Ok. I've run a few contests on Storywrite and this time I'm going to do it a little differently. I'm going to give you an idea to get you started. You run with it.
1. Enter as many times as you want, but you have to use a different prompt each time
2. It must be a story, not a poem
3. It must be complete. If you intend to add other chapters to your entry, the first chapter must be able to stand alone and make sense as it is written.
4. Word count between 500-2500 words. Give or take a few.
5. If you spell a few words wrong, it happens. But I don't want to read something riddled with spelling and punctuation errors. Take pride in your work.
OK- here goes.
IDEAS
1. You haven't visited your grandmother in a while. You go to her house and have lunch. She feeds her cat tuna, and gives you a meal of kibbles and bits.
2. "Hi Mom, its me. I don't know quite how to tell you this, but I'm coming home. I've just been expelled from school."
3. You wake up at three a.m. and discover that your left hand is gone again.
4. Michael gave his girlfriend Sally a key to his apartment, but made her promise to only use it in a emergency. He makes her swear never to come visit without calling him first. One day she is in the area, and decides to drop in unexpectedly
5. Your older brother tells you never to go into his room. He makes you promise. But you hear weird sounds in there one day when he isn't home. You go into his room. What do you find?
6. Joe is walking home from school. A man runs past him and drops a bag. Three policemen are after the running man. As the officers chase the stranger away, Joe opens the bag. It is full of one hundred-dollar bills
7. Tony gets a call from his fiancee, Melanie. She tells him "I don't believe you really love me. I'm going to test you. Meet me at my favorite restaurant in an hour. If you don't show up, its over." Tony rushes out without taking his wallet, desperate to get there on time. He takes a cab. As the cab pulls away from the curb, he hears a noise in the back seat. Turning around, he sees an abandoned baby in a car seat all alone in the taxi.
8. Carolyn was at an amusement park with her boyfriend. As she looks into the crowd from the ferris wheel, she sees a girl who looks exactly like her. Same face, same hair, everything. Carolyn is an only child. After the ride is over, the strange look-alike is nowhere to be found....
9. Kristen's parents had been married for twenty years. One day she walks into a restaurant and sees her father having dinner with another woman. She watches them kiss. Shocked, she runs from the restaurant. Her father follows, yelling "Wait, Kristen, it's not what it seems!"
10. Adam marries Sharon. They are madly in love, and the ceremony is beautiful. At the reception, however, Sharon's father pulls Adam aside and says "You may have fooled my daughter. But I know your deep dark secret...."
1. Enter as many times as you want, but you have to use a different prompt each time
2. It must be a story, not a poem
3. It must be complete. If you intend to add other chapters to your entry, the first chapter must be able to stand alone and make sense as it is written.
4. Word count between 500-2500 words. Give or take a few.
5. If you spell a few words wrong, it happens. But I don't want to read something riddled with spelling and punctuation errors. Take pride in your work.
OK- here goes.
IDEAS
1. You haven't visited your grandmother in a while. You go to her house and have lunch. She feeds her cat tuna, and gives you a meal of kibbles and bits.
2. "Hi Mom, its me. I don't know quite how to tell you this, but I'm coming home. I've just been expelled from school."
3. You wake up at three a.m. and discover that your left hand is gone again.
4. Michael gave his girlfriend Sally a key to his apartment, but made her promise to only use it in a emergency. He makes her swear never to come visit without calling him first. One day she is in the area, and decides to drop in unexpectedly
5. Your older brother tells you never to go into his room. He makes you promise. But you hear weird sounds in there one day when he isn't home. You go into his room. What do you find?
6. Joe is walking home from school. A man runs past him and drops a bag. Three policemen are after the running man. As the officers chase the stranger away, Joe opens the bag. It is full of one hundred-dollar bills
7. Tony gets a call from his fiancee, Melanie. She tells him "I don't believe you really love me. I'm going to test you. Meet me at my favorite restaurant in an hour. If you don't show up, its over." Tony rushes out without taking his wallet, desperate to get there on time. He takes a cab. As the cab pulls away from the curb, he hears a noise in the back seat. Turning around, he sees an abandoned baby in a car seat all alone in the taxi.
8. Carolyn was at an amusement park with her boyfriend. As she looks into the crowd from the ferris wheel, she sees a girl who looks exactly like her. Same face, same hair, everything. Carolyn is an only child. After the ride is over, the strange look-alike is nowhere to be found....
9. Kristen's parents had been married for twenty years. One day she walks into a restaurant and sees her father having dinner with another woman. She watches them kiss. Shocked, she runs from the restaurant. Her father follows, yelling "Wait, Kristen, it's not what it seems!"
10. Adam marries Sharon. They are madly in love, and the ceremony is beautiful. At the reception, however, Sharon's father pulls Adam aside and says "You may have fooled my daughter. But I know your deep dark secret...."
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on September 13, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 350, Silver: 125, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Wow, this contest turned to out to be really tough to judge! I was SUPER impressed with the entries I got. I really could've added just about each and every one of them to the finalists list. I hope that those of you who wrote incomplete stories will go on to finish them, there was a lot of good writing here. thank you to all who entered!
Contest Winners
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My older brother told me never to go into his bedroom. But one day, I'm alone in the house, and I go inside...by Rhubarb 900 words, 8 comments, on Aug 1 12:14 PM 2008. In Crime, First person
Silver trophy winner
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As I put the phone down, the age-old question churned up the neurones. If God was so omniscient, why couldn't He have seen all the trouble women were going to cause, and just made us hermaphrodites?1• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Ever since my high school graduation my Grandma and me really haven’t kept in touch. Yes we have chatted on the phone once in a while, but those were rare and only lasted for about 5 minutes. Sad I know. So one day after a loby iBubbles 1000 words, 3 comments, on Jul 14 6:53 PM 2008. In First person, Humor, Short story
Honorable mention
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Gold trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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I sighed as I picked up the phone in the headmistresses office and dialed my home phone number. I was going to make this quick, get it overby poetry is soul 800 words, 3 comments, on Jul 30 11:01 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Damn it! Once again the damn lift had got stuck. I was about to press the alarm button when a voice boomed over me. Stuck again Matt? I gueby jennjenn95 700 words, 6 comments, on Aug 9 4:11 PM 2008. In• Commented on by judge.
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by Mel-the-Believer 1000 words, 2 comments, on Aug 29 10:53 AM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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The red numbers of my digital alarm clock glared at me in the darkness. Three AM, this had better be good.
by Hells-Bane 1400 words, 11 comments, on Aug 14 11:00 AM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Humor, Other, Science fiction• Commented on by judge.
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Wow, there are some cool options here...I will see what I can think of
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Ha Ha! Option #2 was an actual conversation that I had with my mother years ago - except it was when she picked my up from school...
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O__O Can we change names, pleeeeeeease?
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Yes, you can change names. Hope you enter!
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HAH.
I just had the funniest conversation with one of my friends, trying to come up with something for number 10.
I'm definitely going to start writing it soon
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I entered!
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I've entered, I hop you like it! This is a really good competition with loads of different options!
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Glad you entered. It's going to be open for a while longer. Right now I'm judging a poetry contest on Allpoetry with 165 entries, so I think I'll be occupied for a while, before I get to judging this one! Thanks again all of you who've entered.
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Can you incorporate one of the ideas into a new section of a story you're already writing?
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Yes, you may. As long as I can understand the section of the story on its own without reading many chapters before it.
I have extended the deadline if you still want to enter. -
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will you judge soon? I've been waiting for a VIEW from you.
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This looks great. I've started something for this, hopefully I'll be able to finish it in time for the contest.
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mmm...can we combine options?
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Yes, you can.
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so many great ideas! I wish I had time to enter this, but I have classes and studying all day.
*sigh* on well, there will be other contests. I wish I had found this sooner. Good luck to all who entered!!!
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