously just put a Single Shard? /feeling stupid
Chickuu says iyzm.
~Ash out~
(November 21, 2011 - 12:39 pm)
Long Term Story: The Star Shard
(November 21, 2011 - 12:03 am)
It's voting time! I'll compose the final list of stuff you can vote for later today.
(November 26, 2011 - 8:17 am)