First off, if you are not in this group you may not enter in the contest. But you can check us out at this link (please do)
http://storywrite.com/group/show/Serious+Writers+Of+An+Imaginitive+Sort
Ok, for those that are in the group... this contest, of course, applies only to the genres that are associated with the group; you should know what that is.
But that isn't it. I am going to give you a character, and you will take his ordinary life... and turn it upside down. It can end for the better, but i can also end for the worse; im hoping for both kinds of entries.
Adam Baker is an ordinary man. He lives in in the small town of West Irving, Chicago, and works as an assembly worker for Toyota. He is at the age of 52, has a wife named margrette, and has two sons (Ben, who is 17, and Bret, who is 4)
Times are tough for him and his family, due to the economic situation; he is worried about providing for his family.
He drives in a used Toyota subcompact.
His daily routeen is like clockwork: up at 4:30 A.M., reads the morning paper while sipping a cup of coffee, is at work by 5:00(the plant is just down the road), has a lunch break, and then as soon as work is over, he heads directly home.
But today is not an ordinary day; something is about to happen that will change his life forever...
Now, whatever happens to him, it takes place after he leaves work. It can happen in the car, at home, whatever. Just give me something that will SUPRISE ME and EXCITE ME. And of course, you use only the genres covered by the group.
You dictate his physical features and personality! What do you think this man is like?
no less than 500 hundred words
I dont have a word limit, but dont write anything rediculously long.
All the usual rules apply.
Put your name in the authors notes cuz some idiot who isnt in the group always tries to get in anyway.
And remember: if you present a polished piece of work, the winner will be spotlighted.
I think that is all.
I'm hoping for good turn out. I know the group was just started yesterday and that we dont have a ton of people, but i'm doing everything i can. Thanks and have a great day
http://storywrite.com/group/show/Serious+Writers+Of+An+Imaginitive+Sort
Ok, for those that are in the group... this contest, of course, applies only to the genres that are associated with the group; you should know what that is.
But that isn't it. I am going to give you a character, and you will take his ordinary life... and turn it upside down. It can end for the better, but i can also end for the worse; im hoping for both kinds of entries.
Adam Baker is an ordinary man. He lives in in the small town of West Irving, Chicago, and works as an assembly worker for Toyota. He is at the age of 52, has a wife named margrette, and has two sons (Ben, who is 17, and Bret, who is 4)
Times are tough for him and his family, due to the economic situation; he is worried about providing for his family.
He drives in a used Toyota subcompact.
His daily routeen is like clockwork: up at 4:30 A.M., reads the morning paper while sipping a cup of coffee, is at work by 5:00(the plant is just down the road), has a lunch break, and then as soon as work is over, he heads directly home.
But today is not an ordinary day; something is about to happen that will change his life forever...
Now, whatever happens to him, it takes place after he leaves work. It can happen in the car, at home, whatever. Just give me something that will SUPRISE ME and EXCITE ME. And of course, you use only the genres covered by the group.
You dictate his physical features and personality! What do you think this man is like?
no less than 500 hundred words
I dont have a word limit, but dont write anything rediculously long.
All the usual rules apply.
Put your name in the authors notes cuz some idiot who isnt in the group always tries to get in anyway.
And remember: if you present a polished piece of work, the winner will be spotlighted.
I think that is all.
I'm hoping for good turn out. I know the group was just started yesterday and that we dont have a ton of people, but i'm doing everything i can. Thanks and have a great day
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on February 9, 2009
- Rewards: Gold: 550, Silver: 350, Bronze: 250
- Final notes: This was a hard decsions because all the stories were great. I want to thank you for entering the contest and i hope that you will do so next time around.
Bret
Contest Winners
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Adam Baker is an ordinary man. He lives in in the small town of West Irving, Chicago, and works as an assembly worker for Toyota. He is atby Persona Dificil 3100 words, 3 comments, on Feb 2 8:27 AM 2009. In Science fiction, Short story
Gold trophy winner
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Adam Baker was driving down the street, frowning fiercely. Today hadn't started out well at all--Margrette had been cranky, the coffee machby Neomaxizoondweebie 1700 words, 3 comments, on Feb 4 4:06 PM 2009. In Fiction, Hmm, Life, Short story
Bronze trophy winner
• Commented on by judge. [remove]
Silver trophy winner
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This is a worst case scenario about traveling throught the Canada-US borderby annemarie 600 words, 15 comments, on Jan 19 5:41 PM 2009• Commented on by judge.
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Adam sat in his car with tired eyes, he glanced up at the bluish gray cover sky. He thought to himself,' The sky looks really creepy.' He c• Commented on by judge.
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This is a nice idea. Good luck.
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Thanks
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Is it just coincidence that the first group contest has a character named Adam in it?
Is the next contest going to have an Eve?
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Wow! It's getting crowded in here!
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Hmm...All those points, so few entries...That whole 'no prewrites' thing really scares them away, doesn't it?
Could you do me a favor? Could you possiby add a couple days to the contest? I've been thinking and thinking about a story and now I've got one but there's so little time left...
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