Advent is here!
1st December ~ Jackie East
#W8PAdvent ~ Jackie East
Please take a peek at the whole image, and the growing Advent Calendar here
Jackie's image was voted the most popular by our judges, and so is given pride of place on the 1st of December, to be seen throughout the whole Advent
December isn't all about illustration - writers we want you to join in too. Can you comment on on our advent images with a tweetable micro story? @Words8Pictures and @SCBW!-BI will tweet those that fit into 140 characters with your twitter handle and #W8PAdvent.
Do you have a Tweetable micro story for
Jackie's illustration?
Post it in the comments and we'll tweet it with#W8PAdvent and your Twitter handle
Don't forget to allow for the # and the @
A very Big Thank you to
Paul Morton for organising the Advent, and to our illustrator team for choosing the images.
Paul has liaised with all the contributing illustrators - please use the link on each post to see their other work - and devised the calendar supported by John, Anne-Marie and Bridget. Thank you all so much - an excellent team!
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| Paul, John, Anne-Marie, Bridget |
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| & Mike Brownlow |
Rabbits making snowmen,
ReplyDeletePiling on the snow.
Time to add the carrots:
Where did the third one go?
#W8PAdvent @AlistairLane
"You at the back!" came an icy growl. "Don't even think about nibbling my ear!" Had the snow-rabbit just spoken? #W8PAdvent @annadviolet
ReplyDeleteCarrots for ears
ReplyDeleteCoal-lumps for nose
But, rabbit asks,
Do snow-bunnies have toes?
#W8PAdvent @nancyesaunders
'This is your final warning,' said Sid, 'paws off the carrot mohican.'
ReplyDeleteAnd so began the War of the Snowpunks #W8PAdvent @riewriting
Their teeth grew long in winter, their stomachs empty. Turning on the stranger they reduced him to slush and buttons #W8PAdvent @TYGERTALE
ReplyDeleteWith lumps of coal and carrots, two, we've made a snowy friend for you. #W8PAdvent @maureenlynas
ReplyDeleteExcellent responses folks, keep em coming please. There are some strange and interesting advent images about to appear.
ReplyDelete"Mum didn't see you pinch the carrots, did she?"
ReplyDelete"No, she went out to the shed get some coal..."
"Oops..." #W8PAdvent @jancarr