the Beijinger's Six-Word Writing Competition: All the Entries – Part 5

Jonathan White | Mar 18, 2012 6:00 pm | Add a comment | 1583 reads

The competition may be over but the Beijinger's Six-Word Writing Competition keeps on giving. It's time to share every single entry that we received. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Your efforts are appreciated. As for all of you who didn't enter the contest: Get ready to enjoy the fruits of their labors. Without further ado ...

OK, a small bit of further ado. All of these entries are listed verbatim as they came to us in the original emails. They have not been intentionally edited. The copy editor in us wanted to write "[sic]" all over them but this caveat can serve the same purpose.

  1. Privelegded Happening Complex Mysterious Evolving Lively
  2. Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
  3. "I've been here how long already?"
  4. "I can see Russia from here"
  5. The most inspiring kind of challenge.
  6. Fun, active, Alive, busy, Wild, a zoo
  7. You had me with Ni Hao
  8. Mao Hooters Tianamen Lan Confusious Ferrari
  9. She had me at Ni Hao
  10. Ha-llo Fuwu yuan Kao ya Pianyi yi dianr(errrrrr) Jiuba jie Duche
  11. Wo shi mei guo ren. Sigh.
  12. Red gate overwhelmed search for balance.
  13. Black sky; gray moon; red stars.
  14. I found love in this City.
  15. Beijing does not believe in tears.
  16. Until you cry, vomit, or quit....
  17. "Beijing is : tasty,alive,cheap,funny."
  18. What? Belltower! What? Hear! What? Exbelled!
  19. Developing Impressive Cultural Engrossing Maintained Powerful
  20. Back in Beijing. Different as ever.
  21. Returned to Beijing. Like before... different.
  22. "The Forbidden City is NOT forbidden."
  23. I'm never having a goodbye party
  24. Why Did you spit on me?
  25. Why were you sick on me?
  26. Push this scooter off my leg!!!
  27. Crowded. Unique fusion. I got sick.
  28. "It is such a small world!"
  29. One world, dream and child policy.
  30. Came, saw, got stuck in traffic.

Think you can do better? Go and leave your six words on the collage at The Bookworm.

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