What will you do with 200 words?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Last year Mike ran some neat flash fiction contests that made my brain hurt, but they were a lot of fun. So I thought I'd give it a try.
Your task: Tell a story, in no more than 200 words, that will make readers laugh, cry or simply think that the world is a truly great place. Any subject, any genre -- but keep it relatively clean please.
Stories must include the following in some way: a Chia pet and a song title from the 80's
Your deadline: Sunday, January 14, 6:00 p.m. EST.
Judging: All entries will be inspected for word count and inclusion of above mentioned items. The rest depends on mood and what Mr. Uglyfish thinks. Please note that only the entries that are actually posted will be judged, the ones that you thought about posting don't count.
Up for grabs: an incredibly cheap and tacky prize!
Ooh, this sounds like fun! Maybe I'll try entering under a different name!
Um, forget I said that last part. ;)
Your task: Tell a story, in no more than 200 words, that will make readers laugh, cry or simply think that the world is a truly great place. Any subject, any genre -- but keep it relatively clean please.
Stories must include the following in some way: a Chia pet and a song title from the 80's
Your deadline: Sunday, January 14, 6:00 p.m. EST.
Judging: All entries will be inspected for word count and inclusion of above mentioned items. The rest depends on mood and what Mr. Uglyfish thinks. Please note that only the entries that are actually posted will be judged, the ones that you thought about posting don't count.
Up for grabs: an incredibly cheap and tacky prize!
Ooh, this sounds like fun! Maybe I'll try entering under a different name!
Um, forget I said that last part. ;)
posted by Bonnie Staring at 9:29 PM
5 Comments:
Mr. Uglyfish had better be the prize.
If I get a chance to write something, do you want an email, something in the comments, something on our own blogs with a link back to here, or carrier pigeon?
Mr. Uglyfish is not up for grabs. Feel free to put a linky-thing on your blog to here, the more the merrier! I will request the winner's email once the lamp of Disco Christmas flashes at the selected entry. Did that answer the question? It's hard to concentrate with all these pigeons...
Okay, I'm in. But I can't promise laughs, or the world being a great place. Dude, I write dark urban fantasy for crying out loud! (Come to think of it, crying out loud is perfect.) *g*
So, I post the thing on my blog and leave you a note here when I do?
You can post it on your blog or as a comment here. Your choice, just let me know where to find it.
Shoot, I guess I shoulda thought about that before. ;)
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