Sour grapes

[devi]

The shortlist of winners for a story competition I entered has just come out. It is probably Bad and Wrong of me to be looking over the list of titles and thinking an awful lot of them are trite-sounding rubbish. I mean, "Somebody's Mother"! "The Summer's Day"! "Saturday's Kiss"! What is it with the 's thing? And "The Great Plains of Africa", ew. I really hope that's meant ironically. Though "The Happiest Mosquitoes in Breson" does sound quite interesting.

Fear Me, competition judges! Pass me over and I'll... I'll... mock your shortlist on my blog! Oh noes!

(Mine was called "We Wait In Joyful Hope". I like nicking chunks of prayers.)

Oh well. Insert standard grey-weather/stuckness/eye-strain grump here, then it'll be out of the way.

Comments

[bluedevi.livejournal.com]

Of course not!

The funny thing is that before entering I listened to recordings of some past winners on their website and thought they seemed unbrilliant and unintimidating enough that I might actually be in with a chance ;)

[ratmmjess.livejournal.com]

The only comfort I've found is that, given how inferior some of the nominees are, I have the moral certainty that I was better.

It's not much comfort, though. :-)