![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfAL5NPwJYPnGiV6AvpGQmt1hBpT6RA5RS6zUMcm6VwXG/image.png) 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 --|--|--|-- @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.** --- This week, the SEVENTH installment of the Fractal Writing Contest will run.

_The Contest_

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.

Rules

* 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.

Fractal for Contest #7:

*click on image for detailed view* [![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQz8URLazvvaWzBxbVtXF25srEqqfXcWApi2GYPbeqLD1/image.png)](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQz8URLazvvaWzBxbVtXF25srEqqfXcWApi2GYPbeqLD1/image.png) by @nyarlathotep
*A fractal made in JWildFire (click on image for detailed view)*