Usually wen I do contests I give a couple of options, but this time I'm only going to give you one. The reason for that is I wanted to write a story about the prompt, but my thoughts lately have been too clouded to write... That's why I'm giving you a chance to write a story for me. It should be about someone who had to work their way up to earn as much as they had, and when they finally did it, they lost everything. You can just end the story with a person losing everything, and that's fine, but preferably, I would like to hear your own ending, with the person maybe gaining everything back, maybe killing themselves, maybe living in a dump for the rest of their lives? Or maybe my prompt is just going to be the beginning of your story. It's your choice.
Anyway, we all hate them, but we all need to obey them:
-In some way stick to the prompt, I understand that sometimes you might get creative and your story might be inspired by my prompt, but not exactly what I said I want, in that case just tell me in your author's notes how does it relate to my prompt, and if it's good enough, it might still win. IT HAS TO AT LEAST RELATE TO MY PROMPT!!!
-No chat talk, and make sure you do grammar check, I'm not that picky about it, but I want to be able to understand you.
-No scripts, I want a story (eventually a poem, but about that later). I'm not an actress, I don't want to hire any to tell me your story, that's your job as a writer.
-I'm really not that good with poems, but if you really want to write one, go ahead, but it has to be REALLY good if you want me to like it.
-Tell me your favorite color in your author's notes so I will be able to tell you read the rules.
-Pm me if there's something unclear, I'd be more than happy to explain it to you.
-If you do not obey any of the above rules I will inform you, and give you 2 days to fix it and/or explain why you didn't follow it. After that, if your story still doesn't match the requirements and you did not give me a good enough reason, you will be disqualified.
Now that the rules are out of the way, I know I might have sounded kind of harsh, but I'm really not. Don't be afraid to enter, and have fun writing. Oh, and I will comment on every entry, and I encourage you to comment on other peoples' stories as well. It's a nice thing to do, and don't you want to know what your competition is like? Read their entries and tell them what you think! Just don't be mean.
Anyway, we all hate them, but we all need to obey them:
-In some way stick to the prompt, I understand that sometimes you might get creative and your story might be inspired by my prompt, but not exactly what I said I want, in that case just tell me in your author's notes how does it relate to my prompt, and if it's good enough, it might still win. IT HAS TO AT LEAST RELATE TO MY PROMPT!!!
-No chat talk, and make sure you do grammar check, I'm not that picky about it, but I want to be able to understand you.
-No scripts, I want a story (eventually a poem, but about that later). I'm not an actress, I don't want to hire any to tell me your story, that's your job as a writer.
-I'm really not that good with poems, but if you really want to write one, go ahead, but it has to be REALLY good if you want me to like it.
-Tell me your favorite color in your author's notes so I will be able to tell you read the rules.
-Pm me if there's something unclear, I'd be more than happy to explain it to you.
-If you do not obey any of the above rules I will inform you, and give you 2 days to fix it and/or explain why you didn't follow it. After that, if your story still doesn't match the requirements and you did not give me a good enough reason, you will be disqualified.
Now that the rules are out of the way, I know I might have sounded kind of harsh, but I'm really not. Don't be afraid to enter, and have fun writing. Oh, and I will comment on every entry, and I encourage you to comment on other peoples' stories as well. It's a nice thing to do, and don't you want to know what your competition is like? Read their entries and tell them what you think! Just don't be mean.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 26, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 250, Silver: 125, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Ehh I know it took me a long time to judge this one, but I was kind of busy and kind of lazy lately. But it's finally judged!congratulations to all the winners...
Contest Winners
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WHERE THE BUFFALO ROAM1 / This was the stuff of kid’s dreams when I was growing up back in the day.2 / “Make your play.”3 / Almost as o• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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by Midnight-In-Love 1100 words, 37 comments, on May 6 6:03 PM 2008. In Addiction, Drugs, First person, Love, Teen, Young adult
Silver trophy winner
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It seems that I was always in a hurry. Rushing to work, rushing at work, rushing home, rushing to eat, rushing to the store. When I was hby Andy Stephenson 1300 words, 49 comments, on Aug 20 9:52 AM 2005. In 200-1500 lines, Fiction, Inspirational, Romance
Bronze trophy winner
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A valient attempt by a great super-pitchman when life blows the whistle on his spiel.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Gold trophy winner
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by Melancholic Smile 2100 words, 3 comments, on Oct 29 7:14 AM 2008. In Contest entry, Eating disorders• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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Interesting...I might join. ^-^
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Hey, you know what? You should read Silas Marner. It's a classic and a little hard to get into at first but once you submerge yourself in it it's a great read and it's right along the lines of what you asked for in your contest (=
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Thank You!
Thanks so very much for the bronze trophy and points. I appreciate them. I'm very pleased that you like my story.
Thanks for hosting.
Andy
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