Contest Prompts Contest: Titles by DisruptiveWonderEdit
Prompt
Write a poem/story with one of the following titles:
"Where I Write From"
"Where I Come From"
"To The Future Me"
I personally have decided to follow my own prompts and write one of each of these, the links t which can be found below. Two of them are free-verse prose, which means that even though they are poems, they are written in prose form. So don't be fooled.
Note: personally, I like lengthy poems, and if you're writing a poem for the contest, you should know that I really enjoy reading free-verse, but submit any length poem you want! Rhyme, no rhyme, it doesn't matter, just throw your best at me!
If you're submitting a story, please keep it up to 2000 words. I don't want stories with beginnings and middles and ends as much as a description or explanation. I will, however, accept stories with plots if you wish to write a true story about something that happened in your life that greatly influenced you as a person (for where I come from) or your writing (for where I write from).
Oh, and there's a twist! All the finalists (not just those who medaled) will be invited to the next round of this contest, for which you have to pick one of the two title prompts you did not already use. Then, the finalists of that contest will be invited to the final round, where you must use the third, final title prompt. So if you think you'll be good enough to place all the way to the end, I suggest saving your best for last.
You are most definitely not required to read my poems, but I felt I should just provide them for you as a sample of the kind of emotion I'm looking for in your work.
http://storywrite.com/story/9779981-Where_I_Write_From-by-DisruptiveWonder
http://storywrite.com/story/9779993-Where_I_Come_From-by-DisruptiveWonder
http://storywrite.com/story/9779975-To_The_Future_Me-by-DisruptiveWonder
Good luck! And please know that I am very flexible on the rules below, so if you really want a different title, or want to write a story longer than 2000 words, just ask me and chances are I will let you.
"Where I Write From"
"Where I Come From"
"To The Future Me"
I personally have decided to follow my own prompts and write one of each of these, the links t which can be found below. Two of them are free-verse prose, which means that even though they are poems, they are written in prose form. So don't be fooled.
Note: personally, I like lengthy poems, and if you're writing a poem for the contest, you should know that I really enjoy reading free-verse, but submit any length poem you want! Rhyme, no rhyme, it doesn't matter, just throw your best at me!
If you're submitting a story, please keep it up to 2000 words. I don't want stories with beginnings and middles and ends as much as a description or explanation. I will, however, accept stories with plots if you wish to write a true story about something that happened in your life that greatly influenced you as a person (for where I come from) or your writing (for where I write from).
Oh, and there's a twist! All the finalists (not just those who medaled) will be invited to the next round of this contest, for which you have to pick one of the two title prompts you did not already use. Then, the finalists of that contest will be invited to the final round, where you must use the third, final title prompt. So if you think you'll be good enough to place all the way to the end, I suggest saving your best for last.
You are most definitely not required to read my poems, but I felt I should just provide them for you as a sample of the kind of emotion I'm looking for in your work.
http://storywrite.com/story/9779981-Where_I_Write_From-by-DisruptiveWonder
http://storywrite.com/story/9779993-Where_I_Come_From-by-DisruptiveWonder
http://storywrite.com/story/9779975-To_The_Future_Me-by-DisruptiveWonder
Good luck! And please know that I am very flexible on the rules below, so if you really want a different title, or want to write a story longer than 2000 words, just ask me and chances are I will let you.
- This contest was judged on Sep 25 12:18 PM.
- Awards 300 for gold, 200 for silver, 100 for bronze. 5 honorable mentions.
- Categories: contest stories, creative stories, personal stories, prompts stories, poetry stories, poem stories, poems stories, life stories, thoughts stories, rounds stories. 265 views
- Anonymous - host reads via 'read all'
- Prewrites were accepted.
Rules
Must have one of my title prompts as its title.Poems may be any length
Stories cannot be longer than 2000 words
No txt tlk.
nO tyPinG liKE tHiS.
Brownie points for new writes.
Have fun!
About the Host
My name is Zola, I am 16 years old, and I am a poet/novelist. I am not published yet, but I hope one day to be. My poetry is currently the only work I post online, but once I finish the first draft of my novel, that will be added. My poetry is written in a prose format, but don't be fooled; it's still poetry. I mostly write free-verse, with the occasional rhyming poem here and there, and all of my poetry is written from real, personal emotions and events in my life. I hope you enjoy, and can relate to some of my writing on a personal level, and I greatly appreciate any comments or criticisms you may have. Thank you.DisruptiveWonder has run 2 contests since joining in 2012.
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Apologies for the delay in judging, the host has decided to delete her account without finishing off her contests. I have left the finalists in place with an added hm to fill the space.. Thanks all for supporting and for your entries.
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Where i come from - Chocolass • New write, • commented silver rivers round pebbles / cascading into a huge white mist. / oh! the beauty none can res
Where I Write From - CautiousWheat0 • New write, • commented There is this rundown apartment / Without fancy quills or parchment / It harbors three pets / - R
Where I Come From - RaspberryReality • New write, • commented once upon a time / Magical words / Words that open doors / Into living breathing / Worlds. / - B
Where I come from - Iris cries black • New write, • commented Here I am / there I go. / To you mom / making me feel so low. / To know how you feel / to kno 
Where I Write From - MsMonkshood • New write, • commented Picture Courtesy of Desktop Nexus / My soul whispers words to my fingertips / as they fly a
Where I Write From - Laina Rose • New write, • commented W anting to be free / H aving fun / E ntertaining / R eading a ton / E ntering my soul / I n
- Where i come fromsilver rivers round pebbles / cascading into a huge white mist. / oh! the beauty none can resist / t'is just a part of the land / where i come from. / auburn lights during sunset. / around me shadows of dancing trees /
- Where I Write FromThere is this rundown apartment / Without fancy quills or parchment / It harbors three pets / And one girl who gets / Cash from her folks to pay rent / This girl fancies herself a writer / And on her computer she writes here / She sleeps on a couch / Wake
- Where I Come Fromonce upon a time / Magical words / Words that open doors / Into living breathing / Worlds. / My story is not a fairy tale / But wolves scare me / So I suppose I don't mind / Missing out on the prince. / Daddy didn't exist / And probably that / Stunted my
- Where I come fromHere I am / there I go. / To you mom / making me feel so low. / To know how you feel / to know how you lie. / The beginning of your / hatred makes me die. / Scream and call me names / kick me from where I lay. / And when I leave I / dread coming home / E
- Where I Write FromPicture Courtesy of Desktop Nexus / My soul whispers words to my fingertips / as they fly across the keyboard / making black characters on an ocean of white. / Breathing life into untamed verses / inspiring images for the ages /
- Where I Write FromW anting to be free / H aving fun / E ntertaining / R eading a ton / E ntering my soul / I n my heart / W hatever I want / R eality / I nside myself / T elling a thought / E verlasting / F rom behind my eyes / R eady in any form / O pen / M e
Entries
- MTo The Future Me - mokonamadoki7 • New write, • commented Hey there what's up? You're probably looking back at who I am now saying was I really that st
- Where I Come From (To the Future Me?) - Tawnchan • New write, • commented My hand shook as I opened my envelope. The smell of old paper filled the room as Class of 201
- Where I Come From - Simple Melody • New write, • commented A long winding road / With a short drive way and feilds all around / Wooded areas spread out
- To The Future Me - Natalie B • New write, • commented You made it Nat! You really did / Through all those painful things / Look at all your memori
- To The Future Me - Seaturtle17 • New write, • commented There you are sitting there so different then what you used to be. It's 10 years from now / y
- Where I Write From - everyone1 • New write, • not commented Poetry / isthe / spiritof / liberty / harmony / of theheart. / Pickedup and / carriedalongby /
- To The Future Me - Codex • New write, • commented Dear Future Me / Here you are dangling in the middle / the road has been divided / and here
- I am the slightest bit confused on your rules for stories. Are you saying it HAS to be 2000 words?
And are you saying you don't want a descriptive story with a beginning, middle, and end? Thank you so much! - I'd prefer descriptions as opposed to plot-based stories, and I want them to be LESS than 2000 words. Hope that clarifies things for you.
- Less then 2000 words, gotcha.
So if I entered a story you would want it to be incomplete but really descriptive? Or would you want it to have a beginning middle and end AND be descriptive?
I'm sorry for asking so many questions xD I feel so stupid. - No, I mean, if you enter a story, don't have it be a real story, with a plot. Like no story-line. Rather, when I say "story", I just mean something that's not poetry. Such as a detailed description of where you come from, or what emotions you draw on for your writing.
You ARE allowed to write an actual story with a plot, but I would want it to be complete, and it has to make sense with one of the prompts. (You may go over 2000 words if absolutely necessary, just let me know first.)
How about this... just enter what you want, and if it's not what I was looking for, I'll let you know in my comment, and you can redo it. Does that sound like a plan? okay.... phew i feel much better already.
ok... damn so i gotta change what i wrote... im a numbskull!! anyways thank u
- Don't change it if you don't want to! You can take the prompts any way you choose, and if you take both of those prompts the same way, a different way from how I do, that's fine. If you move on, we'll just work from there. Does that sound okay?
i have a doubt.... what is the difference between where i write from and where i come from.. if both the places are same?!
- Well, the concept of them is sort of different. Where you come from is more about what makes you who you are, and where you write from is more about the emotions you draw on to write. Does that make any sense?
- I can see this is for poems, and however you can write poems on storywrite, isn't this more of an allpoetry contest? Just wondering.
