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reminder thread. less than a week to submit:

The Pykewater Library is happy to kick off its first monthly writing competition with some classic Sci-Fi. The winner of the competition will receive a new copy of the illustrated Folio Society publication of Frank Herbert’s Dune.

Prompt: Please write an essay on the idea of outer space as a political frontier.

Conditions: Essays may be exploratory or argumentative in nature. Minimum of 250 words, maximum of 5,000. To enter, please submit in Microsoft Word format or as a PDF to pykewater@gmail.com with the subject line “Pykewater Challenge: Dune.” All essays should be submitted by 11:59 PM, Nov. 30th, 2020.

The winning essay will be announced by mid-December and will be featured on the Pykewater website.

Pykewater Website: pykewater.com/pykewater-challenge
Folio Society Website: foliosociety.com/usa/dune.html

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>> No.16862347

>Minimum of 250 words
What the fuck can you even write in 250 words that constitutes a viable essay?

>> No.16862352

>>16862218
stooooooop

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>>16862347

opens it to more creative efforts. at least one submission pushed below that as a work of poetry.

i've said to anons before: these are general guidelines. quality of work, regardless of style or length, is really what i am after/interested in reading.

i would agree that writing a 250 traditional essay, one that would be convincing at all, would be...challenging.

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>> No.16863580

how are pykewater and folio associated

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beyond the fact that the prize comes from folio society, there is no formal connection.

i think they make some beautiful volumes and plan on offering more of their books as prizes for future competitions. not committed to them beyond that.

>> No.16863630

>The Pykewater Library is a 25,000-volume private collection housed between Washington, DC and Cambridge, MA.
"my hard drive is in my moms basement in some suburb in pennsylvania"

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Das cool, das cool

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bump

>> No.16866162

>>16862218

Seems dumb. Politics arise around an issue once basic human needs have been fulfilled for most parties within a particular context.

Tribal humans generally aren't very political within their village for the same reason astronauts aren't very political on the ISS; the only issue is literally, "will we be alive tomorrow?"

>> No.16867531

>>16866162
Read Carl Schmitt.