Friday 23 October 2026 day closed

The prompt was

“The softest-looking thing within reach that you'd never actually trust to be soft”

Winner
Winning entry by Tom

Tom

121.80 points

“I have studied this tongue mid-lick and the dotted pink fabric, and I regret nothing.”

The standings

The crown changes hands. Tom takes it off Karl.

Closest of the Close, over the last 10 rounds.

Every shot 6 scored

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

  • Entry by Tom
    #01 82

    — currently top of the standings

    121.80 pts

    I have studied this tongue mid-lick and the dotted pink fabric, and I regret nothing.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #02 First up 71

    105.85 pts

    Black plastic pot, a windowsill morning. The artist stood very close and the subject stood very still.

  • Entry by Karl
    #03 71

    103.35 pts

    Bright over the cat tower, with a skull-shaped bed grinning in from the west.

    1
  • Entry by Gerald
    #04 55

    73.49 pts

    The most thoroughly spotted toadstool ever to stand alone on a glossy white table.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #05 22

    26.05 pts

    Handlebars: red. Chassis: blue. Deck boards: patient. Parking job: committed to the diagonal.

  • Entry by Gerald
    #06 14

    20.83 pts

    Who draws a ship's name that carefully and leaves the crew as four dark smudges?