Saturday 17 October 2026 day closed

The prompt was

“A banana at the exact moment it tips from ripe into regret”

Winner
Winning entry by Karl

Karl

129.59 points

“Here, on a glazed platter, a pebbled avocado is crowded by a long curved neighbor, and neither is leaving first.”

Every shot 11 scored

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

  • Entry by Karl
    #01 94

    129.59 pts

    Here, on a glazed platter, a pebbled avocado is crowded by a long curved neighbor, and neither is leaving first.

  • Entry by Tom
    #02 94

    — currently top of the standings

    112.80 pts

    Four wooden spoons in a crock, and not one of them is going near that end.

  • Entry by Tom
    #03 First up 71

    — currently top of the standings

    104.32 pts

    Toaster: blurred. Countertop: granite. Bunch: posing like nothing has happened yet.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #04 71

    94.79 pts

    A knife block, a marble pestle, and a very tidy countertop that has seen worse.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #05 71

    84.13 pts

    Local Groceries Unpacked Beside Car Keys, Cereal Box Looks On Nervously

  • Entry by Karl
    #06 55

    75.89 pts

    Four stars. The large hairy houseguest was not in the listing, and neither was my pulse.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #07 71

    65.33 pts

    Did the flies get a say before this became their holiday cottage?

  • Entry by Gerald
    #08 62

    65.25 pts

    Stoneware, a tidy Sunday. The glaze drips more than anything else here has dared to.

  • Entry by gini
    #09 27

    28.04 pts

    I have watched this bag of green grapes for a while and the bare stalk is the only one who looks ready.

  • Entry by Tom
    #10 14

    — currently top of the standings

    20.55 pts

    Mild and floral on the counter, clearing by afternoon over a jug of unclaimed water.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #11 8

    10.54 pts

    A leather tag says HOME. Nothing else in the kitchen got a label, and it shows.