March “Maid”ness
It’s a new month . . . which means it must be time for a new contest!
During the month of March, I’m going to be running a contest in which five people will win a signed copy of the Brides of Bonneterre 3-in-1 omnibus when it releases in May.
This is a WRITING contest—to enter, you must submit a story about the funniest and/or worst experience you’ve ever had as a bridesmaid or maid of honor in a wedding (if you don’t have a real one, you can make one up or use someone else’s). The only restriction is that it cannot have happened at your own wedding.
- I am the sole author and proprietor of this work of nonfiction (or fiction). The work is original and not in the public domain and has not been previously published in any form without notice of copyright as required by United States law. By granting Kaye Dacus permission to publish this on http://kayedacus.com, I warrant that no copyrights or proprietary rights of any third-party will be infringed upon.
Submissions without the release statement will not be entered in the contest.
I’ll be posting the stories here between Tuesday, March 22, through Friday, March 25, (a few a day, if I get enough entries) and allowing the blog’s readers to vote on them that weekend, Saturday March 26 and Sunday March 27 (anonymous voting through a poll which will close at midnight Sunday night).
The top five vote-getters will win a signed copy of The Brides of Bonneterre 3-in-1, and the winners will be announced on Friday, April 1, 2011.
Deadline for entering is 11:59 p.m. Central time Saturday, March 19, 2011. E-mail your entry to kaye (at) kayedacus (dot) com with the subject line of your e-mail as MARCH MAIDNESS ENTRY.
- The photo at the top is from my sister’s wedding in 1992—the only wedding I’ve ever been in (yes, that’s me, directly to the bride’s right). The other photos were found on TackyWeddings.com, which you really need to check out for a good laugh/walk down memory lane.
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LOL — I’ll have to visit that Tacky Weddings site. I’ll have to think on this a bit, because I actually haven’t been in many wedding parties (unless you count marrying off various dogs in my neighbourhood when I was a kid). 🙂
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Most nerve-wracking moment was at my sister’s wedding. I was the matron of honor, both my kids were in it (4-year-old Ellen was flower girl), and husband a groomsman. In the flurry of making sure everybody ELSE was fixed up properly, I forgot the groom’s ring . . .
Fortunately, my aunt, in the audience, caught my eye when I went into panic mode. As a musician partner of mine from way-back, I just looked at her and mouthed, “The ring.” She instantly said, “Where is it?” and proceeded to make her way to the dressing room, gave the ring to the last bridesmaid, then they palmed it up to me, first in line. My sister caught wind and her eyes got HUGE. My then-future-bro.-in-law thought he’d left an article of clothing off, or something . . . LOL
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I have a couple of questions … if you’re over the word limit by about 60 words or so, is that okay or is it strictly 500 words maximum? Also, are we supposed to be writing in the form of a story or more like recounting it such as Regina’s comment above?
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Honestly, when I read this, I totally skipped over the part where it needed to be 200-500 words long . . .
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I gotta say, in all objectivity, my picture is the best one up there! :0)
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