My story deserves a trophy!

Hi everyone

This contest is for people to submit a prewrite that they have entered into one or more contests in the past, but never got a trophy for it By trophy I mean all trophies - Gold, Silver, Bronze and Honorable mentions.

If you have written something that you feel deserves some sort of trophy but it has so far received none, then submit it here!


RULES

1 - The contest is for prewrites only
2 - Any genre is accepted
3 - Max word count of 10,000
4 - The story must not have won a gold, silver, bronze or honorable mention trophy.
5 - Poems and stories are both accepted.
6 - Please, please run spell check
7 - **Important** - If you have submitted your prewrite into another contest and it wins a trophy before my contest is judged, then it will be disqualified as it would be unfair then to judge it against other entries if it has won something.

I am quickly learning that saying a story is great when it really isn't, is not helping the writer. I will do my best to comment on every entry; and try to point out what areas of the story needs work, to help you start winning those wonderful trophies!

I look forward to reading your work

Contest is Over

• Contest was judged on September 22, 2008
• Rewards: Gold: 200, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 10 people
• Final notes:
  Thanks so much for all the brilliant stories submitted into my contest. This has been the hardest of all my contests so far to judge as there were so many that I loved. All on the finalists lists deserved trophies so they all got one Choosing bronze was so hard as I was torn between 3 stories to put in 3rd place. I would urge you all to read each other's work - there is some real talent in some of these stories! Thanks again to everyone who entered and keep up the good writing

Contest Winners

1. The Seven

   by Cassandra Gemini 3900 words, 3 comments, on Sep 8 8:31 PM 2008
   Gold trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
2. One Word

   An evil woman can take control of anyone's mind using just one word.

   by tonialoise 7300 words, 29 comments, on Aug 11 5:25 PM 2008. In Fantasy, First person
   Silver trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
3. Interrupted Dream

   Hi everyone. My name is Leo Smith and I am a dreamer. 1
   

   by XVelveTxRaiNxDropSx 600 words, 2 comments, on Aug 16 7:34 AM 2008. In First person, Heartlessness, Inspirational, Love, Touching
   Bronze trophy winner

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
4. Last Night, Good Night

   When you love another, but they have someone else now... What is there to do?

   by Kagamine Rin 400 words, 40 comments, on Aug 25 8:10 AM 2008
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
5. Psycho{Completed}

   by Jokers Harlequin 5900 words, 9 comments, on Sep 14 7:55 AM 2008. In Adult, Dark, Death, Fiction, Murder, Other, Short story, Young adult
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
6. The Doll Bride

   The old woman smirked as she caressed her daughter-in-law’s soft, pale cheek with one of her wrinkled hands. The 20-year old woman lowered

   by Phoenix Slave 1000 words, 11 comments, on Jul 19 9:05 AM 2008. In Family, Murder, Pain, Sad
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
7. The Devil's Hunt

   Sarah meets the devil on a lonely stretch of highway.

   by katicalocke 3400 words, 9 comments, on Sep 8 2:50 AM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Horror
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
8. Missing

   by Six-Feet-Underwater 2900 words, 7 comments, on Aug 9 8:04 PM 2008. In Dark, Fiction, Science fiction, Young adult
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
9. The Search For Food

   We'd been in space for nearly seven moons. Even traveling at Uberwarp, it had taken us that long to reach the Ugaly solar system. The bes

   by Andy Stephenson 1300 words, 72 comments, on Aug 29 12:36 AM 2008. In Fantasy, First person, Humor, Scifi
   Honorable mention

   • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
10. Realization

    realization is painful.1
    

    by darkfearie 200 words, 5 comments, on Sep 7 12:04 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Personal, Poem, Teen
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
11. Error: Unable to find finalist item 193608, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
12. Ayala

    An old man is haunted by a youthful memory.

    by out2pasture 900 words, 3 comments, on Jul 15 4:09 AM 2008. In First person, Romance, Seniors
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
13. End of the line

    The fingers fumbled in the pocket,around the knife, trying not to find it, but everywhere they moved they found the knife.

    by Kirin 700 words, 23 comments, on Aug 18 3:24 AM 2008. In Crime, Dark, Depression, Family, Fiction, Love, Sad
    Honorable mention

    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

Entries [32]

• The Portal

  by Thorn-on-the-Rose 1600 words, 12 comments, on Jul 8 8:34 PM. In All my characters, Fantasy, Fiction

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Relaxing Dae: A Tale of Entropy

  Dae is forced by the Matron of his Order to take a weekend off.

  by WritersEffigy 2000 words, 1 comment, on Aug 31 6:09 AM 2008. In Fantasy, Humor

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The dark tree.

  SInce I'm not musically inclined I need your photo

  by jauhar 2100 words, 2 comments, on Sep 1 2:28 PM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Glass Ants

  They reminded me of golden glass, golden glass ants who floated through the moonlight on my counter.

  by Noctella 800 words, 13 comments, on Jun 10 2:18 AM 2008. In Descriptive, First person, Strange, Weird

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Godspeed to Myrtha: The Whole Thing

  by Myra La-Ryn 10500 words, 4 comments, on Jul 6 3:22 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction, First person, Science fiction

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Lullaby (complete)

  by StarOfDreams23 2100 words, 14 comments, on May 15 11:20 PM 2008. In Dark, Death tunes, Horror, Pain, Sad, Vampires, Young adult

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The Glass Mask

  by Dolan 100 words, 9 comments, on May 20 11:20 AM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Onychophagia

  by Miyuki 300 words, 3 comments, on Sep 10 8:05 PM 2008. In , Humor, Life, Twisted

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Why

  As time drifts by, / Like clouds in the sky. / Everything grows older. / People die, many cry. / And I sit here, / Still asking why?

  by VirginiaDarling <100 words, 3 comments, on Dec 19 9:43 AM 2007

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Treasure

  by donuts-and-music 400 words, 1 comment, on Sep 17 5:34 PM 2008. In Fiction, Other, Young adult

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Path of a Ninja2 part 1- the return of Dusk preview

  Path of a Ninja 2 1
  

  by Go Go Inaro-Lily 1000 words, 10 comments, on Sep 8 5:27 AM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Departing

  by Ralzy 200 words, 6 comments, on Aug 15 5:23 AM 2008. In

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• The KCl Killer

  What twists the mind of an ordinary human into a serial killer?

  by daza07 7700 words, 3 comments, on Jun 13 12:56 PM 2008. In Crime, Death, Drugs, Fiction, Murder, Serial killer, Third person

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• An Ode to you, Friend (Poetry)

  Friends forever for ever...

  by Kartz 200 words, 32 comments, on Aug 26 1:41 PM 2008. In Beauty of friendship, Inspirational, Personal, Poem, Poetry, Relationship

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• A Long Road

  by Kk9626 200 words, 2 comments, on Sep 19 10:05 PM 2008. In Flash fiction

  • Commented on by judge.
• Sweet Candy

  Erica learns that revenge is sweeter than love...
  

  by Cupcake14 600 words, 30 comments, on Aug 22 5:19 AM 2008. In Dark love , Fiction, Horror

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Brutal B Stole My Star

  Her perception was undone with the thought of him.

  by Nuclear 2600 words, 5 comments, on Sep 2 6:47 PM 2008. In Fiction

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Endless Reign of Darkness (Rough Draft)

  I understood their dreams, their thrashing around in bed. The life I lived was hell and never was there a

  by Iris Doyle 500 words, 11 comments, on Jul 31 6:22 PM 2008. In

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite
• Lies

  My brother has been fourteen for three years.

  by Minorchar 1700 words, 2 comments, on Sep 21 12:39 AM 2008

  • Commented on by judge. Prewrite

Comments

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  Kagamine Rin
  September 15, 2008
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  I'm guessing you may only enter this contest once.
  
  And thank you for having this contest. I have not seen any of these yet, and my creations are lacking views of other people. Arigatou gozaimasu!
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  Melancholic Smile
  September 15, 2008
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  For the moment I have set it to one entry per person - it is open for a week with 50 spaces so if there are still a lot of spaces to fill in a few days time then I will allow more than one entry I'm glad you like this contest idea
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  jauhar
  September 15, 2008
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  I think I'll be editing mine along the way is that a problem.
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  Melancholic Smile
  September 15, 2008
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  No that's no problem - I won't be judging them 'til all entries are in
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  StarOfDreams23
  September 15, 2008
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  Awesome contest!
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  Dovina
  September 20, 2008
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  Oh man...
  I'm new to this site and just posted some of my works, but have not really entered any contests. I would love to enter one of them, but you said that they needed to have been in a previous contest. Oh well.
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  Andy Stephenson
  September 22, 2008
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  Thank You

  Thanks for the honorable mention and points. It has been a while since I've won a trophy. I feel like a ought to win one or more each week. I guess I'm spoiled. I'm glad you like my story.
  
  Andy
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  Kirin
  September 22, 2008
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  Hey thanks for the Honorable Mention! It really means so much to know that my stories are worth writing. Thank you very much. Thanks for hosting