Anything But Ordinary (Forum) http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums.php/item_id/1146731-Anything-But-Ordinary The December 2007 round is closed. Please stay tuned for the next round. [Image #1358611] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word of Mouth - Your connection to the Central PA music scene. [Image #973693] [Image #1066803] Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:49:50 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1650058 ------------ Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:46:32 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1636368 I finally decided to get this contest up and running again. Here are the prompts for December. Please choose one prompt and write a short story. Entries are due by December 31st at 5:30 pm. 1. Write a story where every paragraph begins with the word "Suddenly." 2. Write a story using second person narr...[Read Full Post] Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:17:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1630677 hey, I'm new here I just wrote a great story and it has something to do with aliens....so to speak, not really....I am the alien. what should i do with it and where should I go ennazus Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:12:21 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1563760 Here are the prompts for Round 10. Please pick one and submit a short story by August 31st. 1. You are transported to another dimension! What's it like? 2. Write a story involving vertigo. Good luck! Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word ...[Read Full Post] Thu, 02 Aug 2007 09:53:41 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1557013 Here are the prompts for round nine: 1. Write a story that features a secret government agency. 2. Write a story that ends with the words: "and they were never heard from again." Please pick one prompt and submit a story by 5:30 pm on July 31. Good luck! Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Jul 2007 21:56:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1538647 This time around, I thought I would try something a bit different. Instead of a prompt, I’ll give you a general idea, and you can make up a story of your own that follows the idea. For this round, I’d like to try to solve the world’s problems. Ambitious, I know, but in your story, you don’t have to actually solve the problem if...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 May 2007 10:00:45 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1501941 Thank you to everyone who entered! You made it very hard to decide, because all of the entries were very interesting! Here are the winners: 1st Place: [Link To Item #1255237] 2nd Place: [Link To Item #1255799] 3rd Place: [Link To Item #1244382] Thanks again to everyone who entered! Congratulations! ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 May 2007 09:59:36 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1501940 Round Seven is now closed. Thank you to all who entered! Winners will be announced very soon, and Round Eight prompts will also be announced soon. Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word of Mouth - Your connection to the Central PA music scene. [Image #973693] ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 02 May 2007 08:38:26 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1501884 Thanks for the prompt. I enjoyed writing this story. I hope you like to read it as well. [Link To Item #1255237] "Writing is a socially accepted form of schizophrenia." E.L. Doctorow TURTLE Be sure to check out my forum [Link To Item #1234002] [Image #1248264] ...[Read Full Post] Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:23:50 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1500063 Here are the prompts for Round Seven. The round ends on April 30 at 5:30 pm. Please choose one of the prompts and write a story based on it. 1. Every morning when you wake up, you are in a different year. 2. You catch a glimpse of a tragic event that has not yet come to pass. How do you change t...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:17:10 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1484678 There were some very interesting and enjoyable stories this time! Good job! Here are the winners: 1st Place: [Link To Item #1232387] 2nd Place: [Link To Item #1235277] Congratulations!! Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word ...[Read Full Post] Wed, 04 Apr 2007 18:04:39 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1484669 Another round draws to a close...thank you to all who entered! I will be judging the entries and posting results soon! Round seven will begin soon! Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word of Mouth - Your connection to the Central PA music scene. [Image #973693...[Read Full Post] Sun, 01 Apr 2007 20:15:06 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1482475 Hi, This was a lot of fun to write. I might eventually even do a longer version of it. [Link To Item #1232387] Thanks! Tricia [Image #1223894] [Link To Item #1227459] [Image #1227439] Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:37:05 EDT http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1470548 I'd like to thank everyone for your continued patience with each round of this contest. I'm tweaking things here and there to make it better for everyone. Thank you, also, for your comments and suggestions. I've changed the prizes a bit, because they seemed a little low. You guys deserve bigger awards for your great stories! Enough rambl...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:54:34 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1465788 First of all, thank you to everyone who entered!! I enjoyed reading all of the stories, and I thought they were all good! It was hard to decide, but here are the winners: 1st place (5,000 gps) - [Link To Item #1217766] 2nd place (2,500 gps) - [Link To Item #1217048] 3rd place (1,000) - a tie between [Link To Item #121...[Read Full Post] Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:42:13 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1465780 Round Five is now closed. Thank you to everyone who entered! I'll judge the entries and post the results as soon as possible. Round six begins tomorrow! Check out my contest! [Link To Item #1146731] [Link: 'http://www.wordofmouthpa.com'] Word of Mouth - Your connection to the Central PA music scene. [Im...[Read Full Post] Wed, 28 Feb 2007 17:35:44 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1462393 [Link To Item #1218234] It's for the second prompt. Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:21:05 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1454278 [Link To Item #1217766] [Image #956035] Just Passing Through Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:53:21 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1453791 Hi! First contest I've ever entered! This is a story I wrote for a character in the pen and paper rpg Orpheus (a banshee). It's written from a 3rd person perspective, but I guess it fits into the description of the contest, so here it is! Good luck to everyone! [Link To Item #1183751] Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:34:36 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1453293 [Link To Item #1217048] Here is my entry, ivy. I stand amid the roar Of a surf-tormented shore, And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand-- How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers to the deep, While I weep--while I weep! --Edgar Allan Poe...[Read Full Post] Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:54:45 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1452891 My red Corvette swerved to the right, then to the left. A eighteen wheeler, going ninety miles per hour sped towards me. I didn't know what was happening to my car. All I knew was I couldn't gain control of the wheel and my car was driving in the oncoming lane. "Beeeep, beeeeep," the trucker blew his horn. I continued to wrestle ...[Read Full Post] Mon, 12 Feb 2007 20:00:28 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1452865 OK, here is my entry. It is of the second prompt....kind of. The characters surprisingly found that they were no longer on the planet Earth, but they didn't find that out when they woke up. You'll see what I mean. Please don't disqualify me for this one difference! Thanks so much. OK, here it is! [Link To Item #1211693] ...[Read Full Post] Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:13:20 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1446838 I'm proud to announce that this contest is starting up again. Round Five Prompts - Please pick one on which to base a short story: 1. You're the victim of a tragic event, but it gives you a special power! What is the event, and what is the power? 2. You wake up to discover that you are no longer on the planet Earth! Where are yo...[Read Full Post] Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:32:46 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1446261 Judging by the interest at the beginnnig of the forum, you may have more entries if you make it prompt-less. That is, set it to a 1000 word flash fiction and you pick a genre for each round, instead of a prompt. Then people enter with the strangest story or zaniest plot twist they can think up. [Image #1198087] [Image #1192933] ...[Read Full Post] Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:49:25 EST http://www.Writing.Com/main/forums/message_id/1440541