Heyy! It's Chrissie, and this is my first contest.
The aim for this contest is to have a plotline or characters that make me feel something. Whether it be sympathy, or whether it be general hilarity, or anything else you could possibly think of, I want you to enter it. As long as you make me feel some kind of emotion. I warn you, it's difficult.
There's no limit as to how many entries you can put in, and I'm allowing prewrites, because I'm a nice person.
I'll comment on every entry I get, and I'll try to be as honest as I possibly can.
All you have to do is be... empathetic? Emphatic? Meh.
Anyway. Rules! (You knew they were coming. They're the bane of every writer's life.)
- No erotica. Even if I wanted to read it, I couldn't, because I'm under age.
- No really freaky gory horror stories. I don't think I can read them either. A little bit of horror is brilliant, because it's exciting, but gore is just not something I'll want to read. Sorry.
- I'm allowing gay/lesbian stories. I'm pretty sure I can read them. If I can't, I apologize. But yeah, I'm definitely allowing them.
I don't mind swearing. God knows, sometimes it's a part of a character's personality.
So... write away! Enjoy!
Chrissie
The aim for this contest is to have a plotline or characters that make me feel something. Whether it be sympathy, or whether it be general hilarity, or anything else you could possibly think of, I want you to enter it. As long as you make me feel some kind of emotion. I warn you, it's difficult.
There's no limit as to how many entries you can put in, and I'm allowing prewrites, because I'm a nice person.
I'll comment on every entry I get, and I'll try to be as honest as I possibly can.
All you have to do is be... empathetic? Emphatic? Meh.Anyway. Rules! (You knew they were coming. They're the bane of every writer's life.)
- No erotica. Even if I wanted to read it, I couldn't, because I'm under age.
- No really freaky gory horror stories. I don't think I can read them either. A little bit of horror is brilliant, because it's exciting, but gore is just not something I'll want to read. Sorry.
- I'm allowing gay/lesbian stories. I'm pretty sure I can read them. If I can't, I apologize. But yeah, I'm definitely allowing them.
I don't mind swearing. God knows, sometimes it's a part of a character's personality.
So... write away!
Enjoy!Chrissie
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on October 24, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 250, Silver: 150, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 10 people
- Final notes: Well, what can I say, guys? It's been a fantastical contest and I've enjoyed reading every one of your entries. They were amazing... my apologies if I didn't manage to comment yours... there were over 110 entries and I didn't have enough time.
I'd like to thank my co-judge, RJ (RxxSpiritWolfxxJ)- he's a lifesaver!
Congratulations to all of you?
Chrissie
Contest Winners
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by gezza 900 words, 47 comments, on Aug 13 1:47 AM 2008. In Angels, Fantasy, Young adult
Silver trophy winner
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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
Bronze trophy winner
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by RxxSpiritWolfxxJ 800 words, 43 comments, on Apr 19 12:52 PM 2008. In Family issues, Father and son, Life, Pain, Rejection, Young adult
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by yoshi97 2200 words, 15 comments, on Mar 26 8:57 PM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Inspirational, Sad, Science fiction, Short story, Spiritual
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by beezy92 500 words, 29 comments, on Dec 15 6:31 PM 2007. In Death, Diseases, Fiction, First person, Young adult
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In his coma, Ian endlessly relives the death of a relationship. When the plug is pulled, will anything change?by hey incendiary 2700 words, 2 comments, on Sep 23 6:14 PM 2008
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The saddest story in my collection. I still can't believe I've written this piece...am so proud of it. Please read and share your thoughts.by prabhunath 1100 words, 20 comments, on Oct 20 3:04 PM 2007
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Gold trophy winner
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Friends forever for ever...by Kartz 200 words, 29 comments, on Aug 26 1:41 PM 2008. In Beauty of friendship, Inspirational, Personal, Poem, Poetry, Relationship• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Have a laugh, people...by Kartz 300 words, 14 comments, on Sep 19 4:38 AM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Eddie 4000 words, 73 comments, on Sep 14 11:24 AM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Love, Nuke, Romance, Tisaumi, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Rated: PG-13
And she will be loved....
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Rated: PG
Summary: Sometimes love has nothing to do with being gay or straight. Sometimes, love has everything to do with finding all theby Eddie 2600 words, 19 comments, on Sep 10 2:15 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
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by Tiger-Lily 1200 words, 63 comments, on Jul 8 2:51 AM 2008. In Dark, Fiction, Love, Romance, Sad, Third person, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Tiger-Lily 3400 words, 135 comments, on May 29 6:48 PM 2008. In Dark, Depression, Fiction, First person, Romance, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Morning Star and Miranda were sitting on the couch, debating what to do for the night. It had been a rather boring night so far and they neby Cheerful-Panda 2400 words, 10 comments, on Dec 11 10:15 PM 2007. In Action, Adventure, Humor, Strange• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Ethan and Liam• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Once upon a time there were seven dwarfs. Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, and Sneezy. They worked in old diamond mines near theby Thorn-on-the-Rose 800 words, 62 comments, on Sep 1 6:02 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Death, Fairy tale, Fiction, Snow white, Weird• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Reflections of a long car journey. Just the thoughts in my mind as they came. Not particularly edited.
by Much-Dipstick 600 words, 20 comments, on Sep 1 12:22 PM 2008. In Descriptions, Part rant, Personal, Thoughts, Unorganised• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
In loving memory of Jeys Endleton1
by Much-Dipstick 1600 words, 47 comments, on Aug 8 7:56 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
by Melancholic Smile 3400 words, 4 comments, on Apr 27 3:44 PM 2008. In Fiction, Sad, Short story, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by CrazySouthernGirl 1000 words, 10 comments, on Sep 16 7:09 PM 2008. In Based on a true story, Drama, Love, Romance, Teen, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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"Alright you slime balls what have you got for me today?" He asked pacing up and down the rows of frightened people. One man stepped forwarby cole3313 400 words, 8 comments, on Sep 16 4:46 PM 2008. In• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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So, I don’t know how I got myself into this mess, it was stupid of me, really. I can sense rather than see the vampire approaching me in thby Thorn-on-the-Rose 400 words, 104 comments, on Sep 12 6:54 PM 2008. In Dark, Fantasy, Love, Vampires• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Six-Feet-Underwater 700 words, 26 comments, on Sep 1 10:51 AM 2008. In Fiction, Humor, Young adult• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Never again1 / Never again will we be broken / Our voices silenced by the pain / Never again our cries unspoken / Our tears washed away byby Writing0Freedom 6100 words, 11 comments, on Jul 20 2:52 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Give me anything that isn't musicallically inclined• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by ShadyWilbury 500 words, 36 comments, on Aug 2 3:37 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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As Annamarie stood on the balcony overlooking the ocean, she thought to herself. The ocean was so large, it seemed so inoccent and beautifuby Thorn-on-the-Rose 500 words, 40 comments, on Aug 15 8:27 PM 2008. In Dark, Depression, Fiction, Love• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Paramoure 800 words, 11 comments, on Sep 21 4:14 PM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Gay, Love, Young adult• Commented on by judge.
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A try at poetry ...again• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Desolate and alone...• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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It was a windy night as the leaves moved on the trees. I had started to forget the reason i had started down this path. With every step i t• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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When you love another, but they have someone else now... What is there to do?by Leif 400 words, 20 comments, on Aug 25 8:10 AM 2008. In , Dark, Depression, First person, Romance• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by MsAlee 1100 words, 4 comments, on Jan 3 8:01 PM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Humor, Romance, Young adult• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Dear Disappointing Specimen of a Human,1 / Your incompetency astounds us. In fact, you gave us quite a nice laugh in the office. After we r• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Erica learns that revenge is sweeter than love...
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He watches with tears in his eyes as his father is murdered. His dad dances a twisted dance of death as he is whipped around like a rag doll under the impact of the bullets. He hides behind a dumpster, paralyzed with fear. Thby urbanronin88 600 words, 6 comments, on Aug 12 2:17 PM 2008. In Crime, Dark, Drama, Third person, Tragedy• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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He doesn't see it coming.1
by urbanronin88 900 words, 5 comments, on Aug 18 1:22 AM 2008. In Crime, Dark, Death, Love, Third person, Tragedy• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Ryan was studying. As he often did, in the school library. And as he was currently absorbed in a book, he failed to notice as a girl walkedby Lunar-Eclipse 600 words, 8 comments, on Oct 15 12:03 PM 2008. In , Humor, Life, Other, Short story, Teen• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I imagined how I would look dancing with youby Chocolate King 1000 words, 4 comments, on Oct 17 5:43 PM 2008• Commented on by judge.
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Trust me my friend this is one story you don't want to miss. The story I'm about to tell you happened more than thirty years ago and yet I remember it like it was yesterday. I lived in the country on the outskirts of a smallby Brian Balzer 5600 words, 29 comments, on Oct 13 10:59 AM 2008. In Childrens, First person, Short story• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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I was sitting under the shade of the parks oak tree, when a Squirrel jumped me. "AHHH WTF!!!!!!! get off bitch" I threw the Squirrel across the park. *chomp* A bird took him away in mid-flight.1• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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"But I am not a magician.”
Chris snorted. “I saw you up there. You did all kinds of tricks. How could you not be a magician?”by Minorchar 7500 words, 5 comments, on Oct 15 12:50 PM 2008• Commented on by judge. Prewrite -
Excerpt from a Novel my friend is in the final stages of. He would really like to know what you think. Please comment.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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ILL SHOW U ALL IM THE RANDOMEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Minyahahhaahha!!!!!!!!• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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9/11 is a date that has haunted Robyn. Now she is in New York City with her journal open, ready to write.by angellove 3700 words, 14 comments, on Jan 28 2:31 PM 2007. In Fiction, First person, Religious, Spiritual, Supernatural, Tragedy• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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From beginning to end, his life is confusing... what's the point!• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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It was almost high noon and the town was dead quiet. The air was thick with tension. Two men stood in the middle of the street. They stared eye to eye with contempt as their hands hovered inches from the butts of their pistolby urbanronin88 4900 words, 6 comments, on Sep 1 11:14 PM 2008. In Contest, Fiction, Love, Short story, Third person, Western• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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For the past three weeks, I have lived the life of a serial killer and felt the madness that filled his world. I usually do not wait so lonby angellove 3000 words, 20 comments, on Jan 28 2:51 PM 2007. In Fiction, First person, Horror, Love, Religious, Supernatural• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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It's astonishing how many they managed to find. They raided boatsheds and harbours, dragged out flat-bottomed barges and old rowing boats and bare planks of wood. They even built a few: rough wooden things that wouldn't have• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by writeroftoast 1800 words, 7 comments, on Sep 29 11:32 PM 2008. In Depression, First person, Vampires, Young adult• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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My aching heart races, my knees shake, yet my clenched fists fight the impulse to jump. Should I really leap into love when I’m totally bliby angellove 1600 words, 5 comments, on Feb 14 8:13 AM 2007. In Fiction, First person, Inspirational, Love, Romance, Supernatural• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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After a while the visitors stopped coming. The blanched skin pulled tight across the sharp bones of Catherine’s face became too painful a sight. She had deviated from the course they had all set out for themselves fresh fromby apple-tea 600 words, 3 comments, on Oct 5 8:08 AM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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My Grandson stood on his tiptoes as he looked over the items on my dresser. He reached for the big green cats eye marble. / “What’s this Gr• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The coat was an olive taupe and smooth and sharp as could be. The fabric was a flat sheen of high-thread count, not prone to pill and look shabby. The lines cut just right hugged me without the ever-present middle-section balby Dun 1200 words, on Oct 19 9:52 AM 2008• Not viewed by judge.
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by prabhunath 4700 words, 5 comments, on Sep 10 3:46 AM 2008. In Not for the religious kind. Reward• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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word limit?
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Non-existent.
I don't have a limit on words. Too restrictive, I say.
Good luck in the contest, if you enter.
Chrissie
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I love this contest! So many options...I hate it when people put so many restrictions in the rules...This made me really happy. (=
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Thankyou~
Yeah, I hate that too. The number of times I've tried to enter contests and the word limits and rules on what you can and can't write have totally restricted me is ridiculous. I decided to make one that only had restrictions as to what I could read, given the age restrictions on SW.
Anyway, best of luck in the contest!
Chrissie
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Oh my god there are a lot of stories here. Good luck readin mine
fourteen thousand words too much?
But I felt sympathy at the end.
Besides, I haven't entered a contest in a while
Great contest though - nice to see one that's not restricted like mad. No one wants to read long stories. Don't blame 'em -
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I look forward to it.
Anyway, no, fourteen thousand words is fine. I didn't have a word limit for this contest, which meant they were allowed to be as long as you like... but good job for writing a story that long.
I'm glad that this was your first contest in a while. I hate super-restrictive, which is why I don't enter many. The only restrictions were against erotica and the like, only because of the age restrictions on SW. I'm glad you entered!
Best wishes and good luck in the contest!
Chrissie
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entry limit?
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No entry limit. Enter as many as you want.
Actually.. I'd prefer you keep it at a maximum of five. Just because RJ and I already have so many entries to judge.
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i can't enter a prewrite
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Strange...
Lots of people have entered prewrites...
I'm not sure as to why you can't... I'm afraid I can't help you. But good luck anyway!
C
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