![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcbpCe4MrT78KA142vN9vT4V1RTuuocsgkZSKGfJD5LGa/image.png) The [SEVENTH Fractal Writing Contest](https://steemit.com/contest/@nyarlathotep/fractal-writing-contest-7-and-winners-of-the-previous-one) is over. There were 10 contestants this time, an average number and no new record :( We had short stories, poems, and 3 haikus, but again, no picture. After a while, it was obvious that the fractal was a Scarab trying to get his message through time & space; and the name of the fractal is *"Scarab of the Universe!"* Once more, @bryarose23 submitted a wonderful short story of a king that would do anything for... "love" (well, a selfish kind of love) and gets the 1st prize for a creative entry with a twist. The contest post expired with a payout of 2.884 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-7-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180301t204509031z) @haikufictiondju|2nd|0.7 SBD|[poem](https://steemit.com/@haikufictiondju/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-7-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180302t060048413z) @acousticsteveo|3rd|0.7 SBD|[haiku](https://steemit.com/@acousticsteveo/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-7-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180228t052115459z) @breezin|mention|-|[poem](https://steemit.com/@breezin/re-nyarlathotep-fractal-writing-contest-7-and-winners-of-the-previous-one-20180227t141956068z) 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 EIGHTH 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 #8:

*click on image for detailed view* [![](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfFyp8ScWMHqLTuTgnptztLf2srvAjj4jhoHgZw2FkfrK/image.png)](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfFyp8ScWMHqLTuTgnptztLf2srvAjj4jhoHgZw2FkfrK/image.png) by @nyarlathotep
*A fractal made in JWildFire (click on image for detailed view)*

**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.**

_The Contest_

Rules

Fractal for Contest #8:

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.