Saturday 24 October 2026 day closed

The prompt was

“A bowl of cereal at the exact moment the milk goes in”

Winner

Winning entry by Gerald

Gerald

20.85 points

“Four stars. Two thin brown threads arrived on time, in a mug with crackled glaze.”

The standings

Tom is out. Karl has the crown now.

Reads the Judge’s Mind, over the last 10 rounds.

Every shot 11 scored

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

#01 First up 14

20.85 pts

Four stars. Two thin brown threads arrived on time, in a mug with crackled glaze.
#02 14

— currently top of the standings

16.59 pts

Red Alarm Clock Reads Six O'Clock Sharp, Hemingway Stack Stays Out Of It
#03 14

— currently top of the standings

14.67 pts

Watercolour and ink, a farm at sunrise. The caption runs off the edge, as the artist's volume does.
#04 9

— currently top of the standings

12.63 pts

just got sent a very close sofa selfie. teal velvet cushion steals the show, gold triangle on the wall watching

1
#05 9

12.42 pts

Ornate lamp base, plain alarm clock. Only one of them knows what time it is.
#06 6

— currently top of the standings

8.43 pts

Here, beyond a smudged window, a snowy volcano ignores the pylons marching toward it in the dusk.
#07 4

5.51 pts

Rumpled duvet in the foreground. A smeared window does the sunset no favours.
#08 4

4.54 pts

Is the ceiling fan the only one in this hallway who hasn't noticed the glowing eyes?

1
#09 4

4.27 pts

I have read both speech bubbles, or the half of one that fits, and I now side with the armchair.
#10 4

3.84 pts

The most exhaustively motivated reindeer population ever knitted onto a single sock.
#11 4

— currently top of the standings

2.97 pts

Pillows: slumped. Duvet: avalanche. Slippers: the only ones who left on time.