August 01, 2026

August Birthday Writing Challenge Example
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1223660370
audio
https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791603876662001664/written-by-richard-murray-hddeviant-biround
pdf
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Biround-Mornings-1229347827
Crliterature challenge
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-Birthday-Writing-Challenge-1222529726
forum post
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11753-where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles-deviantart-august-birthday-literature-challenge-winners-will-get-prizes/
 
https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791603876662001664/written-by-richard-murray-hddeviant-biround  

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Where is Farmer Ted now?
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/1223573348
Audio
https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791612681299869696/where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles
CRliterature challenge
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/Where-Are-They-Now-Farmer-Ted-Sixteen-Candles-1216942649
forum post
https://aalbc.com/tc/topic/11753-where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles-deviantart-august-birthday-literature-challenge-winners-will-get-prizes/
 
https://www.tumblr.com/richardmurrayhumblr/791612681299869696/where-are-they-now-farmer-ted-sixteen-candles  
 

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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/WATN-Frozone-The-Incredibles-1360242837
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Human writing only please - No AI generated entries in this group.
Check out @DeviantAI for AI specific contests. Thanks!

Join @CRLiterature in reporting on some of our favorite fictional unknowns by writing fun fan fictions based on popular films and television shows 📽️📺 Ponder pop culture’s most perplexing puzzles as we prompt you to provide fans with a satisfying conclusion to cliffhangers and open-ended mysteries in 250 words or less 🧑‍💻🤩 Get inspired to write about worlds you know and love & you might just pick up some rewards along the way 🏅🏆
We all know him, we all love him, it is the incomparable , the dashing, the best friend in the world, Frozone; known as Lucius Best , to his wife, Honey Best, friends, like Mr. Incredible , and of course the National Supers Agency, NSA.


The following are all of Frozones scenes from the first Incredibles movie.


Your task is to add to the superhero lore of this legend. Superman prays to him, Spider man idolizes him, Mr. Incredible can always rely on him. In a comment below in 250 words or less, in your own words and without the assistance of AI or similar machine learning tools, write a short fan fiction adding to the Frozone omnibus. Where is Frozone now?!


Here’s the rules and rewards for this @CRLiterature activity:
All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions, and the group rules for CRLiterature; off topic or inappropriate entries will be removed.
Share your entry as a comment to this journal for reward considerations.   
Only submit one (1) comment for this engagement that is your very best work; all entries must be original concepts and human-written, no AI-assisted entries are allowed and will be removed.     
Comment with your entry by the end of the day on August 31st 2026 for rewards consideration for this activity.
You must be a member of @CRLiterature for awards considerations. Joining the group is fast and free from the group homepage.
entry must be 250 words or less
Winners selected at the sole discretion of CRLiterature group admin; all decisions are final and non-negotiable. We will select three (3) winners by September 5th 2026 to receive the following rewards::
Each winner will receive 250 points and a quartz badge
One of the three will receive a hype badge
I can’t wait to see how you inform us all on Where Are They Now?!


@HDdeviant
MY EXAMPLE:


TITLE: MARITAL ICE


This is not the morning Frozone hoped for. The plan was to calmly spend the morning of his wedding to Honey side his parents plus grandparents, after a great bachelor party hosted by Bob Parr where various male supers enjoyed a dance by Queen Cobra aside her sisters [ for their work release program] the night before. Instead, Lucius Best has to involve himself with a crime by Gravitron this morning, not because the criminal is attracting gold plus diamonds throughout the city, because the criminal has taken Honey's engagement ring plus the wedding rings Lucius side Honey plan on sharing later today. Honey already explained to Lucius how upset she was and how upset she will be, so Frozone is out this morning stalling gold or diamonds by freezing; he hopes to find all three rings before the wedding. Luckily, it is now 9:10 am and Mr. Incredible, Blitzerman, Gamma Jack, Gazerbeam restrained Gravitron and stopped his Gravoball 4.5 . Now Lucuis Best has fifty minutes to find the three rings, get dressed in his wedding suit and be ready to happily bind his soul forever with Honey Abelha.


from Richard Murray/ @HDdeviant
 
MY POST
M
Literature
Marital Ice
TITLE: MARITAL ICE This is not the morning
IF YOU NEED FURTHER INSPIRATION OR CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING


GALLERY
I
Literature
Incredibles Chapter 0: One Mistake
  An explosion lit up the night, and his life was turned inside-out.  "No, stop! There's a bomb!" For all the good it did, he might as well have been yelling at a brick wall. The kid had launched himself from the window, the home-made cape fluttering inches out of reach of his outstretched hand. He wasn't sure how long he'd stood there as the fluttering scrap of blue darted down and away. It might have been a few seconds, a few hours, a few days for all he could remember. The flash from the ground had come an eternity later, followed shortly by a bone-grinding rumble that he had felt on the sixteenth story of the First National building.  ...







PRIOR WHERE ARE THEY NOW's - the challenges are over, but the fun isn't. Give each a go and continue their stories with 250 words or less, whenever you want.



Where Are They Now: Elaine - Ghostbusters 2
Jun 12, 2025
Where Are They Now: Salvadore - Jaws
Jul 4, 2025
Where Are They Now: Farmer Ted - Sixteen Candles
Aug 1, 2025
Where Are They Now: Norma Rae - Norma Rae
Sep 1, 2025
Where Are They Now: Ione Sykes - The Grave
Sep 17, 2025
WATN: Zero - A Nightmare Before Christmas
Oct 8, 2025
WATN: Duckie - Pretty In Pink
Nov 6, 2025
WATN: The Unknown - Over The Garden Wall
Dec 10, 2025
WATN: Charlie Brown
Jan 8, 2026
WATN: Danny and Sandy : Grease
Feb 2, 2026
WATN: Wall-E
Mar 5, 2026
Lost Episodes of Galaxy Quest
Apr 1, 2026
WATN: Alexander Johnson - Glory
May 1, 2026
WATN: Heroes of Dungeons 'n Dragons
Jun 2, 2026
WATN: The Storyteller - Posse
Jul 9, 2026



#frozone #theincredibles #pixar #watn #wherearetheynow #crliterature #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr

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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/BlackHistory337-6-Fictional-Slave-Narratives-1348180919
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#BlackHistory337 is about the time outside the 28 days designated as Black History Month, an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of the Black community during the other 337 days of the year. Let's continue learning all year long, because history doesn't stop when February ends.
For this edition of #Black337 the focus is Fictional Slave Narratives. In modernity most know of biographical slave narratives like Frederick Douglass's autobiography or Solomon Northrup's Odyssey , more commonly known as "Twelve Years A Slave". But circa 1865, the year the Union defeated the Confederacy in the War Between the States in the United States of America, the most popular fiction from Black or non Black writers were Fictional Slave Narratives. The fictional slave narrative most mentioned in modernity is Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin". But, Black people did create fictional slave narratives , as well; they were heavily published or financially successful in there original publishing time. [ I list a set of fictional slave narratives written by Black people , free to read, below. ] To be blunt, the fictional slave narratives written by Black people had two forces against the continuity of their financial or media popularity when first published in the U.S.A. . First, Black peoples finances went through an obliteration from outside the Black populace. Second, Black people became resentful of the tone of slave narratives, biographical or fictional; it isn't a dislike of the truth but from 1865 to modernity , Black people have become frustrated or bitter about the ever presence of embattled black characters in the media of the U.S.A. So,

GALLERY

MONTHLY CONTENT
The following are all fictional enslaved fantasies from Richard Murray @HDdeviant
K
Literature
Koko Henda and the Stitched People
Title: Koko Henda and the Stitched People The
K
Literature
Koko Henda and the wails
Title: Koko Henda and the wails The cries of the
H
Literature
Henda jr. and the Highest Striker
Title: Henda jr. and the Highest Striker The
O
Literature
OshunBala or Why the bees sing like Muxinho
Muxinho, the storyteller play the first banjo

FICTIONAL SLAVE NARRATIVES EXAMPLES

The Garies And Their Friends from Francis Johnson Webb
https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/497-the-garies-and-thier-friends/

Clotel , The Presidents Daughter from William Well Brown
https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/496-clotel-or-the-presidents-daughter-a-narrative-of-slave-life-in-the-united-states-by-william-well-brown/

Le Mulatre from Victor Sejour
https://aalbc.com/tc/blogs/entry/495-le-mul%C3%A2tre-from-victor-s%C3%A9jour-two-versions-split-by-an-essay/

The Heroic Slave from Frederick Douglass
The Heroic Slave from Frederick Douglass - Work List - African American Literature Book Club

More Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_narrative


#BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #1
Mar 14, 2026
#BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #2
Apr 1, 2026
#BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #3
May 1, 2026
#BlackHistory337 2026-2027 #4
Jun 2, 2026
#BlackHistory337 5 : Fables
Jul 4, 2026


#black337 #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #blackhistory
#slavenarrative #fiction #slavefables

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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Cat-Nights-1363463941
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EMBED CODE
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For the Cat Nights challenge of @color-me-club
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August 2026 Contest: Cat Nights
2 hours ago
🌅 Cat Nights: August 2026 Contest 🌅 Brought to you
Cat Nights refer to the nights when a witch can turn into a cat. On the ninth night , August 14th, if she turns, she can't turn back to human.
The woman on the cliff side is Erin inspired by the painting from Thomas Buchanan Read; she is sitting under the Sgríob Chlann Uisnich. The main mirror is a nonagon, nine sided mirror, with a four leaf shamrock for luck on it. The eight mirrors represent various irish witches.


Left side top to bottom - architectural items if present
Alice Kyteler
Florence Newton -Blarney Castle
Biddy Early - St Eunan's Cathedral, Letterkenny, in Ulster
Cailleach - Labbacallee Wedge Tomb, where the goddess supposedly rests


Right side top to bottom
Petronilla de Midia
Islandmagee witches - Ireland north Atlantic cliffs
Bridget Cleary - Glendaloughround tower
Airmed - 365 herbs , representing the goddess


I left a space for a person to put whatever cat image they want.
mine is
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Addietober-Day-5-Black-Cat-Ink-894114250


Lineart Gallery
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery/47013691/comic-coloring-pages
My Cat art gallery
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/gallery?q=cat


If you like my art consider the following
Line Art
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Single-Coloring-Page-1349611949
Microcalligraphy
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/art/Microcalligraphy-signatures-1349613094
tipjar
https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/tier/Tip-Jar-to-HDdeviant-902770076
#catnights #ireland #erin #witch #hddeviant #richardmurray #richardmurrayhumblr #lineart #coloringpage #coloring #superhero #usa250

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https://www.deviantart.com/hddeviant/journal/August-2026-Contest-Cat-Nights-1359936387
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🌅 Cat Nights: August 2026 Contest 🌅
Brought to you by:






Join @color-me-club in coloring or creating coloring pages about themes that enliven our spirits. Coloring can be meditative fun or a communal activity, open to anyone at any skill level. Making a coloring page is like making a ticket for another's imagination into a place they have never been. Get inspired to color a world you have never seen but isn't complete without your prismatic touch!

🎯 THE CHALLENGE
1. For the Line Art Creators: Whether old magic black, or siamese, or psychedelic magenta, or an image of your own Original Character Cat draw a Cat at night. The night symbolized by a crescent moon. Make line art displaying a cat under a crescent moon. Have fun!

2. For the Colorists: Once the line art phase is over, you can color any of the LineArt contest entries to complete these worlds with your prismatic touch! If you want to color before the coloring contest time you must use my example image or your own entry.




If you need more inspiration for your imagination I provide some more tools at the bottom of this post


FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO THE COLORING CHALLENGE
After the Coloring page challenge is finished, see below for times, you will be able to use any of the entries of the coloring page challenge plus my example image to color Cat Nights


FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO DO BOTH CHALLENGES
Please go for it! But you must note the times for each.


📅 DATES & SUBMISSION
Line Art (Submit to Contest Folder)
Starts: August 1 , 2026 | Ends: August 25 , 2026
Coloring (Submit to Contest Folder)
Starts: August 25, 2026 | Ends: August 31 , 2026
You can also share your creations in the comments below to get feedback form other group members or just start a conversation about your art
🏆 PRIZES & REWARDS
All prizes courtesy of @Community and @color-me-club Ambassadors

🖋️ Line Art Category
🏅 Winner: 1,000 pts + Hype
🥈 Honorable Mention I: 500 pts + Hype
🥉 Honorable Mention II: 500 pts + Hype
🎨 Coloring Category
🏅 Winner: 500 pts + Hype
🥈 Honorable Mention I: 250 pts + Quartz
🥉 Honorable Mention II: 250 pts + Quartz
📋 RULES & GUIDELINES
Originality & Copyright: The line art must be your own work. Ripped or "sampled" line art will be disqualified, this includes tracing. This doesn't include referenced images. You may use images for reference, as long as you don't trace it directly and provide credit in the artist's comments section of your entry.
Requirements: Min. 1200px / 300 dpi. Traditional art must be clean and scanned.Need help? Use this website to check the pixel size and dpi of your image.]
Traditional drawings must be cleanly scanned, in focus, adjusted to predominately black and white, and on plain white paper. [Need help? Check out this excellent tutorial by @BeckyKidus: How to digitally edit traditional line art.]
Originality: Must be your own work created after July 31st, 2026. No tracing.
All entries must abide by the DeviantArt Terms of Service, Fair Use rules for submissions
Accessibility: Line art must be free to download.
Membership: Join @color-me-club to be eligible! That's free too
📚 INSPIRATION
Need help with your imagination? Search your gallery for Cat or Kitten or Moon or Night. If you have a Cat Original Character, use it.
Cat Nights refers to an irish , or better celtic, folklore. From what I comprehend, August 9th to August 16th is when a witch can transform herself into a cat and turn back to human. But on August 17th if a witch transforms into a cat , she is a cat until she dies.



S
Literature
Ship of Fools, Legend to be
Title: Ship of Fools, Legend to be I will tell a short story A fresh start, from long ago When the sun was turquoise blue While the moon grasses said no An equus stood on a hill Saw a ship tilted at shore Apple branches in his mouth Released... and one to the core Branches back, stepped on the side And down, to Sojourner's Tide Hustle or bustle about Ney! he said, where's a sea ride A human point to Sojourn Forward, no dilly dally Stop! right there... you hooved baby Or you'll become a sally The unsailed youth looked down and Quizzically looked around Question, who spoke the harsh words That gave his trepid fear sound A tap of metal on bone Revealed the hidden locale The fohlen raised his head up He be no males leisure pal Easy young one, your head's safe Said the sailor underneath His tiny scuffed head peaked out Said, stop chattering your teeth He had a sandy crown and Two little cute kitty feet The sea you want is tricky The cat said in summer heat Know! surprises is the norm If

Cat Nights by V. Neumann


By old Irish lore
on the 17th of August
more cats are among us
than ever before.
It is said that witches
can turn into a cat.
But no more than eight switches
as a matter of fact.
On the ninth switch
they cannot regain
their life as a witch.
A cat they must remain.
So if in mid August
you should hear the cats yowl
amongst sounds of the locust
when cats are on the prowl
Then you will know
as lore was told over time
that cats will show
lives as many as nine.


referal
from Old Farmer's Almanac
https://www.almanac.com/calendar/date/2024-08-17
from Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-s%C3%ACth
Superstitions of highlands and islands of scotland
https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/61730/pg61730-images.html
Cat-sith
https://folklorescotland.com/cat-sith/


I can't wait to see the beautiful visions of Cat Nights ! you create or color!


@HDdeviant




Ask yourself, to color or to be colored!
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