Details on how to enter are below. See the finalists from the first contest here.

The Winner

Title: Yes We Can
Based on: The Wizard of Oz
Submitted by: Webmonkees

Congratulations to this year's winner, Webmonkees for this wonderfully creative and artistic imagining of a recruitment poster for the flying monkeys in The Wizard of Oz. I always thought they had inexplicably good morale.

Wait, I can hear you thinking, did he say, "this year's winner?" Yes indeedy, I believe this is worth doing on an anual basis. Unless it's not, in which case it might stay as a bi-annual kind of thing. Do check out all the finalists and entries -- they're all really quite excellent. This year's contest was brought to you by Marvellous Hairy, (Available on Kindle for $1.99, Amazon for $10.99, and lots of other places too.)

The Runner Up

Title: The Exciting New Soylent Bar
Based on: Soylent Green
Submitted by: Javier B.

I love the tagline for this one: "You're tastier than you think!"

This came in second place by a margin of two votes (out of a total of 216, so you can see it was a pretty close run thing.)

 

 

Finalists

Okay, I'll admit it, I wimped out. Getting the list down to five was impossible, and to be honest, six was brutal too, but I just can't afford to give away so many copies of Marvellous Hairy.Thanks to everyone for their creativity and willingness to play!

You can check out the poll results here -- the voting was very close!

Title: Yes We Can Based on: The Wizard of Oz Submitted by: Webmonkees		Title: Suk Doctors Based on: Dune (The Suk Doctors) Submitted by: Morgan H.
Title: The Exciting New Soylent Bar Based on: Soylent Green Submitted by: Javier B.		Title: Enjoy Slurm Based on: Futurama Submitted by: Olav S.
Title: Gonzo Based on: Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas Submitted by: David H.		Title: Eloi - The Other White Meat Based on: The Time Machine Submitted by: Randy S.
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The Contest Gallery

Sample: based on The Road Get the T-shirt!		Sample: based on The Postman
Title: Yes We Can Based on: The Wizard of Oz Submitted by: Webmonkees		Title: The Korova Milkbar Based on: A Clockwork Orange Submitted by: Mike W.
Title: Delos - The Safer Vacation Based on: Westworld/Futureworld Submitted by: Andy H.		Title: The Portal Gun Based on: Portal (video game) Submitted by: Vegard S. (Norway)
Title: Prophetic computing Based on: Nostradamus Submitted by: Brian W.		Title: Why Not? Based on: Devil Woman (song) Submitted by: Ingvild D. (Norway)
Title: Suk Doctors Based on: Dune (The Suk Doctors - wiki) Submitted by: Morgan H.		Title: The Exciting New Soylent Bar Based on: Soylent Green Submitted by: Javier B.
Title: Lady GaGalaxy Based on: ? Submitted by: Mike Hayward		Title: Eloi - The Other White Meat Based on: The Time Machine Submitted by: Randy S.
Title: Modern New Houses Based on: Lord of the Rings Submitted by: Jonas M. (Norway)		Title: Noob Tube Based on: Modern Warfare (video game) Submitted by: Martin L. (Norway)
Title: Sears Wishbook, 1975 Based on: Dr. Who Submitted by: Webmonkees		Title: Enjoy Slurm Based on: Futurama Submitted by: Olav S.
Title: Gonzo Based on: Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas Submitted by: David H.		Title: Broomstick Based on: Harry Potter Submitted by: Susan L.
Title: RealCrave: the small difference between mecha and glamour girl Based on: Artificial Intelligence (AI) Submitted by: Raleigh M.		Title: Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster Based on: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Submitted by: Darron M.
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Title: Don't do it. Based on: Logan's Run Submitted by: Dave S. (Twitter)
Title: Satellite of Love Based on: mst3k Submitted by: Jeff H.		Title: Power-Loader Based on: Aliens Submitted by: Daniel M.

Vintage Ads of Fictional Futures

Here's the concept: find a vintage ad, and then create a product from a created world — it can be from a book, movie, TV, etc. It doesn't have to be science fiction; you could go with a fantasy world, an alternate reality, whatever.

How to enter:

1. create your masterpiece (a jpg, png, pfd or gif, please)
2. post it to your blog, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous … or just email it to me
3. let me know about it, and what it's based on, in the comments here, by email (markarayner-at-gmail-dot-com) or Twitter (@markarayner). (If you want a specific title/credit, and a link to a website, let me know that too.)
4. they will go in a gallery above
5. do it by midnight, Monday October 4th (2010)
6. wait for the aplomb and/or ridicule of your peers
7. I'll narrow it down to a shortlist of five, and then everyone can vote on those.

The Prizes:

The winner chooses from:

• a walk-on appearance in the novel I’m currently working on (this will be the last chance for a year at least)
• a t-shirt from either of my shops, CafePress or Wordans

The runner up:

• whatever the winner didn't choose

All five finalists:

• a copy of Marvellous Hairy (or The Amadeus Net, if you've already bought it)

All entrants:

• $2 off a copy of Marvellous Hairy from Amazon.com.

Go be awesome!

Want to Comment?

Please leave any comments on the original call for entries, at The Skwib.