Protest Contest

Let’s have a closer look at Medium’s Challenge for Writers…OK?

Ryan McGuire captured some frustration in this photo provided by the Pixabay forum. Thank you!

Protoil contoil…Toil
proact conact…Act
prowork conwork…Work
prodrill condrill…Drill

protry contry…Try
proscout conscout…Scout
proseek conseek…Seek
prohunt conhunt…Hunt

proprobe conprobe…Probe
prograsp congrasp…Grasp
proclutch conclutch…Clutch
profrisk confrisk…Frisk

proscale conscale…Scale
prorule conrule…Rule
protype contype…Type
profind confound. Find/Found

NOTE: And now, a total “loser” of a “poem” recited by awriter in this playground who has never trusted the word “con” or “test” but sometimes uses “pro” to her advantage.

What’s in contest?
Some legalese!
So, mind your Qs
and watch your Ps.

No, I won’t play.
I ask, “Will you?”
Are there other
tests we could rue?

A chance to win?
More chance to lose!
Promise money?
Medium screws!

Do it! Submit
and have no fear —
Your loss returns
after one year.

And, a big bag of money-like thanks to Victoria Strauss and Writer Beware® for being the outside-the-box Avenue Of Truth In Gaming For Writers. In this article, she journalistically investigates medium’s modus operandi: https://accrispin.blogspot.com/2021/07/how-bad-contest-entry-rules-can-be.html