You Have Four Days To Impress Me

First of all, points will go up.

I just had a contest and before the high ends, I want to start another. (: However school starts Monday and everything goes to hell then, so we don't have much time. (:

A few expectations for what I want in an entry:

Full-bodied characters (I don't mean they need all their limbs, I mean they should be realistic and surprising, like a real person)

A natural flow (I don't want a story that's awkwardly parsed and hastily strung together)

An original, realistic plot (that doesn't ban fantasy, just be careful with it)

Striking imagery (it doesn't have to be beautiful or elaborate, I just want fitting descriptions)

RULES:

1. Things I'm not banning but don't particularly want: fantasy/sci-fi/vampire/gay-lesbian-bi/fan-fiction

2. Things I am banning: horror/demons/witchcraft/erotica/graphic descriptions of crime or abuse

3. Please get your stuff together with spelling and grammar, I don't want to have to come along and ask you to use capitalization or include commas or correctly spell a word. It's not that hard to proofread these days. Oh sweet technology! (:

4. No sticky caps, chat-speak

5. I'm not going to ban bashing, just be careful with it. For instance, it's okay if you have a Nazi character and he doesn't particularly like blacks or Jews, however it should be clear that it is the character's choice and not the author's.

6. If I am your friend/favorite, please put "friend" in your AN's. I can be scathing in my comments sometimes and I've ruined a couple friendships that way. If you don't want to put "friend" in your Author's Notes, you're possibly submitting yourself to the dark side of my tongue. (:

7. About comments, I promise to comment on every entry, but if it is too long or vapid I don't promise to finish it.

8. In regard to length, no word limit, but I love stories under a thousand words.

9. I'm not going to make you check all the contests you've entered your story in or look through all your comments, but if you've been blessed with a good memory and you recall me having read your entry in the past, please enter something else.

10. Also, though you can enter up to four entries, please do not enter four parts of one story. Either combine them all into one story, or enter separate pieces. I feel claustrophobic when I see four of the same stories in one contest.

11. Please put your story in a category (i.e., fiction, dark, romance, family, vampires, true story, etc). I like to know what I'm about to read.

Thanks for putting up with all the rules. (: Enter away!

Contest is Over

  • Contest was judged on January 17
  • Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 150, Bronze: 100, Honorable mention: 8 people
  • Final notes:
    First off, this was a great contest, so many amazing entries. Some of you guys have amazing talent, but just need to use spell-checking. You know who you are. Because of my late judging (so sorry about that) you didn't really have a chance to revise them, so keep your eyes open for future contests of mine and enter your revised pieces then. Add a little note in the AN's reminding me that you revised your old contest entry. Thanks for all the great reads, guys! I wish I had more trophies to give the the honorable mentions. (: Mentions arranged roughly in order of best to still great. (:

    God bless!

Contest Winners

  1. Dancing fires
    As the fires burn, I dance. As the flames fly from wall to wall seeking out life, I twist and twirl. The smoke floods the barren room with
    by Writing0Freedom 2300 words, 16 comments, on May 19 9:24 PM 2008
    Gold trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  2. ♠ [Dad] ♠
    by RxxSpiritWolfxxJ 800 words, 57 comments, on Apr 19 12:52 PM 2008. In Family issues, Father and son, Life, Pain, Rejection, Young adult
    Silver trophy winner
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  3. Error: Unable to find finalist item 197854, it seems to have been deleted :( [remove]
  4. One late summer
    A deep and thoughtful; description of one late summer's love
    by Rose Hathaway 400 words, 53 comments, on Dec 29 2:24 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  5. Diary Entry of a Teen in love
    by RxxSpiritWolfxxJ 900 words, 13 comments, on Feb 17 5:41 PM 2008. In First person, Humor, Love, Romance, Young adult
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  6. I Am
    My life is evanescent
    A gossamer veil of wind
    But
    by happy go lucky13 200 words, 10 comments, on Jan 4 12:47 AM. In Inspirational, Life, Love, Lyrics, Personal, Poem, Romance, Spiritual
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  7. Survivor
    I don't need this useless aid,1
    by Kaos wolf 200 words, 7 comments, on Nov 3 6:23 PM 2008
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  8. Bubbles
    The sun set, sending a kaleidoscope of colours spinning across the gleaming water. I watched the beautiful sight with Sarah in my arms, fee
    by Savage 600 words, 5 comments, on Nov 22 7:57 PM 2008. In Depression
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  9. The Listening Porch
    The porch's planks have long since twisted and splintered with age and lack of care. They are visited now by an old man and an older rockin
    by chintzy faberge 500 words, 17 comments, on Oct 15 8:33 PM 2007. In Introspective, Love
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  10. The Garden
    I remember the first time I went to the garden with my father. 1
    by CelesteSanford 1200 words, 21 comments, on Jan 1 9:13 PM. In Garden, Life, Sad, Serious, Story
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]
  11. A little boys life
    I came home yesterday.
    by Palla-Darah 600 words, 5 comments, on Jan 2 8:01 AM. In , Crime, Depression, Fiction, First person, Life
    Honorable mention
    • Commented on by judge. Prewrite [remove]

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