Thanks to Bob for a copy of the announcement. Please send your entries to him at Noggs@dial.pipex.com. James. ++ Subject: PCWC 87 announcement Expires: 3 weeks Reply-To: Noggs@dial.pipex.com PEOPLE'S CLUE WRITING COMPETITION NUMBER 87 Welcome to PCWC 87, a clue-writing contest created by Guy Jacobson. Instead of just one judge, this contest is judged by everyone who wants to vote. Thanks to Doug Peterson for moderating the last one (in which my clue came third, and the one I rated highest failed to make the top ten!) This time: The word: BISHOP The moderator: Bob Newman The schedule: 8th July 23:59 GMT Deadline for entries 10th July I'll post the ballot 18th July 23:59 GMT Deadline for votes 20th July I'll post the results To enter, write a cryptic-crossword clue for the word above, and e-mail it to the moderator before the deadline. Please use the form for entries described below. One entry per person. Do not post any clues to the newsgroup. The moderator will post a ballot that lists all the entries, with the authors' names removed. Everyone then has a chance to vote and comment on the clues by sending e-mail to the moderator. You do not have to enter to vote. The moderator counts the votes and announces the winners. The winner of this contest is invited to moderate the next contest. The moderator does not enter and does not vote, except to break ties. ENTRY FORMAT Your entry should contain: 1) Your clue. 2) A detailed explanation of your clue. 3) Your e-mail address. 4) Whether or not you can moderate the next contest. Note: the moderator's kit includes some shell/awk scripts for tabulating the results. If you don't have a Unix system, moderating this contest will be a little awkward. Some people have volunteered to run these scripts for moderators on non-Unix systems. Please use the form below for submitting your entry. This will make the moderator's job easier. ======== cut here and ======== Here's my clue. I hope it wins. ---------------- Entrant: <<>> <<>> <<>> ---------------- I <<>> moderate the next contest. -- James A. Lundon, DSC, Ballybrit Business Park, Ballybrit, Galway, Ireland. mailto: james dot lundon at dscie dot com. phoneto: 353+91+760541. All opinions expressed here are my own, unless otherwise mis-stated. *************** How many of the Mr. Men can you name? *************** From - Sat Nov 21 17:12:55 1998 Received: from dsc001.dscie.com (mail.dsc.ie [194.125.37.252]) by irwell.zetnet.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA17027 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:37:06 GMT Received: by DSC001 with Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) id ; Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:34:35 -0000 Message-ID: From: "Lundon, James" To: Subject: CCC (322): PCWC92 announcement Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 19:34:30 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.1960.3) Content-Type: text/plain X-Mozilla-Status: 2001 Thanks to wij for a copy of the announcement. James. ++ PEOPLE'S CLUE WRITING COMPETITION NUMBER 92 Welcome to PCWC 92, a clue-writing contest created by Guy Jacobson. Instead of just one judge, this contest is judged by everyone who wants to vote. All clue types are welcome. The word: ESCORT The moderator: Will Johnston The schedule: 21 November 23:59 EST Deadline for entries 23 November I'll post the ballot 30 November 23:59 EST Deadline for votes 02 December I'll post the results To enter, write a cryptic-crossword clue for the word above, and e-mail it to the moderator before the deadline. Please use the form for entries described below. One entry per person. Do not post any clues to the newsgroup. The moderator will post a ballot that lists all the entries, with the authors' names removed. Everyone then has a chance to vote and comment on the clues by sending e-mail to the moderator. You do not have to enter to vote. The moderator counts the votes and announces the winners. The winner of this contest is invited to moderate the next contest. The moderator does not enter and does not vote, except to break ties. ENTRY FORMAT Your entry should contain: 1) Your clue. 2) A detailed explanation of your clue. 3) Your e-mail address somewhere in the header. 4) Whether or not you can moderate the next contest. Some UNIX scripts are available to automate the scoring process. Please use the form below for submitting your entry. To: wij@world.std.com ======== cut here ======== ---------------- Entrant: [your name] <[e-mail address is optional here]> [your clue comes here] [your explanation comes here, each line indented by a tab] ---------------- I [can/can't] moderate the next contest. ======== cut here ======== William I. Johnston | wij@world.std.com | http://world.std.com/~wij/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- CRYPTIC FOR THE DAY Dog leaves scientists' study speaking (7) BENGBEL -- James A. Lundon, DSC, Ballybrit Business Park, Galway, IE. james dot lundon at dscie dot com - 353+91+760541. "To be natural is such a difficult pose to keep up." O.W.