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Contest 08
Submission period ended 3.20.06.
Winners revealed 4.14.06. |
Topic: First Sight
- Winning Stories
The spin: You
round a corner and then you see it: a pale peak with lines so
breathtaking (or terrifying) you fall to your knees or swerve the car onto the
shoulder for a longer look. Or maybe it's a pretty girl or
stylish boy in ski clothes, or a fetching new set of powder
sticks,
that suddenly catches—and
won't let go of—your
eyes.
The emotion of that "first sight" is powerful and revealing.
Tell us what happened and how it changed (or still changes) your life.
The Chosen: Read the four
finalists and the contest winner, as chosen by Aspect
Journal's editors. Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Contest 07
Submission period ended 11.04.05.
Winners revealed 11.23.05. |
Topic: Ski Sounds
- Winning Stories
The spin: Bullwheels.
Zippers. Clicks. Grinds. Laughter. Rumbles. Hip hop. Silence.
Skiing is full of familiar and iconic sights, but its sonic menu
is complex, often subtle, and all its own. When did you first really listen to a mountain? When you did, what did it do to you, and how?
The Chosen: Read the four
finalists and the contest winner, as chosen by Aspect
Journal's editors. Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Contest 06
Submission period ended
1.15.05.
Winners revealed 2.02.05. |
Topic: Night -
Winning Stories
The spin:
Whether you're beneath Halogen
lights or the full moon, in an alpine setting or on Broadway and
Main, skiing is different during the dark half of the day. Why?
The chosen:
Read the four finalists and
contest winner, as chosen by Aspect Journal's editors.
Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Contest 05
Submission period ended
10.15.04.
Winners revealed 11.03.04. |
Topic: Weather, Or
Not? - Winning Stories
The spin:
Suddenly it's raining, puking, blowing,
graupeling, thundering, and otherwise shitting on the mountain.
Do you stick it out with a wicked grin of pleasure, or tuck tail
to the parking lot? Time to plumb this singular pleasure—and
misery.
The chosen:
Read the four finalists and
contest winner, as chosen by Aspect Journal's editors.
Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Contest 04
Submission period ended
8.15.04.
Winners revealed 9.01.04. |
Topic: Fall -
Winning Stories
The spin:
While most of the Northern
Hemisphere basks beguilingly beneath an Indian summer sun, you
dream of snow and turns to come. Your sanity–and
how you cope with it–is now
our entertainment.
The chosen:
Read the four finalists and
contest winner, as chosen by Aspect Journal's editors.
Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Contest 03
Submission period ended 4.15.04.
Winners revealed 5.5.04. |
Topic: Squalor -
Winning Stories
The spin: You decided long
ago that skiing is more important than wealth, manners, goals, and
personal hygiene. In short, you're slumming it. Now glorify your
worthless lifestyle.
The chosen: Read the four
finalists and the contest winner, as chosen by Aspect
Journal's editors. Many thanks to all who submitted.
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Submission period ended 2.15.04.
Winners revealed 3.2.04.
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The spin: Vertigo, avalanche,
Hahnenkamm, blood, separation. When everything turns
to shit, write about it.
The chosen: Read the four
finalists and the contest winner, as chosen by Aspect
Journal's editors. Many thanks to all who
submitted.
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Contest 01
Submission period
ended 12.15.03. Winners revealed 1.7.04. |
Topic: Chairlift Encounter -
Winning Stories
The spin: You cry "single"
and a complete stranger skids to your side. For the next 10
minutes you either suffer in awkward silence, make a new
acquaintance, or witness and beauty or profanity so surreal it
transcends mortal existence.
The chosen: Read the
four finalists and the contest winner, as chosen by Aspect
Journal's editors. Many thanks to all who submitted.
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