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FanStory.com Flash Fiction
The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. A writer must take away the excess until the story is left with nothing but the clean-scraped core of a story.
In this flash fiction contest we are challenging writers to write a flash fiction piece that is between 500 and 800 words on the topic provided. The topic is "the hotel room". Your story can be about anything but the storyline should be confined to a hotel room.
For this contest you must focus on the a single moment of your characters life that somehow involves the topic. How you approach this topic is up to you but the focus of the story must clearly be on that moment and incorporate this topic. What is happening that makes this moment stand out and be interesting to your readers. Take this moment - and use a small number of words - to create your story. It must be a complete story. No poetry.
The winners will be selected by the FanStory.com Contest Committee. A winner will be announced approximately one to two weeks after the deadline passes. The decision is final.
The submitted work must be between 500 and 800 words. The title of the work does not count in the word count. If the word count is over or under this amount the work will not be presented to the contest committee. For a rough word counter utility click here but we recommend the use of a word processor to count the words.
$100 Gift Card To The Winner
The winner takes away a one hundred dollar pre-paid Visa gift card. Second place will win twenty-five member dollars. Third place ten member dollars.
This contest is open to all members. Past contest winners can join the contest.
The voting booth will include this summary of the contest:
In this flash fiction contest we challenged writers to write a flash fiction piece that is between 500 and 800 words on the topic provided.
One entry per person. New entries to the site only.
Deadline: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Click the link above to submit your entry. Members with reservations can use the link provided in their contest profile.
Members may not request votes, mention contest entries, or notify potential voters of the vote by private message or other means as specified in the contest terms. The site automatically checks for this form of communication. A break in the contest terms will result in the cancellation of the account. Reserve Your Spot.
http://www.fanstory.com/
http://www.fanstory.com/contestdetails.jsp?id=2812
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The MacGuffin National Poet Hunt Contest
15th National Poet Hunt Contest
Judged by Jim Daniels
First Place Prize: $500
*Two Honorable Mentions*
Contest Rules
1. Each entrant will receive one FREE issue of The MacGuffin that includes the 15th National Poet Hunt winners.
2. Staff members and their families are not eligible to participate.
3. An entry consists of five poems.
4. Poems must be typed on sheets of 8½″ × 11″ paper. Clean photocopies are acceptable. DO NOT place name and address on submissions.
5. Each entrant must include a 3″ × 5″ index card that includes poem titles and the contestant’s name, address, daytime telephone number, and email address.
6. There is a $15.00 entry fee. Please send check or money order payable to “Schoolcraft College”. Please do not send cash.
7. Poems must not be previously published, and must be the original work of the contestant. Poems may be under consideration elsewhere. The MacGuffin reserves the right to disqualify a work that is accepted elsewhere.
8. No entries will be returned.
9. Entrants wishing to receive a list of winners should send a SASE.
10. Entries must be postmarked between April 1, 2010 and June 3, 2010.
Mail entries to:
The MacGuffin/Poet Hunt Contest
Schoolcraft College
18600 Haggerty Road
Livonia, MI 48152
Winners will be announced in September 2010.
First Place and Honorable Mention poems will be published in a future issue of The MacGuffin.
The MacGuffin reserves the right not to award any Honorable Mentions.
http://www.schoolcraft.edu/
http://www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/contest.asp
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 Texas Bound 2011
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