MINI SAGA COMPETITION 2011

1. MINI SAGA COMPETITION2011

2. Mini-Sagas A mini-sagais a storyofexactlyfiftywords, Nomore, noless. I shouldtell a completestory With a beginning, a middleand an end. Itshouldmake a point, Havesomedramaorsomepoliticaltruth in it. It must, in fact, be a saga in miniature. Macher Pumprey

3. Priorities Intently I craftedmyfiftywords. I carriedthemwithmeas I would a ball ofplasticine in mypocket, Shapingandsqueezingthem. Distracted, I ignoredyouwhenyoucalledme. Later I broughtthemproudlytoyou, finished. You‘dleft a note: ‘hreewordswouldhavedone. Christopher Read

4. The finalists …

5. Ghost of wind Wanna be with you, Surrounding you, holding you. I drift next to your ear – telling you my only desire. But this is just another thought of you to discard. Swaying through this world my soul is enchanted by you. Nobody hears my weeping, nobody will understand my pain, suffering alone. LinaBantawaRai

6. Watching her I saw a woman covered with wrinkles. For her, there was nothing worth living for, no memory, no dream. Some kids were playing behind her. Kids who had possibilities she never had. Suddenly a ball flew towards her, released her. Everything she left me was loneliness and a broken mirror. SubankiRaveendranathan

7. All day long she is eating. She is doing nothing else than eating. Whenever you meet her, you can be sure she’s eating. A few weeks later she is about about three metres tall and two metres big. And she won’t stop eating. ‘Look, Mummy. That’s a really big plant!’ Denise Lukassen

8. Angel She was walking into the brightness. Pictures of a girl growing older hung to her side. As the girl turned into a woman, she began to run. Soon after, the light was so bright she closed her eyes. Opening them she saw the girl’s daughter crying for her mom. Diana Baumgärtel

9. The Sugar Doll ‘You are my Sugar Doll‘, said the gentleman to his girlfriend. She smiled with her red lips, but it wasn’t a real smile. Sugar Dolls melt away when it rains. The following day it was raining, and she melted away with all his money. He never found his Sugar Doll. Anna Stolze

10. Stopping air pollution Professor Johnson explained the figures of CO2 in the last 50 years. He said: ‘What is most important is stopping air pollution. To help you, our company offers special seminars and small, but nevertheless very effective filtering machines’. After his talk, Johnson was driven to his helicopter and flew home. Karen Lendermann

11. Preparation My whole body hurt, but I had to keep on going. Since I got to this camp I had to work out for the war. I was not afraid. I looked up to the sky to a tiny star and smiled. ‘I’m glad to see you, my little earth’. JasminBrüning

12. Adriana, dancer She started dancing when she was four. She went to her first audition when she was 12 and she had her first leading role when she was 18. She was 20 when she got hit by a car. With 21 she abandoned hope of ever being able to walk again. Teresa Hammer

13. The final three …

14. A Beautiful Shade of Blue Warmness was dwelling on his body. He stared down in wonder. Bloody. Red. Everything. They were all watching when he stumbled forward and fell on the ground. Lying in thick mud he looked at the sky. Wonderfully blue … He closed his eyes. ‘Cut!’ a voice shouted. ‘Good job, guys!’ Clara Schmersträter

15. Saturn and Venus Madame Rosa, the fortune-teller, had a close look at her crystal ball. ‘Saturn will give you a magical moment no one can ever forget. But – I see Venus not allowing you journeys. You should be very careful, Jaqueline’. The next morning, November 22nd, the Kennedys went to Dallas for campaining. Karen Lendermann

16. Andthewinneris …

17. The Beauty He looked at her as she walked slowly towards him. He thought that he’d never seen anything comparably fascinating. Her elegant figure was slender with long legs. The sun let her black hair shine. ‘Jonathan,’ his mother said angrily. ‘I told you to kick this spider out. I hate them.’ FinjaStaabs