Touch Me

I want a story 500-3,000 words long about one or two of these topics:
-Depression
-Eating Disorder
-Self-injury
-Homosexuality
-Mental retardation
-Car crash
-Suicide
-Bullied

I don't want "Here's what happened" endings. I don't want "But they all lived happily ever after" endings. I want endings that leave me wanting more, endings that leave me crying my eyes out.

I want emotion, description, feelings, the whole package. Be creative and be original but do your research on a topic you're not sure about.

All of the topics up there are personal to me so if you write something about a topic that is complete BS or a myth, I'm going to be pretty annoyed.

Rules:
-500 to 3,000 words long (unless it's a poem then it's 20-100)
-Limit your profanity. I don't want "bunnies" in every other sentence.
-Be creative and original. I don't want the same ol' "She was fat so she decided to diet and became anorexic."
-Watch your grammar and spelling. Please show me you learned something in English class.
-No bashing.
-Have fun =)

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on September 20, 2008
  • Rewards: Gold: 250, Silver: 200, Bronze: 150, Honorable mention: 1 people
  • Final notes:
    Again, thank you to everyone who entered.

    Winners:
    To Frank
    Five Days Ago
    Frozen River
    Locked Up

    Finalists:
    Damaged Goods...
    Entwined
    Death
    What have I become?
    Cold Chills
    To Love
    Go On
    Coz' Pretty Ain't Close Enough, Honey
    And This Is Why... (UNEDITED!)
    The One Left Behind
    Rough Sea
    Exchange Places
    Stormy Skies and Sacred Souls

    Finalists, please read the message I'll be sending you shortly.

Contest Winners

  1. The Magic Garden
    by Melancholic Smile 1500 words, 10 comments, on May 4 4:12 PM 2008. In Abuse, Dark, Fiction, Letter
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. Five days ago.
    by Noisome. 1700 words, 40 comments, on Jun 1 9:17 PM 2008
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Frozen River
    by demonp3n 700 words, 7 comments, on Jul 12 3:32 PM 2008. In Angst, Death, Depression, Fiction, First person, Sad, Suicide, Teen, Tragedy
    Bronze trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  4. Locked Up
    The boy hides inside his closet1
    by TNTrouble 100 words, 13 comments, on Sep 12 12:00 AM 2008. In Personal, Poem, Sad
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Stormy Skies and Sacred Souls
    by FeatherTrail 900 words, 5 comments, on Sep 16 7:55 PM 2008. In Dark, Fiction, First person, Love, Romance, Young adult
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. Damaged Goods...
    1 / Little pinpricks of cold12 / seeping through the cracks in my mind.23 / I hammer desperately at the cramps within,3
    by Fritz O skennick 100 words, 4 comments, on Apr 29 12:25 PM 2008. In , Dark, Depression, Pain, Personal, Schizophrenia.
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Death
    Death
    Everyone is born with a certain magic, something uncannily special about them that makes them unique.  For some, they go through life never knowing what it is and
    by kidchameleon 1500 words, 53 comments, on Apr 27 10:35 PM 2005. In <200 lines, Fiction, Other
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. What have I become?
    I was depressed, and wanted to vent. Didn't help...but oh well. Was listening to 'Hurt' covered by Gregorian. It's amazing, check it out.
    by Ghost of a Siren 1100 words, 15 comments, on Mar 15 2:56 AM 2008. In Depressing, Life, Personal
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  9. Error: Unable to find finalist item 79683, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  10. To Love
    She had an addiction which he thought he could fix. He loved her no matter what she did even with all her faults but there was one fault that he couldn’t accept. / He chased her down the hallway and pushed her agains
    by Kk9626 300 words, 2 comments, on Oct 4 9:06 PM 2007
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. Go On
    I had already accepted the fact that I was going to die. Everyone was ‘going to die’ sooner or later, in the end. My time, however, was com
    by DYerMaker16 3400 words, 11 comments, on Sep 17 12:21 PM 2007. In Angst, Dark, Death, First person, Love, Sad, Short story, Tragedy
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  12. Coz' Pretty Ain't Close Enough, Honey
    She was a pretty one, that girl, but she weren't none too bright. That's okay though, cos' mama always told her that as long as she was bea
    by StillbornSonofMan 1100 words, 3 comments, on Sep 19 2:19 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Death, Drama, Fiction, First person, Murder, Pain, Sad
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  13. And This Is Why... (UNEDITED!)
    Story Is UP!
    Options :Homsexuality and Suicide.
    Hope it's not too cliche.
    by Play Pretend. 2400 words, 8 comments, on Aug 24 11:44 PM 2008. In Depression, Fiction, Love, Other
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  14. The One Left Behind
    There are times when I will be working at the computer, or sitting at the table having coffee, or watching television, or just laying in be
    by grumplestilskein 500 words, 3 comments, on Sep 18 9:28 PM 2008. In
    • Commented on by judge. [remove]
  15. Rough Sea
    “Dad?” Where is he? “Dad, are you there?” Nothing but silence in the middle of the night, no one else is home.
    by Ralzy 2600 words, 5 comments, on Aug 15 4:18 AM 2008. In Fiction
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  16. Exchange Places
    I am Addie. My soul-sister: Glaw. I love her. I would do anything for her. And that's what I did.
    by Much-Dipstick 2100 words, 17 comments, on Jul 7 1:43 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction, First person, Love, Romance
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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  • Play Pretend.
    August 24, 2008
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    Can we mix topics, or do we have to stick to one?


    • On.Cue
      August 24, 2008
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      You can mix up to two
      But I realized that I don't want to allow anymore than two because after all, it is a short story when you look at the word count allowed and it frustrates me when people try to pack a bazillion plot lines in to one story...


  • Forgotten Tink.
    August 24, 2008
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    Ok finally....

    I got it in..I hope you don't mind...but it's an abuse story. If it dosen't work just let me know.

    • On.Cue
      August 25, 2008
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      Um, I don't know which story is yours.
      I DO NOT WANT TO KNOW WHICH STORY IS YOURS though
      I believe I allowed multiple entries and prewrites so if you clicked submit, you should be fine.


      • Forgotten Tink.
        August 25, 2008
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        Oops.

        Right..sorry...I tend to forget that you guys don't know who the writers are...


  • Mitsuki-Sakura
    August 25, 2008
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    Can it be 3300 words? It's over just by a little bit...

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