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Orwell Youth Prize Draft Entry
Ricochet is technically too old for the Orwell Youth Prize. But I think we should enter all the same. Click on that link. Study every word of it carefully. Really give yourself an time to enjoy it and think about it. Relax with it. Why not? It’s the weekend.
The contest is open. Ricochet has until THURSDAY, 30th APRIL to draft a proper automated response to youngsters who might truly be preparing to send their finished application to orwellyouthprize@gmail.com. Assume there could be teenagers in the Anglosphere who are right now proudly preparing their entries.
The contest is open to draft the perfect automated reply.
Then we need to hack that account and make sure the auto-response is exactly what Orwell would have wished. We have until THURSDAY, 30 APRIL, it seems. But let’s do it over the weekend.
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That reminds me of another description of good writing. To heck with the Orwell Prize, where do I send my submission for the Berlinski prize?
Wait, are we competing for the Prize, or for an auto-reply to other submissions?
‘Cause I want us to go for the prize! I say we enter as:
And I want the title of our entry to be: Orwell Would Be Proud — Lies Told by the Left.
Subtitle: You Can’t Make This Shtuff Up [not a spelling error]
Fwd: ***SPAM*** Orwell Youth — Ingsoc.
Dear Youth:
Read me.
Yrs,
GO
Ricochet’s only about 5. We’re not old enough.
This comment prompted me to click on that link–and discover my own tips. For real. But I’ve changed my mind about the Internet.
Everyone now needs to go home and keep their kids away from the Internet. Don’t let them near it until they’re old enough to see the words “Orwell Youth Prize” and think, “That’s either a satire or a cruel lesson.”
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For those among us who think Orwell deserves to be read in the original English, a small ray of hope. If you study the history of this prize carefully, you’ll notice two characters who stand out. Jean Seaton and David Elstein. They’re worth a whole weekend. Draw your own conclusions about them. No SparkNotes. No prizes. No hints, no tips.
An exhausted Orwell just staggered off from a confrontation with Kipling on the Member Feed. He needs help to win the prize before the end of the weekend. Kipling is putting up a fight.
I find it interesting that the students may get a response from a professor or a journalist, considering the theme of the contest is Exposing Lies. The New York Times knows a great deal about promoting lies. They have the awards to prove it. But exposing lies? Not so much.
Claire,
Start with the 7 commandments of Animalism:
Later when nobody is looking. Make the quick change. You know like Obama with domestic and foreign policy.
The Clintons certainly believe that “some animals are more equal under the law than others”. The Obama administration certainly believes in evolving commandments. Animalism is a living document. You just need to pay very close attention as it changes sometimes almost every news cycle now depending how BHO feels when he gets off the golf course.
Swinocracy.
Regards,
Jim