Is a picture truly worth a thousand words? Is this picture worth a thousand words? We asked you, and many hundreds of you wrote your 1,000 words for what is arguably a rather boring picture.

Today, we are announcing the winners.

A huge fawn mastiff sits upright, like a person, on a dark wicker patio sofa, looking out at a turquoise swimming pool.

First place goes to Pedigree by Duncan Petrie. Second place goes to Limbo by Madison Janke. Third place goes to Equilibrium by David Stokes. Thanks to everyone who wrote.

Thank you to our judges, Gwern Branwen, Deanna Dikeman, Anastasia Zikopoulou, Taylor Troesh, Adaobi Adibe, Shreman Shrestha, Hayden Williams, and Nofal Zubair, for taking the time to read. And if you’d like to see where this started, here is the original prompt.

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