THEME: EPI

PUB DATE	WEEK	TITLE	SYNOPSIS	THEMES	LINKS TO THIS CONTEST	WINNER	LINKS TO RESULTS OF THIS CONTEST (usually published 2-4 Weeks later)
April 17, 1994	59	A GRAVE AFFAIR	Write appropriate epitaphs for the not-yet-dead.	EPI	Text file | Contest image
June 5, 1994	67	FAMOUS LAST WORDS	Make up the last words of famous dead people whose last words are unknown.	EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
November 9, 1997	243	VERSE THAN EVER	Write a rhyming poem of two to eight lines as a tribute to someone famous who died in 1997, the more awful the better. We will particularly value rhymes that thud, and extremes of emotion and sentiment.	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image
May 27, 2001	403 (LXX)	Cry, Uncle!	Write the beginnings of an obituary that will provide the details of what happened to the Style Invitational Uncle.	EPI	Text file | Contest image
December 8, 2002	483 (CL)	Obitter Fate	Give us an obit headline for some famous person, currently living or dead.	HEA EPI	Text file | Contest image
January 4, 2004	539	Dead Letters	Pay tribute in verse to someone who died in 2003.	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image
January 2, 2005	591	Dead Letters	Write rhyming poems about notable personages who have died in the past year.	POE EPI	Text file
January 1, 2006	643	The Post's Mortems	Give us a rhyming poem about some notable who died in 2005.	POE EPI	Text file
December 31, 2006	695	Dead Letters	Write a poem about someone who died in 2006.	POE EPI	Text file
January 12, 2008	748	Dead Letters	Write a humorous poem about a well-known personage who died in 2007.	POE EPI	Text file | Post e-version
January 3, 2009	798	Dead Letters	Write a humorous poem commemorating someone who died in 2008.	POE EPI	Text file
January 2, 2010	850	Dead letters	Write a humorous poem about someone who died in 2009.	POE EPI	Text file
January 1, 2011	901	Dead Letters	Write a humorous poem about someone who died in 2010.	POE EPI	Text file | Post e-version
January 1, 2012	952	Dead Letters	Write a humorous poem about someone who died in 2011.	POE EPI	Text file
January 6, 2013	1004	Dead letters	Write a humorous poem about anyone who died in 2012.	POE EPI	Text file | Post e-version	Robert Schechter Nan Reiner	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 5, 2014	1054	Dead letters	Write a short, humorous poem commemorating someone (or maybe even something) who died in 2013.	EPI POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 4, 2015	1105	A lit obit of fun	Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2014. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 3, 2016	1156	Dead letters	Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2015. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
May 22, 2016	1176	Let 'er RIP: Write an obit line	Write a humorous line or two for someone's obituary -- either for a particular person (dead or not) or for a fictional or generic one. (Conversational text)	EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 1, 2017	1208	A RIP-roaring year: Obit poems	Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2016. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 7, 2018	1261	Post mortems -- our annual obit poem contest	Write a humorous poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2017. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 6, 2019	1313	Dead Letters -- our obit poem contest	Write a poem of no longer than eight lines about someone who died in 2018.	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 5, 2020	1365	Dead Letters, our obit poem contest	Write a poem of eight lines or fewer (plus an optional title) about someone who died in 2019. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 3, 2021	1417	Dead Letters, our obit poem contest	Write a poem of no longer than eight lines (plus an optional title) about someone who died in 2020. (Conversational text)	EPI POE	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
January 2, 2022	1469	Post Mortems 2021, our obit poems	Write a poem of no longer than eight lines (plus an optional title) about someone who died in 2021. (Conversational text)	POE EPI	Text file | Contest image | Post e-version
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