I think the link below is one way of taking the mind of this shrunken month. Some of them sound like material for future competitions. I did once get 16 lines for a book magazine out of one of the previous contenders,
On The Interpretation of Geological Time From The Evidence OF Fossilised Elephant Droppings in Eastern Europe.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010...e-oddest-title