Submissions are no longer accepted for the contest. But you can still read the all of the submissions. We received hundreds! The challenge was to use Orson Scott Card’s opening caption as a starting point and come up with dialog for the man and/or woman in the comic.

(To help select a winner, vote here. Winner announced Feb. 15, 2010.)

Submissions from Fans:

Cruelly mocked by the Homecoming King ten years ago with such nicknames as “Pepperoni Puss” (acne), “Nebraska” (flat and plain), and “Frez Nell” (thick glasses), Eustace Tittlesworth would have her revenge at the reunion picnic, as soon as the effects of his arsenic-laced cocktail took effect.  — Torsten Adair

Billy Bob: Well, hell’s bells Norma Jean, this is my very last day ever as a tree hugger! From now on you can consider me a bona fide, genuine devoted Lap Lounger, for sure! This is darned comfortable. Norma Jean: (thinking) Why God? Why me? I only went braless the one time, and this is how you punish me?  –  Michael Clark

He wasn’t sure if he was suffering from heat stroke or if he was just dizzy in love, but he knew one thing… the only thing that could provide him relief was the shade from her gigantic rack.  — Stan Yan
…Not realizing that he had just been thrown off the branch by an irate chipmunk.  –  Chris Martin

Her thought balloon: Screw visiting Granny, this dude is hot.  –  Karyl Miller

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Submissions: The deadline for submissions is now over and the seven finalists have been selected. You can vote and help select the winner until Feb. 13 at 11:59 p.m. CST. The winner will be announced Feb. 15. 

Contest Details: Orson Scott Card wrote a fun (and suitably silly) caption for a panel of John Lustig’s Last Kiss art. The challenge for fans? Create some funny dialog that fit with Card’s wild caption and the art.

Prizes: The winner’s name and dialog will appear on the comic when it’s posted (Feb. 15) on GoComics.com, LastKissComics.com, WorldFamousComics.com and other sites featuring Last Kiss. The winner will also receive 24 Last Kiss note/greeting cards, plus a high-quality, color print of the winning comic–autographed by both Card and Lustig. Two runner ups will each receive a dozen Last Kiss cards plus bragging rights to being “that close!”

Like to see all the dialog fans sent us? Read submissions here!

Write new dialog and enter the contest as often as you like. In the event that we receive the same or similar dialog from different people, we’ll do our best to pick the dialog that is submitted first. Judging will be done by Last Kiss creator John Lustig and his decision is final.

All submissions become the property of Last Kiss Inc. Why? Frankly this protects us legally in case of disputes. And it allows us to publish the winning entry and other submissions we think might interest readers. However, if you need the rights back, let us know. In most cases we should be able to return the rights to you.

Please keep your dialog reasonably clean (PG-13 or so.) But mostly have fun!

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