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The [SIXTH Fractal Writing Contest](https://steemit.com/contest/@nyarlathotep/fractal-writing-contest-6-and-winners-of-the-previous-one) is over. There were 15 contestants, the 2nd highest count so far. We had short stories, poems, and haikus, but no picture this time (@ronism, you hear?!). A recurring theme was of two concepts meeting each other, forcibly or in smoothness -- which is very well reflected in the fractal image! It was difficult to choose from such good and creative entries, but it had to be done ;) My personal favorite is @bryarose23's entry, a short story of great creativity that opens up so many doors for further writing and exploration.

The contest post expired with a reward of  2.814 SBD, and the rewards are as follows:
USER|PLACE|REWARD|ENTRY
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@bryarose23|1st|1.5 SBD|[short story](https://steemit.com/@bryarose23/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-6-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180221t133729391z)
@acousticsteveo|2nd|0.7 SBD|[haiku](https://steemit.com/@acousticsteveo/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-6-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180226t043107178z)
@warpedpoetic|3rd|0.7 SBD|[poem](https://steemit.com/@warpedpoetic/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-6-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180225t132729790z)
@cryptical|mention|-|[haiku](https://steemit.com/@cryptical/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-6-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180219t191525682z)

Congratulations to all participants and a big **_thank you_** to all upvoters. I'd like to see more participation in these contests and get a bigger reward pool to distribute, so it would be helpful to resteem and/or upvote. If there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well. 

**By the way --  I was thinking of sending printouts  of the fractal to the winners instead of SBD rewards, but I have to check out how to do it first; online on-demand print services, perhaps? If anyone has any suggestions feel free to post them.**

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This week, the SEVENTH installment of the Fractal Writing Contest will run.

<h1>_The Contest_</h1>

Each post in this contest series will contain a fractal, a 2-dimensional representation of a complex mathematical formula. The participants have to post a comment with something inspired by the fractal, be it just a title, a haiku, a story, whatever.
<h2>Rules</h2>
* You have to reply with a comment in the contest post.
* The reply must be inspired by the fractal, but no explanation needed.
* Any kind of content is acceptable: just a title, a haiku, a poem, a short story, a painting, a photo, a video, a doodle, whatever. The content must be yours, no links to other people's work accepted.
* I will pick the best reply, when the post expires (1 week after posting it).
* The winner gets half the SBD made in the post, minimum 1 SBD. The rest are split to the other winners: **if there are enough SBDs made by the contest post, I will try to reward a 2nd- and 3rd- place winner, as well.**
* Upvotes and resteems are welcomed, but not necessary to participate.

<center><h1>Fractal for Contest #7:</h1>*click on image for detailed view*
[![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQz8URLazvvaWzBxbVtXF25srEqqfXcWApi2GYPbeqLD1/image.png)](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQz8URLazvvaWzBxbVtXF25srEqqfXcWApi2GYPbeqLD1/image.png)
by @nyarlathotep
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*A fractal made in JWildFire
(click on image for detailed view)*
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