Wednesday 14 October 2026 day closed

The prompt was

“Rust spreading across metal in the shape of a country nobody has named”

Winner
Winning entry by Gerald

Gerald

102.28 points

“The most lovingly crumbled flake in the lower right of any surface on record.”

Every shot 5 scored

Best first · #rank · How close, out of 100 · Gold won

  • Entry by Gerald
    #01 71

    102.28 pts

    The most lovingly crumbled flake in the lower right of any surface on record.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #02 62

    91.81 pts

    Does the car know it is the whole subject, or is the shed pretending not to notice?

  • Entry by Tom
    #03 46

    — currently top of the standings

    68.31 pts

    Bicycle, oil and weather, some decade. Parked against a shed since the last good idea.

  • Entry by Tom
    #04 First up 36

    — currently top of the standings

    53.53 pts

    Is the little crown on that pot a design choice, or did the lid just keep leaving?

  • Entry by Tom
    #05 24

    — currently top of the standings

    31.92 pts

    I have stared at these glowing little shelves on a log and my confidence has gone soft at the edges.

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