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Competition Reminder: Win Watchmen Graphic Novel!

Just a quick reminder that there is only a week left to go before our fantastic Watchmen competition comes to an end so if you haven’t done so yet, this is a good time to submit your entry. Courtesy of local comic book emporium Outer Limits, one luck winner will walk away with the hardcover edition of one of the most influential graphic novels of all time, WATCHMEN!

To enter the draw, name one of the Outer Limits staff choice graphic novels for the month of may. The full competition details are available HERE. Good luck!

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Vida Caption Contest: We’ve Picked a Winner!

Another caption contest has come to and end. This time we asked you to provide a caption for an image from Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous series depicting how over-indulgence could lead to an untimely death. We’ve had a great response so thanks not only to everyone who submitted their captions, but the dear readers who visit and support the blog. Cheers! :heart:

Our illustrious (and often inebriated) panel of judges – myself, Lucy Furr, and my mistress from the feline world (Mummy cat) – have conferred and picked a winner. Could it be you? Hit the jump and find out!

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Caption Contest: Win Vida Coffee Vouchers!

Note: This competition has ended.

It’s competition time at Onelargeprawn and we’re hosting another caption contest. It’s winner-takes-all and the funniest caption will win 25 coffee card vouchers to use at the purveyor of most excellent coffee,  vida e caffé.

Our contest image is taken from Daniela Edburg’s Drop Dead Gorgeous series. You can see more of Daniela’s amazing work at http://danielaedburg.net.

Leave your caption in the comments section – one caption per comment, but you can submit as many comments as you like. Remember to provide a valid e-mail address as that is the one we’ll be using to contact the winner. This competition starts today and will end on May 13th, 2009. It is only open to South African residents.

Much love to Peta at Obrigado and vida e caffé for sponsoring the prize. Muito obrigado! ;-)

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Game Giveaway Winners!

The very first game giveaway has just ended here on Onelargeprawn. To stand a chance of winning either Heavenly Sword (Platinum) for the Playstation 3 or Turok for the Xbox 360, we asked you to simply leave a comment on competition post telling us which game you’d like to win. And we got a fantastic response so a big thanks to everyone who entered.

Once again the List Randomizer has done its thing and I’m happy to announce that the winners are … after the jump ;-)

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Competition Reminder: Win Turok or Heavenly Sword!

Just a quick reminder for those who might not be aware – there’s less than a week to go before our latest competition ends. To stand a chance of winning either Heavenly Sword (Platinum) for the Playstation 3 or Turok for the Xbox 360, head on over to our competition post and leave a comment on telling us which game you’d like to win. You can’t be a greedy pig and ask for both, so please choose one or the other.

This competition ends on 20th April 2009, and is only open to South African residents. Terms and conditions apply.

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Game Giveaway: Win Turok or Heavenly Sword!

Note: This competition has ended.

It’s a new month, and time again for a Onelargeprawn competition. Up for grabs in the month of April is Heavenly Sword (Platinum) for the Playstation 3, and Turok for the Xbox 360.

To enter the draw, simply leave a comment on this post telling us which game you’d like to win – Turok or Heavenly Sword. You can’t be a greedy pig and ask for both, so please choose one or the other m’kay ;) Only one entry per person.

This competition will run from 6th April to 20th April 2009, and is only open to South African residents. Terms and conditions apply.

A big thanks to our friend am_nesia at Kalahari.net for providing the competition prizes.

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Onelargeprawn Gets a New Look!

*This is not an April Fools joke*

Onelargeprawn has been online for just over 3 and a half months now and we (OK, me. Lucy Furr hates change) decided to change the look of the blog and add a few features so you, our dear readers, can have a richer experience.

Our new spanking theme is called Magazeen and was created by WeFunction Design Agency and released by Smashing Magazine. We’ve modified it and added a few bits and pieces:

  • Threaded comments – No more having to use the “@” symbol to reply to a specific commenter. Our previous theme did not support threaded comments, but our new one does. You’ll find a Reply link next to each comment. If you want to reply to as specific comment, click the link and type your comments – it’ll be shown in the right place.
  • Editing comments – You’ve just submitted a comment but have made a misteak and wish you could correct it. No need to wish anymore, you’ve now got 5 minutes after submitting a comment to make any changes you need.
  • Social bookmarking – After each full post, you’ll see icons for some of the popular social bookmarking sites. If you’d like to spread the post around the Internet, click the specific icon to submit the post to that social bookmarking site. We’ve included Digg, StumbleUpon, Twitter, Technorati, Del.icio.us, and Reddit. Note that you’ll need to be registered with the site to submit posts to it.
  • Featured content – On the sidebar, you’ll notice a new widget called Featured News. Here you’ll find links to the articles that we especially liked. Our most recent articles has moved to the top of the page and the list of categories is now at the bottom of the page.

That’s about it for the time being, but we’ll be adding new features as we go along. Let us know what you think of the new theme – likes, dislikes, general comments, or any bugs you may have spotted.

Thanks,
prawn1
(Head of Public Relations and General Sanitation, Onelargeprawn blog)

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Competition Winner: No Country For Old Men on Blu-ray!

Another Blu-ray competition has come to a close. To stand a chance of winning No Country For Old Men on Blu-ray, we asked you to tell us who in the film became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar at the 80th Annual Academy Awards. The answer is Javier Bardem.

Once again we had a great response so thanks to everyone who entered. The List Randomizer has done its thing and given us a winner…

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Vote For Your Favourites in The SA Blog Awards

The nomination period for the SA Blog Awards has come to an end, and the finalists in all the different categories have been posted. Unfortunately the Onelargeprawn blog fell victim to the culling process and we didn’t make it into the next round. It’s just as well that I didn’t write a winning speech beforehand, but I would like to thank our readers for visiting, interacting with us, and nominating us. It’s much appreciated.

I’d be pants-on-fire liar if I said I wasn’t disappointed but the people behind the finalist blogs are very accomplished and I definitely praise them for their efforts. So head over to the SA Blog Awards and vote for your favourite blogs, you might just find local gems you never knew existed.

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Friendly Reminder: Team Onelargeprawn & The SA Blog Awards

Just a quick reminder – the nominations for the SA Blog Awards has been extended to March 18th. A big thanks if you’ve nominated us already, but for the people who haven’t done so, there are a few more days left to get them in. If you’d like to nominate us for Best Entertainment Blog, Most Humorous South African Blog, and Best New Blog categories click HERE, fill in your details, and hit Submit.

There will be some rad prizes on offer, I heard rumours of an Audi R8 test drive, so if you’d like to see Team Onelargeprawn wreck skillfully handle a well-tuned piece of German engineering, get those nominations in!