Premium contest/2021-01 - Pretty Picks

Have you ever shopped for a collection of lockpicks but couldn't find ones you liked? Well, now's your chance to change that! For this month's contest, you are to design a set of lockpicks.

Here are the requirements:

1. Submit a long description for a lockpick
2. Submit a long description for a lockpick
3. Submit a long description for a lockpick
4. Submit a long description for a lockpick
5. Submit a long description for a lockpick kit
6. NO submissions of 1-4 can be of the same material
7. All submissions of 1-5 must be 60 characters or less (including spaces and the article of a/an)
8. The material of lockpicks must be the standard quality you can buy in a shop
9. Must use the noun of lockpick on submissions 1-4

Example:
1. a crimson mithril lockpick capped with a gold topaz (51 characters including spaces and the article "a")
2. a twisted golvern lockpick with amethyst streaks (48 characters including spaces and article)
3. a bright blue rolaren lockpick flecked with white (49 characters including spaces and article)
4. a dull ora lockpick with a leather-wrapped grip (47 characters including spaces and article)
5. a battered leather kit secured with twine (41 characters including spaces and article)


Entries that do not include all nine requirements and follow the guidelines will not be considered eligible.
Contestants have until midnight PT on January 31, 2021 to get entries to me.

Winners

Top Ten Winners, in alphabetical order:

• Alastir
• Darcena
• Desorceri
• Jaysehn
• Queatus
• Rohese
• Tabubu
• Tsarmina
• Vincien
• Whisker

Entries

Arianiss

1. a thin steel lockpick with a tiny amber chain
2. a thin glaes lockpick with a tiny ruby chain
3. a thin veniom lockpick with a tiny emerald chain
4. a thin vaalin lockpick with a tiny star sapphire chain
5. a small leather locksmith pouch stamped with an elven rune

Obelin

1. a delicately curved mithril lockpick capped with a tiny gem
2. an acid-etched steel lockpick accentuated with gold filigree
3. a blackened bone corkscrew lockpick bound with waxed canvas
4. a delicate polished kelyn lockpick with a simple hooked tip
5. a slim white suede lockpick kit bearing a hollow-eyed skull

Additional Information

Resources

• Contest Rules
• Contest Winners