The Geist Sentence Invitational

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Open to any and all who love a good sentence challenge!

Ninetieth birthdays are cause for celebration and literary 90ths are no different. With the 90th issue of Geist on the horizon, we've decided to mark the occasion in a decidedly literary way: with a sentence invitational! All are welcome!

How it works:

1) Create a five word sentence, or sentence equivalent.*

2) The first letter of each word should spell GEIST, an anagram if you will. What does this mean? The first word must start with the letter 'G,' the second with the letter 'E,' the third with the letter 'I,' the fourth with the letter 'S,'  and the fifth with the letter 'T.'  Add punctuation as the spirit moves you.

Examples:

Geist exceeds intellectual standards totally!

Geist exists in space-time.

Geist: Excellent in some toilets.

3) The sentence should reflect one's feelings about Geist. Congratulatory messages of a birthday nature are welcome.

4) Send us your sentence(s). (You can send as many sentences as you have the capacity to write.)

Ways to send in sentences

>As a comment on this web page.

>On Twitter. Use the hashtag #sentational and be sure to tag us @geistmagazine

>On Facebook. Add you sentence(s) to the Geist Sentence Invitational Facebook page.

>Email geist@geist.com with "Geist Sentence Invitational" in the subject line.

Deadline

Send us your sentence(s) by Friday, August 23. Notable sentences may be published in Geist 90, on newsstands September 2013.

Final note

Happy writing! Any questions can be directed to geist@geist.com.

*Whole sentences and sentence fragments are both acceptable. For clarification on the nuances of sentence structure, we suggest reading "Sentences: Simple, fragment, run-on," from our Writer's Toolbox.