Hey, everyone! It’s been a bit, but I had some inspiration strike me a few nights ago and so
I’ve (briefly) made my return to writing with a little story written for the Arboreal Yearnings contest going on at the moment.

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Would you like to write a story about a pony wanting to be a tree, or maybe even becoming or already being a tree?

I'm running a story contest, and a new group.

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https://www.fimfiction.net/group/216891/arboreal-yearnings-id-like-to-be-a-tree-fluttershy-said/thread/512229/arboreal-yearnings-contest-i-id-like-to-be-a-tree

(This is a change from the "Pacific Standard Time" listed in the original contest rules, which caused some confusion. PST would have ended the contest an hour earlier than Pacific Time, because PST doesn't include daylight savings time.)

https://time.is/PT

For reference, a contest I ran earlier this year:

Arboreal Yearnings ("I'd LIKE to be a tree," Fluttershy said.)

Mockingbirb

33Stories54Members2023February

and the contest's winners...
https://www.fimfiction.net/group/216891/arboreal-yearnings-id-like-to-be-a-tree-fluttershy-said/thread/516327/arboreal-yearnings-contest-i-results

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Overall.
We speak,
Tree-speak,
Are meek,
Life bleak,
Bird beaks,
Sap weeps,
Boughs creak,
Bugs eat,
Roots deep.

Best lines:

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https://www.fimfiction.net/group/216891/arboreal-yearnings-id-like-to-be-a-tree-fluttershy-said/thread/513147/arboreal-yearning-story-contest-i-how-to-enter-stories-shorter-than-1000-words-script-format-and-similar-special-cases gives the details.

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