We want your writeups, 300 words or fewer.

"Would have been better done in February"
— me

There's a long tradition on E2 of good short writeups, and as I am a fan of tradition I'm going to run another Brevity Quest. Tem42 seems to have run a few, so I'm giving him a break this year.

• The quest starts on Thursday, 1st September at 00:00:00 and ends on Friday, 30th September at 23:59:99 (E2 server time). Of course, it's all over now.
• We're looking for well-crafted fact, fiction, poetry and prose. New writeups only.
• Post as many submissions as you wish. It is okay to post hidden writeups if you prefer.
• Quest entries should be labeled as such, and a /msg to confirm is recommended.
• Bounty will be awarded at 10GP per writeup.
• There will certainly be other rewards, based on criteria yet to be decided.

Short on inspiration? Check out the BQ submissions from 2019, 2020 and 2021.

I am currently the sole judge. If you'd like to help out, please let me know.

Also, don't rely solely on the word count in the draft/writeup header (as it counts HTML and pipelinked text too). We do have the E2 Word Counter, but please also note the Brevity Quest Word Count Guidelines.

$ xclip -o | wc -w
207

The Entries

1. Saint Martin's Summer by Clockmaker
2. cmus by nicolasstag
3. The Pushcart War by JD
4. Mesa-optimizer by Tem42
5. Sometimes the shadows remain even after the storm has cleared. by Zephronias
6. Sweet Dreams! by svntax
7. Dan Cupid by Tem42
8. Mistress of Mistresses by Clockmaker
9. British National Anthem by wertperch
10. God Save The King by everyone
11. Join me by vongrim
12. Monopink Dream, 2001 by svntax
13. time by vongrim
14. Marid by Zephronias
15. Ingagi by JD
16. Giant Little Ones by JD
17. Open Doors by Zephronias
18. Cauda Equina by Zephronias
19. Manticore by wertperch
20. gas pump by Dustyblue
21. gas station by Dustyblue
22. September is the month of small things by andycyca
23. Toploader by nicolasstag
24. Threadneedle Street by wertperch
25. Ka by Clockmaker
26. the slow blade penetrates the shield by wertperch
27. Steven Gould by Tem42
28. Yard of Clay by Tem42
29. Gurney Halleck by wertperch

Thank you all! The Quest is now closed. I've picked a couple of winners and have asked for the rewards to be passed out.

Additional rewards to Tem42 for fascinating me with Dan Cupid, to vongrim for sparking discussion with join me and to Zephronias for entertaining me with Open Doors.