Hi Chelsea! Happy 4th xo

I said to my husband, I think she out-Anned Anne!!! Love her!

thanks both for the read and consideration! It's a personal challenge to step up and write for this competition and I am proud of all of us who took the call and did our level best! <3

Thanks for the read and consideration! Your commentary is a highlight of the competition every year :^)

That moment was so well detailed. It was a terrific essay.

I have so many favorites and I'm still not through the round one 64!!!! One that stands out bigtime b/c it had such an unexpected approach to the song was
@ashleynaftule.bsky.social 's essay on The Avalanches. One of those where I said 'I wish I'd written that!!!

That was a hard loss in my bracket, for sure ☠️

Great essay. Song and video are still full of magic. So original.

the best part about dune is that fatboy slim music video