Okay, so the title might be a total lie, but it got you this far! And now let's see if I can get you any further 
My last two contests didn't go so well (hell, I think Bush's time in office went smoother), so I'm trying again.
I think the major problem with my last two was that I was far too tight on the options, which put a lot of people off. I know that some people (like myself) have strengths in certain areas or genres of writing, so they can be put off if it isn't really something they like.....
So I will be doing this one very differently! There will be four rounds; qualifying round, quarter-finals round, semi-finals round, and the all exciting finals round!
The points will go up with each contest, so expect a nice fat amount of points if you win all of these. Come on, that should make you consider entering, at least?
Right, enough blathering on, here are the rules-there are only two!
1. ANY OPTION YOU LIKE! Really, anything. Romance, fantasy, crime, gay, lesbian, S&M, sci-fi, horror, emo, anything at all! This contest is about your ability as a writer and will be judged on writing skill more than the subject matter.
2. Any length, as long as you are over 100 words, and below 10,000 words, enter!
I am also allowing pre-writes, so if you already have that amazing story you think will get you through, please enter it!
I really want to get as many people as possible involved in this, so even if you don't enter, please consider showing some support for the entrants, and commenting as much as possible! 
Mirry 
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on November 28, 2008
- Rewards: Gold: 150, Silver: 100, Bronze: 50, Honorable mention: 13 people
- Final notes: Well, the first round is over!
First of all, I would like to say sorry for not being able to comment on everyone's story-I have had an unbelievably busy fortnight, and I was not expecting so many entries!
However, it would be mean not to, so if you would like me to comment still (even if you didn't win), just let me know, and I'll make sure I do so.
Now, on with the contest. It was so hard choosing winners, I had to add a couple of spaces! There were still others I wanted to add, but unfortunately it wouldn't be much of a contest if nearly everyone won!
The winners were chosen because of writing style, subject matter, puctuation and grammer, and imagery. The Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners were chosen because of excelling all these-but that doesn't mean the honourable winners weren't absolutely amazing as well!
There were others I wanted to win, but I had to be firm and choose who I did, so please don't be put off if you didn't win. All of the entries were a fantastic little piece of yourselves, and I really enjoyed reading all the entries.
So congrats to the winners, and thank you to everyone for entering!
Contest Winners
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Born deformed, Lilith Abildgaard's actions set a horrifying precedence.by tallblondie 3800 words, 110 comments, on Mar 28 7:24 AM 2008. In Dark, Folklore, Horror, Mystery, Mythlegend
Gold trophy winner
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DAY 47: We have successfully sent a number of in-animate objects to various time-streams in the past. Since the invention of the Time Windoby Fritz O skennick 3400 words, 5 comments, on Apr 28 4:28 AM 2008. In Dark, First person, Humor, Science fiction, Time travel.
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It was a morbid gamble every time he setfoot into her chamber just to see her eyes flutter open. Someday those eyes wouldn't open.by Ghost of a Siren 6200 words, 22 comments, on Sep 1 1:05 AM 2008. In Dark, Romance, Sad Honorable mention
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The drone of the ocean's waves brushing the shore woke me. My head felt thick and fuzzy, like my thoughts were swimming in molasses. Thinkiby amanda vampiress 1500 words, 69 comments, on Sep 5 8:19 PM 2008. In Horror, Mystery, Paranormal, Short story, Werewolves Honorable mention
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by LoneWriter 400 words, 9 comments, on Oct 10 1:43 AM 2008. In Depression, Love, Romance Honorable mention
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BEN BORDEN / In the old days, when the house was young, her tenants were young, and come to think of it, the neighborhood was young. Change• Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
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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, 8 comments, on Aug 12 2:17 PM 2008. In Crime, Dark, Drama, Third person, Tragedy Honorable mention
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by missunusual 1600 words, 9 comments, on Oct 26 1:03 AM 2008. In Love, Romance, Sad Honorable mention
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Themba wondered why the other children were so cruel.by gezza 1400 words, 58 comments, on Oct 22 2:43 AM 2008. In African, Rite of passage, Supernatural Honorable mention
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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 by• Viewed by judge. Prewrite [remove]
Silver trophy winner
Bronze trophy winner
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by Eddie 4000 words, 80 comments, on Sep 14 11:24 AM 2008. In Fiction, First person, Love, Nuke, Romance, Tisaumi, Young adult• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A classic werewolf meets vampire story, only with a bit of a twist. All comments welcome.• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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by Dawn Bon 600 words, 3 comments, on Oct 23 11:17 AM 2008. In• Commented on by judge. Prewrite
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For three years I've chased you. I put my heart in a box and labeled it with your name, waiting for you to open it. I waited, for years. Soby cole3313 200 words, 11 comments, on Oct 6 6:31 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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listen and you'll hear me sing.by colormeimpressed 100 words, 4 comments, on Nov 2 1:47 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The blood dribbled down her chin as she feasted on his gushing red blood. Her veins pumping from the adreniline rush. To her this was a trophie.by EMOtional72 <100 words, 1 comment, on Nov 9 1:14 AM 2008• Viewed by judge.
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My eyes snapped open! 1
by amanda vampiress 4400 words, 40 comments, on Oct 11 9:42 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Romance, Werewolves
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I didn't know what I could do to save him or why this was happening! My hands shook as I gently shook his shoulders from side to side, repeby amanda vampiress 3000 words, 33 comments, on Oct 15 6:26 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Romance, Werewolves
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by amanda vampiress 3000 words, 35 comments, on Oct 19 7:22 PM 2008. In Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Romance, Werewolves
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by tonialoise 4200 words, 28 comments, on Nov 1 2:46 PM 2008. In Adult, Fiction, First person, Love, Romance, Vampires• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A story I worked on for two years. Original, and very unique.
But, nobody wants to read it, because it's long...
by SaitoKojima 10500 words, 50 comments, on Sep 23 7:56 AM 2007. In Dark, Depression, Fiction, First person, Romance• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
(The expanded, better version of my already-posted story 'to be.')by Minorchar 1200 words, 16 comments, on Sep 25 4:10 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by Thorn-on-the-Rose 2000 words, 18 comments, on Sep 28 8:50 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The moon shined so brightly in the sky outside my bedroom window. I just sat there at my window seat in the dark, freshly spilling tearsby MetroHollywoodTeen 300 words, 7 comments, on Apr 2 1:51 PM 2008. In , Contest, Love, Passionate, Rain, Writing• Viewed 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• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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"What's your name medic?"• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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“And why do you love me?” she says.
“Because you’re my favorite kind of person.”
“What’s your favorite kind of person, then?"by GodBlessCatastrophe 800 words, 16 comments, on Aug 16 5:39 AM 2008. In Bittersweet, First person, Hope, Love• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
Marc's eyelids fluttered like deformed butterflies as his mind slowly brought him back to the land of the living. From underneath his heavyby Seshat Kitty 1300 words, 26 comments, on Oct 1 10:03 AM 2008. In Dark, Mystery, Starting idea, Weird• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by beezy92 8400 words, 4 comments, on Jan 20 10:42 PM 2008. In Young adult• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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This needs no preview. Just read it.by crosscountry07 1400 words, 7 comments, on Sep 15 3:34 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Suddenly, Krad smiled unsettlingly, and slowly moved to barrel of the revolver to point exactly between Dark's frightened eyes. "The questby XxRaindoshixX 3500 words, 1 comment, on Oct 14 10:52 PM 2008. In Angst, Dark, Death, Fanfiction for dnangel• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Sometimes paranoia makes you think something is out to get you....and sometimes, it really is...by SliptheFlitch 3100 words, on Jul 22 6:27 PM• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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A screaming comes across the sky. The sheer terror in that scream sinks into my bones and terrifies me to perform some action that will endby IcySpearQueen 500 words, 6 comments, on Oct 25 11:54 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Melissa and her mum always went to the Fireworks display but this night would be a night to remember.by daza07 700 words, 2 comments, on Sep 18 2:20 PM 2008. In Death, Depression, Drama, Fiction, Pain, Sad, Short story, Third person, Tragedy• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The sun shone through a window, smeared with dried residue from rainy summer days. The silence throughout the hot woodland house was deafening, and Paul rested ever so calmly in his bed. Being the age he is now, well, wakiby IxIDarkMelodiesIxI 700 words, 11 comments, on Oct 24 7:40 PM 2008. In Death, Family, Life, Love, Other, Sad, Spiritual• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The women’s bathroom was dingy and had an acrid odor hanging in its stale air. What else could I expect from a public bathroom, especiallyby IcySpearQueen 1000 words, 3 comments, on Oct 30 10:59 PM 2008. In Dark, First person, Inspirational• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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“The experiment requires that you continue,” said the man in the white lab coat. 1
by jeremymiller 1900 words, 10 comments, on Sep 29 7:58 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
"Ye want some whisky, Al?" Morr Parsley asked, the jovial inkeeper smiling widely as usual.1
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The city is dead and the only person who knew it was stalking her first lesbian. All that she had ever known or wanted disappeared when sheby IcySpearQueen 1400 words, 3 comments, on Oct 26 7:16 AM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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An Anniversary; to say more will spoil the story.• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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by aikoflavored 5300 words, 1 comment, on Oct 30 3:08 AM 2008. In Fiction, Love, Mystery, Teen, Weird, Young adult• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Glassy tears poured down from the goddess’s eyes, hitting the ground softly. Her crystal dress brushed lightly back and forth over her beau• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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The dark farm building cast long shadows which looked like people, their long spindely fingers reching out to get you. The sun was setting and John Taim looked out of his car window. He shudded at the thought but told himself• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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In loving memory of Jeys Endleton1
by Much-Dipstick 1600 words, 77 comments, on Aug 8 7:56 PM 2008• Viewed by judge. Prewrite -
A long rant about our society
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His soul died in carnival lights. She kissed him again, harder, smoother, as the wind numbed the blush on his cheek.by IcySpearQueen 400 words, 2 comments, on Oct 25 12:09 PM 2008. In• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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It was almost time. I hated the clock. Soon, she would be taken from me. Soon, I would be nothing.by WeAreOceansAway 1800 words, 4 comments, on Sep 12 9:12 PM 2008. In Depression, First person, Love, Motherhood, Other• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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Jonathon Clark Harris looked down at the shell that was once his brother. Hazel eyes staring upward, pink mouth agape; James was dead.1by Rainy.Day.Kisses 900 words, 11 comments, on Nov 9 5:24 PM 2008. In Death, Family, Third person, War• Viewed by judge. Prewrite
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I have a question. lol How many times may we enter?
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You can enter as many times as you like
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Okay, I entered just one chapter of my story since the contest is only allowing one entry per person. I guess you had to make it that way because of all the entries! lols
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Sorry, I thought I'd changed it! i've changed it now, so you can enter as many as you would like
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LOLs That is freakin awesome! XD Thank you!
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Not a problem I can't wait to read them all
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Well
these contests are always fun but the real challenge will be getting the entries for the 2nd and 3rd rounds. Writers can be a flighty bunch
A few already that would have my nod for best writer ever, and a few others that...well you know that old saying about not having anything nice to say...
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Hehe! Yes I do! And I've had a look over, but this is going to take me a while-I was expecting so many so fast!
Thank you Jack!
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Mmmhh, does the first entry have to be a chapter? Then if someone is lucky enough to go to the second round, then will the story have to be chapter 2 of the book? or can it be a totally different story?
lol, I don't think I make sense..
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No, it can be whatever you want-anything at all that you think best shows off your writing abilities.
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good god at the entries. I was going to enter but I don't like crowded rooms... let me brood on this.
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I know.....I really wasn't expecting so many so fast!
If you do enter, don't worry, I will be taking time to read and comment on each entry (and I mean properly). Let me know
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My last two contests didn't go so well (hell, I think Bush's time in office went smoother)
Oh, honey, it couldn't have been that bad!! (= If you live in the US and you're old enough (in which case I'd be so jealous) get out and vote for a change today! (= -
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It was!
And no, I live in the UK, so I can't do anything about it
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When are yu going to coment?
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When the contest has finished-I have quite a bit of stuff going on at the minute, so I haven't been able to read them yet.
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Thank You!
Thanks for the honorable mention and points. I appreciate them. I'm pleased you like my story. 70+ stories is a lot to read.
Thanks for hosting.
Andy
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No problem, it was a great story!It is a lot of stories, especially when you don't have much time!
Well, I hope you're ready for the next round-I'm setting it up as we speak
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