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+The corpse exuded the irresistible aroma of a piquant, ancho chili glaze enticingly enhanced with a hint of fresh
+cilantro as it lay before him, coyly garnished by a garland of variegated radicchio and caramelized onions, and
+impishly drizzled with glistening rivulets of vintage balsamic vinegar and roasted garlic oil; yes, as he surveyed the
+body of the slain food critic slumped on the floor of the cozy, but nearly empty, bistro, a quick inventory of his
+senses told corpulent Inspector Moreau that this was, in all likelihood, an inside job.
+     --Bob Perry, Milton, MA 
+
+                                    1997 Grand Prize Winner 
+
+     The moment he laid eyes on the lifeless body of the nude socialite sprawled across the bathroom floor,
+Detective Leary knew she had committed suicide by grasping the cap on the tamper-proof bottle, pushing down and
+twisting while she kept her thumb firmly pressed against the spot the arrow pointed to, until she hit the exact spot
+where the tab clicks into place, allowing her to remove the cap and swallow the entire contents of the bottle, thus
+ending her life.
+     -- Artie Kalemeris, Fairfax, VA
+
+
+
+                                       Other 1997 Results
+
+Runner-Up 
+
+     It all started when that rich SOB John Paul Getty commissioned me to create the world's largest ice sculpture,
+not that I didn't realize the challenges involved, but it wasn't until months later when the iceberg, carved into the
+shape of a mammoth voluptuous nude, hove into view off Newfoundland that the uproar started, and even later,
+after the interviews in People Magazine and my appearance on Oprah, that I was forced to concede defeat and hire
+the Knitter's League, who were still crocheting away as my rapidly melting masterpiece was towed into New York
+harbor, the six hundred and sixty-six knitters still desperately looping lengths of videotape, linkin' Getty's berg a
+dress.
+     --Dan Rubin, Prince Rupert, British Columbia
+
+Winner: Fantasy 
+
+     Prince Oryza's determined, handsome countenance was reflected in the gleaming, polished steel of his sword,
+Gowayoff, as he hewed valiantly at the armored sides of the dragon, which could only be pierced by gleaming,
+polished steel and not the regular kind of steel, which doesn't gleam as much, and isn't polished quite as well, but
+does a pretty good job against your smaller dragons.
+     --J. N. Pechota, Dulzura, CA 
+
+Winner: Western 
+
+     No one in Cisco City dared to question Jake Lattimer about the disappearance of neighbor Jones's hogs, not
+only because Jake was the best sheriff the town had ever seen, but also because his was the only dental parlor in
+the territory where a man could buy himself a decent set of slightly-used false teeth.
+     --Mary Clare, Austin, TX 
+
+Runner-Up: Western
+
+     Once upon a time, before men were boys, before guns were toys, and before music was noise, there was a
+dude ranch peopled by only the most virile of males, except for Mama, who had, of course, clasped each of them to
+her ample bosoms, and therein lies our story.
+     --Chuck Myer, Colfax, CA 
+
+Winner: Romance 
+
+     He stood looking at her, seductively naked except for bra and a pair of pants, the smile on her face
+come-hitherish and inviting, but all he could think was, "Why are they called a pair of pants, much better English if
+it were a pair of bras and a pant?"
+     --Jan Bundesen, Duncraig, Western Australia 
+
+Runner-Up: Romance
+
+     Veronica had had little experience of treachery when she first arrived in Paris, so when Jean-Luc left her in
+the Rive Gauche with only a Bic and a bock and a broken clock she was somewhat surprised.
+     --Juliette Hughes, Northcote, Victoria, Australia
+
+Winner: Science Fiction 
+
+     The cells divided at an alarming rate as Dr. Bob gasped in amazement and told his lovely blond but intelligent
+assistant, "Eureka! this is really neat, a baby monster is now growing in our hi-tech, whiz-bang laboratory--I wonder
+if our hi-tech, whiz-bam containment field will contain this new, monstrous really ugly, man-eating being so it can't
+get out and destroy the world when it gets real big."
+     --Robert D. Stottle, Jr., Huntsville, AL 
+
+Winner: Adventure 
+
+     It was, presumably, Dr. Livingstone who emerged into the clearing from the dense rain forest beyond,
+although it was difficult to tell for certain just WHO it was beneath the layers of leeches clinging to his limbs, the
+spiders covering the surface of his sun helmet, the bounty of bugs on his body, and the multitude of mites crawling
+on everything from his Mont Blanc pen to his machete though, as he had recently employed the latter in hacking his
+way through the jungle while he had long abandoned his diary, the pen was somewhat mitier than the sword.
+     --Jan Wolitzky, Madison, NJ
+
+Winner: Detective 
+
+     With the last rays of sunshine silhouetting her slim form, and the still smoking pistol clutched in her trembling
+right hand, Cora knelt beside the body at her feet, only to be brought up short by the sudden awareness of that
+unmistakable creeping-insect-like feeling of a run ripping up the back of her left stocking.
+     --Marcia E. Brown, Austin, TX
+
+Runner-Up: Detective 
+
+     As Lt. James "Jocko" Flannery methodically surveyed the freshly sketched chalk outline on the oily
+pavement with his steel-blue eyes, his mind wandered to that night's poker game--jeez, he had forgotten to pick up
+the Macanudos--because that's what happens when you fight your way up from street cop to Chief of Homicide in
+the City with Big Shoulders: you stop being angry; you've seen too many cheap hits, too many gutless punks, and
+too many brazen calling cards like the one over there--a wad of peppermint chewing gum clinging to the gutter that
+told him everything he needed to know--that little blond brat from around the corner had maliciously scribbled this
+pink hopscotch thing on his newly sealed driveway.
+     --Robert A. Perry, Milton, MA 
+
+Winner: Purple Prose 
+
+     "This is the end," Alfalfa sobbed, clutching at her heaving bosom and pausing only occasionally to scratch her
+itching left armpit while her sapphire eyes, brimming with salty tears, turned helplessly towards the gibbous moon
+that hung in the brooding sky like a tobacco-stained nail paring.
+     --Niki Wessels, Centurion, South Africa 
+
+Runner-Up: Purple Prose 
+
+     It was the last of times, it was the first of times, it was the age of intelligence, it was the age of the
+intellectually challenged, it was the epoch of reality, it was the epoch of insanity, it was the season of Salt, it was the
+season of Pepper, it was the spring of health, it was the winter of the flu, it was a period when a bunch of really
+opposite things were being compared.
+     --Sarah Marks, Grand Prairie, TX
+
+Dishonorable Mentions: Purple Prose 
+
+     Day broke like an enormous egg cracking over the rim of the great, jagged-edged bowl of the Grand Canyon,
+its bright yellow yolk of sunshine pouring runnily into every crag and crevice, suffusing the early morning air with
+the same ocherous brilliance as it had for millennia while the mighty Colorado River cuts its way to the stratum of
+the present valley floor.
+     --Mary Christensson, San Mateo, CA