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 Christmas Story Contest 2006--CLOSED Rated:
E
 Short Story Contest About the First Christmas. High GPS awards & growing!**CLOSED
by: MarysTears View marystears's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: marystears [Offline / Private] Avg Rating: (12)  


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I am honored to have been added to the Seal of Approval list and to proudly display this image - MarysTears View marystears's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: marystears [Offline / Private]
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Note5 ~ Note4 ~ Note5 ~ CONTEST DEADLINE ~ Note5 ~ Note4 ~ Note5
Dec 25th 2006 - 11:59pm WDC time.


Using a creative approach - re-tell the story of the Birth of Christ.
Where and how you start and end the story is up to you.
Please be truthful to the Gospels.
Other than that - be creative !!
YOU DECIDE HOW TO WRITE IT !


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Snow1 - Tell the story from the viewpoint of Mary,
or one of the wisemen,
or Joseph or even Jesus himself.

Snow1 - Be an outside observer in Bethlehem and tell
what you saw the night Christ was born

Snow1 - Put yourself into the scene
and describe what you see

Snow1 - Interact with the people or just narrate it

Snow1 - or ???? got another idea? Run with it!

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Note4 ~ Note4 ~ Note5 ~ WHAT WON LAST YEAR? ~ Note4 ~ Note4 ~ Note5

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"The Wonder of Christmas [E] by spazmom View eternalheart's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]
    Mary knew only that her's was the greatest honor a woman could have...

Gift3Gift3Gift3HONORABLE MENTION Gift3Gift3Gift3
"Invalid Item [] by A Guest Visitor
   


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Exclaim ~ Exclaim ~ Exclaim ~ THE RULES ~ Exclaim ~ Exclaim ~ Exclaim

         Thumbsup ~ Short story, Dialogue, Article, etc.

         Thumbsup ~ Between 1,000 and 5,000 words. *Put the word count somewhere in the item*
                             If you're a little under or over on the count - that's ok - but please -
                             no novels or flash fiction

         Thumbsup ~ Spelling, grammer, punctuation are critical and will be part of the judging.

         Thumbsup ~ Only E rated items. Anything else may be suspended and/or deleted
                   and will not be considered for judging.
                   NO exceptions !!!!

         Thumbsdown ~ NO profanity, violence, language, etc... NO exceptions !!!!
                   The item will not be considered for judging if it contains any of these things.

         Thumbsdown ~ NO editing after closing date - (Dec 25th 2006 11:59pm WDC time)
                   until after the judging is complete and winners posted
                   or you will be disqualified from judging!!!

         Thumbsup ~ One entry per author per year.

         Thumbsup ~ Must be written new for this contest.

         Thumbsup ~ Post in item, bitem or titem format. If you need help with this - read:
                    ~ "Invalid Item"   by A Guest Visitor
                              or:
                    ~ "The illustrated guide to linking"   by Writing.Com Support View support's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]

                              or email me MarysTears View marystears's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: marystears [Offline / Private]for help


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Gift1 ~ Gift2 ~ Gift3 ~ 'PRIZES' ~ Gift1 ~ Gift2 ~ Gift3

THESE WILL MOST LIKELY BE INCREASING
DUE TO VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS

I WILL ANNOUCE SOON WHAT THE
NEW/BIGGER AWARDS WILL BE!!


Gift1 - 1st place - Gift1
50K BLUE Ribbon
OR
25K BLUE Ribbon
+ 25K GPS
Winners Choice



Gift2Gift2 - 2nd place - Gift2Gift2
25K RED Ribbon
OR
Merit Badge
+ 15K GPS
Judges decision


Gift3Gift3Gift3 - 3rd place - Gift3Gift3Gift3
Merit Badge
Judges Choice of badge


Gift4Gift4Gift4Gift4 - Honorable Mention (IF any) - Gift4Gift4Gift4Gift4
5,000 GPS.

More may be given but that will be at the discretion of the judges.

ALL VALID ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A DETAILED REVIEW DURING THE JUDGING

ExclaimA minimum of five valid entries are required to guarantee prizes. If there are less than five valid entries, each author will receive 2,500 gps and the contest will be declared over without being judged. We still may give out an award if an item is exceptional, but that is at the judge's discretion.

Exclaim **ANY ITEM NOT WITHIN THE RULES AND GUIDELINES
ARE SUBJECT TO DELETION AND WILL NOT BE JUDGED!!**
Exclaim


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Gift2 ~ Balloon5 ~ Kiss ~ Gift2 ~ Balloon5 ~ 'DONATIONS' ~ Balloon5 ~ Kiss ~ Gift2 ~ Balloon5 ~ Kiss

Donations of 20k or more will receive a Merit Badge !!
(Angel, Appreciation, Generosity)


MANY THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS !!
EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED A MERIT BADGE



~D forced to face reality~ View damiana's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: damiana [Offline / Private] - 100,000 gps
Annalynne ... away View butterfly388's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: butterfly388 [Offline / Private] - 50,000 gps
TexansBeatTheMiamiDolphinsBy3 View stormcloud's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: stormcloud [Offline / Private] - 21,000 gps
A HUGE thank you to everyone!!!!!



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Thumbsup ~ Thumbsdown ~ Thumbsup ~ 'THE JUDGING' ~ Thumbsup ~ Thumbsdown ~ Thumbsup

ReadingThe Judge(s)
MarysTears View marystears's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: marystears [Offline / Private] That's ME! Bigsmile
TexansBeatTheMiamiDolphinsBy3 View stormcloud's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: stormcloud [Offline / Private]
So far, that's it - BUT
I may add a guest judge if we have a lot of entries (I hope, I hope, I hope Laugh).
I will post their name here as early as possible if I do.
Exclaim ~ Judges decision is final ~ Exclaim

Deadline: Dec 25th - 11:59pm WDC time.
NO editing after this date
until after the judging is complete and winners posted
or you will be disqualified
from judging!!!

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Note5 ~ Note4 ~ Note5 ~ VALID ENTRIES ~ Note5 ~ Note4 ~ Note5
***IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER***

ID: 1181554   (Rated: )
Title: Invalid Item 
Last Modified: 12-31-69 @ 7:00pm
By: A Guest Visitor

ID: 1182096   (Rated: E)
Title: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER 
Last Modified: 07-19-07 @ 10:32pm
By: SherriGiblet ~Thankful~ View sherrigibson's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: sherrigibson [Offline / Private]

ID: 1184228   (Rated: E)
Title: Maria's Gift to the world 
Last Modified: 12-01-06 @ 12:50pm
By: sidtierney View sidtierney's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: sidtierney [Offline / Private]

ID: 1192580   (Rated: )
Title: Invalid Item 
Last Modified: 12-31-69 @ 7:00pm
By: A Guest Visitor

ID: 1193534   (Rated: E)
Title: The Christmas Lullaby 
Last Modified: 12-25-06 @ 6:57pm
By: Juliana Belmore View jpalmcook's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: jpalmcook [Offline / Private]

ID: 1193852   (Rated: E)
Title: Night Time Interuptions 
Last Modified: 12-24-06 @ 6:00pm
By: SigmaWind View sigmawind's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: sigmawind [Offline / Private]

ID: 1193976   (Rated: 13+)
Title: A Christmas Story 
Last Modified: 12-24-06 @ 10:31pm
By: WalnutMan View walnutman's Portfolio.  [Offline / Private]Email User: walnutman [Offline / Private]


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