Winner(s) of the 25-Word Movie Date Story

A Tie...

Congratulations to Federico Escobar and Cheryl Snell!

Winner #1

So I wore a white hat and she wore a red scarf to a movie we didn’t bother watching

Her mouth’s alchemy made popcorn bliss. Lights on, people took selfies with us. Our kissing? Outside, we understood: the poster’s lovers looked just like us.

—Federico Escobar

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Winner #2

We Leave a Screening of Real Genius When Someone Yells Fire

and we’re running past fire hoses and alarms, watching the movie house explode with popcorn, kernels rising into the broken clouds like so much applause. —Cheryl Snell