following is the "report from week x," where x = [this week's contest number] - 4, the result of the four weeks between when a contest is first shown and the winners are announced. these results begin with commentary by the empress on the results, entries that were too common to publish, funny but un-printable entries, and anything else of note. there follows the first- to fourth-place entries in that order, after which is listed a (usually) generous number of honorable mentions, and the week's report ends with a reminder of which contest results will appear the next week. on occasion, the post website includes "overflow" honorable mentions absent from the print editions; this is typically limited to contest results in which each entry is necessarily lengthy (e.g., song parody lyrics) and the print column capable of running only a small number of entries.