Announcing a Short-Story Contest

[Conspire]

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

[katyseagull]

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What type of subjects would you frown upon?




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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.

[Conspire]

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What type of subjects would you frown upon?




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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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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?

[katyseagull]

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You can count me in this year. I think that there should be a minimum post count and a date of at least 3 months old. Oh, wait, that won't translate to vBulletins, will it?

I agree that there should be one thread for submissions and one for discussion. Perhaps add one poll thread for the voting.



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Glad to hear that you will be a participant Dave. Awesome [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] According to Ryan, post counts and registration dates will not change when we go to vBulletin.

Does everyone agree with DaveT that we should have a separate thread for discussion?

Also, I'm not a fan of voting by poll. But we can certainly do a separate thread for the voting.

[katyseagull]

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Anywayz,

Can we have pictures?

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I don't see why not. KilgoreTrout used them.

[tarheeljks]

i won't be participating, but i'm looking forward to reading these.

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Does everyone agree with DaveT that we should have a separate thread for discussion?

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yeah

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Also, I'm not a fan of voting by poll. But we can certainly do a separate thread for the voting.

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since there is a monetary prize it's probably best not to do a poll thread for voting. a separate thread sounds like a good idea, but what would the requirements for voting be (regarding reg date, etc)? maybe the same as the submission requirements?

[J.A.K.]

IN.........ship the $150

*Teaser*
A car tire, some roadkill, wedding dress...a bible...and some cash.

[Phat Mack]

Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread.

I'm torn between:

Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and,

It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS.

[Kimbell175113]

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Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread.

I'm torn between:

Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and,

It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS.

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"I met a girl last night, she is a high school senior" has exciting implications imo.

[rothko]

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Let's add the stipulation that the story has to have the same title as a 2007 LDR thread.

I'm torn between:

Do You Think Dogs Get Lonely; and,

It's Not Too Late to Save Your PMS.

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something like that would be fun.

lol, katy you drive me crazy in these threads. woman up and make some decisions already. of course there should be a separate thread for submissions and discussions.

katy, what happened to the bs threads? anyway, i wrote a song on friday. will try to get it recorded soon.