Style Invitational Week 1503: It's parody time -- and food is on the menu

Write us a song about any aspect of food. Plus winning Bob Staake cartoon captions.

A caption for this Bob Staake cartoon took first place in this week's Style Invitational. See it as well as winners for three other cartoons (and alternative ideas for all) in this week’s Invite. Links below.

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It’s time once again for one of The Style Invitational’s renowned song contests; usually they’re on the news, but here’s a variation (that still might be about the news …): Write a humorous song on the subject of food — growing it, cooking with it, eating it, whatever — set to a well-known tune or your original tune. Videos are welcome as well! Deadline for Week 1503 is Monday night, Sept. 12.

If you’re not familiar with what the Invite is looking for in a song parody — or if you want to just read see classic Invite lyrics and videos — check out my supplementary column, The Style Conversational.

And we have those cartoon captions — a variety of takes on four drawings by Our Own Bob Staake.

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LINKS TO …
This week’s Invitational column, Week 1503, with the results of Week 1499 
The same column for non-subscribers (but do sign up — there are always great promotions going on!)
This week’s Style Conversational column
Paywall-free entry form for Week 1503

Still running -- deadline Monday night, Aug. 29: It’s our annual Limerixicon; for Week 1502, write a limerick featuring a word or name beginning with “hi-.”
Paywall-free entry form for Week 1502

More ways to enjoy The Style Invitational and be part of the Loser Community:

Join the Style Invitational Devotees group on Facebook and the Devs will anagram your name every which way.  

Also on Facebook, the Style Invitational Ink of the Day page presents one classic entry as a colorful graphic that's easy to share. "Like" the page to get it regularly on your news feed, or to scroll through the archives. bit.ly/inkofday. 

And we have two seasons’ worth of the You're Invited podcast, half-hour episodes with host Mike Gips and various Invite luminaries. Catch all 18 episodes at bit.ly/invite-podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.   

 — Pat Myers, Empress of The Style Invitational,  pat.myers@washpost.com  (or just reply to this email)
*That's Loser with a capital L; named for the runner-up prizes emblazoned "LOSER," the community of regular Style Invitational entrants now proudly calls itself the Losers. If you enter the Invite, you're a Genuine Loser. But not (necessarily) a loser.