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2016 IR 1/2K TWITTER CONTEST WINNERS

Indiana Review is proud to announce the winner of our 2016 #IRHalfk Twitter Contest! We received many funny and witty spoofs. After careful deliberation we chose one winner who will receive an IR prize pack and free entry to our 2016 1/2 K Prize!

Two runner-ups will receive IR prize packs and, as always, renowned Twitter glory.

We’d like to thank everyone who participated: you’ve mastered concision in 140 characters, imagine what you could do with 500 words! Consider entering our 2016 1/2 K Prize which ends on August 15th and will be judged by Aimee Nezhukumatathil.

2016 1/2K TWITTER CONTEST!!!

The IR 1/2 K Prize champions the art of concision, as we consider work of any genre of 500 words or less. This Twitter contest highlights the importance of concision by turning the tables. For ages, authors have mastered this art by capturing the essence of their work in a few short words: the title.

For this contest we want you to unspool titles of works of fiction or poetry. Make a pun on the original title, ruin a book for others with too much information: the power is yours. Be sure to hashtag the title of the work you’re spoofing along with #IRHalfK. Entries are due by Monday, August 1, 12 PM EST.

Example Tweets:

The wonderful, magnificent, rich man who after an identity crisis and a name change comes to be known as Gatsby #Gatsby #IRHalfK
Baby gets attacked by evil wizard but all he has to show for it is a weirdly specific scar and dead parents #HarryPotter #IRHalfK
Don’t even bother reading these, everyone is dead #GOT #IRHalfK

One lucky (and clever) winner will receive a free entry into our 2016 1/2K Prize and an IR Prize Pack. Our favorite runner-ups will also receive an IR Prize pack and, most importantly, winners will be glorified forever in our blog posts and on our twitter page.

Happy spoofing to you all and don’t forget to showcase your talents further by entering our 1/2K Prize!

2016 IR22 TWITTER CONTEST WINNERS

Indiana Review is proud to announce the winners of our 2016 #IR22 Twitter Contest! From insightful commentaries to comic relief, we received many inspired entries to our IR Taylor Swift inspired prompt. After careful deliberation we chose two winners who will receive an IR prize pack and renowned Twitter glory. It was a tough decision with all of our followers submitting such amazing tweets: scroll through the tweets from #IR22 and you’ll see what we mean!

Our #IR22 Twitter champions:

We’d like to thank everyone who participated; we have quite the clever Twitter following and the tweets were all truly entertaining to read. Keep an eye out for our 2016 1/2 K Prize which opens July 1st judged by Aimee Nezhukumatathil. The creativity that you packed into 140 characters was astounding; imagine what you could do with 500 words!

#IR22 Twitter Contest!

We currently have an outstanding Twitter following at 21K! We’ve decided to celebrate our Twitter friends (and hopefully make a few more) with a contest: 21K is a lot of followers but, like Taylor Swift, we’re “feeling 22.”

Channel your inner Taylor and tell us how you think iconic literary characters would finish this line: “I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling …” To enter this contest, find our tweet introducing this contest on our Twitter account @IndianaReview and tweet us your most inventive responses. Make sure to hashtag the literary character you’re spoofing and then hashtag #IR22. Read others’ responses at your own discretion: there’s bound to be a few spoilers.

Example Tweets:

I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like my father will hear about this. #DracoMalfoy #IR22
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like you’ve bewitched me body and soul. #MrDarcy #IR22
I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling like my friends are backstabbers. #Caesar #IR22

Our favorite responses will win an IR Prize Pack. Responses are due by Monday, June 27 by 12 PM EST. I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling pretty excited!

Good luck, and look out for our 1/2 K 2016 Prize that opens July 1^st!