THEME: ART

PUB DATE	WEEK	TITLE	SYNOPSIS	THEMES	LINKS TO THIS CONTEST	WINNER	LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later)
October 10, 1993	32	FATAL ART ATTACK	In 50 words or fewer, describe a performance art concept that might get public funding. Winners will be audacious enough to seem like art, but pretentious enough to seem to have a social "message."	ART	Text file | Contest image
September 17, 1995	131	DROODLEYSQUAT	Come up with "droodles," simple geometric drawings with funny explanations.	ART	Text file | Contest image
October 29, 1995	137	VELVIS LIVES	Come up with a title and/or art gallery blurb for this velvet Elvis painting.	ART	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
December 3, 1995	142	EXHIBITING BAD TENDENCIES	Come up with the winner of next year's Turner Prize, which says its aim is to expand ideas of what is art.	ART	Text file | Contest image
February 25, 2001	390 (LVII)	Canine Fashion	Write: 1. A caption for the provided image explaining what is happening; 2. An explanation of why the image is not photography but art; 3. A description of what additional items might be needed to make the image complete. Sex and potty jokes will be disqualified.	CAP ART	Text file | Contest image
November 16, 2003	532	Short Pans	Come up with a terse review (four words or fewer) of any work of art.	ART	Text file
October 29, 2006	686	It's Baaaaack!	Explain why you, or anyone else in particular, ought to have this fine oil-on-panel by Fred Dawson of Beltsville, or what it might be used for.	ART	Text file | Contest image
February 11, 2007	701	Untitlement	Here are the covers for what just might be Bob Staake's next four books. What are they called and what are they about?	CAR ART LIT	Text file
May 13, 2007	713	Painings	Name and interpret any of the provided paintings by Fred Dawson.	ART	Text file | Contest image
February 13, 2010	856	Titled Puerility	Here are some untitled book covers. For any of them, tell us a title and synopsis of a book that will never be published.	ART LIT	Text file | Post e-version
September 18, 2011	937	Staake it to him	Write a caption for any of the five pages or details pictured from some of Bob's more than 50 picture books.	CAP ART LIT	Text file
August 4, 2013	1032	Hid stuff	Explain the symbolism "obviously" evident in any well-known site, artwork, etc., in 75 words or fewer.	ART	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 25, 2015	1108	Hearts of dorkness	Write a humorous Valentine's Day sentiment to someone (or to some organization), either real or fictional -- either from you or from someone else you name. Plus an all-new option: We'll also be willing to run at least one really funny, clever, well-executed graphic. (Conversational text)	POE ART	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
YEAR 31 BEGINS