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Announcing a Short-Story Contest
Hi Everyone
The Lounge will be holding another contest for best fiction short story [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]. We will be following the same basic structure as the last one we did. Based on the high quality of the submissions and level of interest in last winter's contest I expect this to be a lot of fun and full of original ideas. We are lucky to have one sponsor who is willing to put up $150 as prize money for the winner, and this prize might grow if more sponsorship is forthcoming. So, a cash prize of at least $150.00! ----------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE: this is not directly supported by 2+2 as a site, and should be considered a private contest among posters. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Contest Structure We are going to keep it simple. There will be a 2-3 week period for submissions, starting in about 10 days. All stories submitted will be open for review and discussion. Whether this will be done within the same thread or a separate thread I'm not sure about and welcome your feedback. At the end of the submission period we will have a few days to review the stories and then voting by all members of the community (however, no gimmick accounts will be allowed). Readers will vote by naming the person they feel submitted the best story. Story requirements are as follows: Original fiction piece of 500-7,500 words. Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling. *** This contest is open to ALL 2+2ers. *** If you are interested in submitting a story please wait for me to post the official short story thread in about 10 days. If anyone wants to add to the sponsorship pool that would be awesome. PM me. Any questions, sign ups, or issues, ask here. Things I would like feedback on are the following: the time frame for the submissions and the review; whether we should restrict voting to those posters with post counts >100; and whether on-going discussion of the stories should take place in a separate thread. Your thoughts please. Thanks, now get busy working on your stories because time goes by fast [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
this is ill yo. i remember last years contest was amazingly good. restrictions to maybe like 50 posts and above is good enough i think. i think 7500 words is way too much. 500-3000 is better imo.
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
Thanks for your feedback Slime. I actually meant to type 500-7000 words. Any better? [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
So post count >50 is good? |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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Story requirements are as follows: Original fiction piece of 500-7,500 words. Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling. [/ QUOTE ] What type of subjects would you frown upon? No matter what you say count me in for a short story submission. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Conspire |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
I think there should be a separate thread for discussion so as not to clutter the main voting thread.
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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No matter what you say count me in for a short story submission. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] Conspire [/ QUOTE ] May God have mercy on our souls. edit: I'm in, Ldo |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
Considering I have not written a short story since high school I think of myself as an underdog. Im aiming to tap an angle no one else would go for and at the same time making it family/work suitable.
Actually I probably wont even start generating ideas until the 2nd week into the competition, cuz thats how I roll. Conspire |
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What type of subjects would you frown upon? [/ QUOTE ] Hmm, good question. I hadn't given it much thought to be honest. Since you bring it up, I'm sure I would frown on any stories that celebrate racial hatred and pedophilia. Also, a really graphic porn story is going to be frowned on unless it's so creatively written that I don't even notice it is a porn story. |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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[ QUOTE ] What type of subjects would you frown upon? [/ QUOTE ] Hmm, good question. I hadn't given it much thought to be honest. Since you bring it up, I'm sure I would frown on any stories that celebrate racial hatred and pedophilia. Also, a really graphic porn story is going to be frowned on unless it's so creatively written that I don't even notice it is a porn story. [/ QUOTE ] Ya, none of that is my style. Like everyone else im goin for an entertaining story. That was too vague of a question, besides most people in the lounge know whats right or wrong and seem to make good judgments. I think im included with that? Anywayz, Can we have pictures? |
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Re: Announcing a Short-Story Contest
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Proofed for grammar, punctuation and spelling. [/ QUOTE ] Is there anything we can do about eliminating this rule? |
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