Okay, so reviews and vote. I struggled a bit to find the snapshot theme in some entries, but I'm not sure mine was all that clear either :lol Talking about mine, I'd like to add that except for the age of the main character, none of the numbers are made up. In case anyone wondered. Anyway, on to the reviews. Don't expect too much of it, I'm terrible at grammar control and things like that, but I'll do my best. [hider=Cat] So, did this actually happen? It was a fun read and it's easy to picture what is happening. I like the actual picture accompanying the entry and it was when I saw that I could see the link with the snapshot theme, this is the story that is told when showing the picture. Am I right? [/hider] [hider=Project debriefing] This is an entry I struggled to see the link with the snapshot theme. For me a snapshot is one moment in time, this entry has two moments on two separate days. I miss a bit of introduction to the characters, it takes a bit to figure they're looking for aliens, it takes longer to realize these are space cadets. One or two sentences in the beginning to introduce the reader into the setting would have been nice. I felt sorry for Rob though, having to abandon his project. Was that the moment you wanted to capture? [/hider] [hider=The database] This is certainly an original approach to the theme. We have an artificial intelligence talking to us and explaining what happened, more and more details are revealed as we go on. And you start to feel sorry for the AI, because even if it is responsible for terrible thing, it tried to do the right thing, or what it perceived as the right thing. There were two spelling mistakes that caught my eyes. One is in the second paragraph "I can't escape from my conscience" Unless that is a term AI's use, I think you meant conscious, as in 'aware of oneself and one's surroundings'. There was a than what I think should be then, because it seemed to be about a moment in time rather than a comparison, but I can't find anymore. The words are bit too small to scan through the entry to find a single word and I don't recall what paragraph it was in. I'll edit this if/when I locate it again. [/hider] [hider=Snapshot of imagination] It's nice to see an entry with a similar approach. I like how extra layers are added to the image with every paragraph and then find out where the image was created: in the mind of a train-traveller. The image at the end is a great addition to the piece. Well, I'm not going into the quality of the image, as I couldn't do it better myself, but the final paragraph made it great. Spelling/grammar wise/tense wise there are a few things I noticed. The first sentence "In the top of the sky, there floats a soaring castle.", I would write that "In the top of the sky floats a soaring castle." I think the word 'there' is unneeded, just like breaking the sentence with a comma. This is not a spelling mistake, but I love you used the word nary. I didn't know it was an actual word until I looked it up. this paragraph: "The entire scene centred around this clash in the middle. The people and the buildings formed a half-circle around the point where the two individuals would clash, and straight above this in the twilight sky the castle would be floating, right above them. The dragons to the left and right would be looking down diagonally at the point, gauging the two men for themselves. The two men were both gushing with powerful energy, yet the absolute middle of everything was strangely devoid of anything." Why is this in past tense when the rest of the story seems to be written in present tense? I don't see a reason for this to be past tense. In the last paragraph "if other people has read", shouldn't that be "if other people have read"? That is all I could pick out. Overall I enjoyed reading through this entry and it has great imagery. [/hider] [hider=Fleeting breeze] It's short, sweet, to the point. I like your way with words and you captured the moment of the kiss very well. [/hider] [hider=Silent blues in the park] Ah, poetry. I prefer my poems to be children rhymes or bard songs (which I think I proved when I submitted my own poetry in the last rpgc). This kind of poetry, even if it is great to paint a certain picture or capture an emotion, is not for me. However, it works, it gets the image across and it is a quality poem. Even if it doesn't appeal to me, I can see it's a good piece. [/hider] [hider=The little Augustus] This is an entry where I struggled to see the link with the snapshot theme. Story-wise it's good, but there is some distance crossed and time passed in the course of the entry and because of that it is in conflict with my personal view of a snapshot, which would be one moment in time. That is my personal view of if of course and I know in these rpgc's it is accepted to take the theme as broad as you want it. Like mdk explained with the example of a hockeyplayer who has a move he calls 'snapshot'. The story itself, I enjoyed reading through it and at first glance I didn't see any spelling/grammar mistakes. [/hider] My [@vote] is for 'Snapshot of imagination'. My personal runner up is 'The database'