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>> Message Forum >> Contest >> ID #1422692 | Show Details

100 Words Contest		Rated: ASR
Closed Until Some Unknown date in the future....
by: Ricky	Avg Rating: (29)

100 Words [#1422673]
A header for the 100 Words Contest...

Can you Write a story in exactly 100 Words??? Not 99 and not 101, but 100???
Now can you write that story without repeating any words? Only one "A" only one "the", only one "of", you get the catch now?

Yeah sounds easy but it isn't. Making the story sound fluid and not choppy, and using exactly 100 words, so hard.

ATTENTION SEPTEMBER ENTRANTS
Entries must follow a prompt:
1. You are a fish and you see the worm dangling on the invisible hook, you bite and are caught. Describe in 100 unique human words the feelings reeling through your head as you are jerked out of the water.

2. Being a thief you have seen some strange stuff in the houses you have broke into, but I wanna know in 100 unique words what took the gold medal of strangeness under the bed of that one house you broke into.

3. The relationship is beyond perfect until the next level when you move in together, tell me in 100 unique words what destroys the perfect match.

4. You are far far far away from any city late at night. You look up into the sky and without any man made lights within blocking the view of the sky, describe in 100 unique words what you see.

5. They say pictures are worth 1000 words, of course with all the natural repeats ordinary vocabulary uses I believe this photo needs only 100 unique ones to describe it.

Hang on Tight [#1595738]
For a Picture Prompt for September 100 words Contest.

For the purpose of this contest, hyphenated words will be counted as two words.

For the purpose of this contest, words used in hyphenated words can not be used again.

For the purpose of this contest, words claiming possession will be counted as same word without possession i.e. Ricky runs Ricky's 100 word contest - Ricky just got repeated.

For the purpose of this contest, contractions such as "I've" will be counted as one word; however it will be counted as using I and Have, so if you need room for one more word for the count this is the way to go, but if looking for a way to use I or have twice, sorry, try something else.

For the purpose of this contest you may use a singular form of a word and then a plural form of the word, such as flower and flowers; however words that are identical in both, i.e. "deer" will count as a repeat.

For the purpose of this contest, a verb in its different tenses will not count as a repeat, again if word is identical in different tenses it will count as a repeat.

For the purpose of this contest, words in different languages that say the same thing will count as repeats. I.E. If the American boy tell the French girl "I Love You" don't have her say "Je vous aime" or you will repeat.

Count your words yourself, WordPerfect and Word are not always correct in their counting methods.

Keep to 18+ rating for you story, and any posts in the forum to ASR, or you will be disqualified.

New entries only....This is a month long contest, so you have time to make a new entry for each month. One entry per contestant per month.

Please post story in BITEM format. If you need help with this, please see "Invalid Item"

Have Fun

Please follow these simple rules, they are not difficult, and if I left out anything or you have any questions, please post below or email me...

Prizes

First Place: An awardicon for the story, An Attention to Detail Merit Badge, and 15,000 Gps to do with what you wish.

Second Place: An Attention to Detail Merit Badge, and 10,000 Gps to do with what you wish.

Third Place: An Attention to Detail Merit Badge.

And depending on the number of Entries Honorable Mentions will receive 4,000 Gps to do with what they wish.

Contest runs from the first of the month to the last Friday of the month, This should give me that weekend to judge the entries and get the winners announced so they don't have to wait.

This contest was created by obwan is NaNofied , but due to real life he had to stop running it. I asked if I could run in his honor, and he allowed me to do so. So if you like this contest, make sure you drop him line to thank him for the idea, it wasn't mine....

September Winners:
First Place

ID: 1597589 (Rated: ASR)
Title: A Four Month Annoyance

Description: The things we do for love...
By: Robian: On a roll

Second Place

ID: 1596540 (Rated: ASR)
Title: Not Alone in the Dark

Description: 100 words, no repeats, September entry. A Thief finds more than she was looking for.
By: Silva Shado: Go Blue NaNos Go!

Third Place

ID: 1602456 (Rated: 18+)
Title: THE BURDEN OF TRUTH

Description: John takes to burgling to support his wife. Breaking into a house, he receives a shock.
By: Professor Moriarty

And Honoralbe Mentions to

ID: 1596280 (Rated: E)
Title: A CHILD'S PLEA

Description: 100 WORDS - NO REPEATS - FROM PICTURE PROMPT
By: markymark

ID: 1601210 (Rated: 13+)
Title: So Over

Description: reasons a living situation has to end
By: Lizz Jewell

ID: 1597900 (Rated: E)
Title: Ending

Description: Won Honorable Mention in 100 Words Contest, September 2009
By: Madi

and

ID: 1600894 (Rated: ASR)
Title: Twisted Treasures

Description: A thief can find some strange things hidden under a bed...
By: flygirl17

For Winners of Previous rounds please go to

ID: 1447470 (Rated: ASR)
Title: 100 Word Contest Winners

Description: Winners of the 100 Word Contest
By: Ricky

Many Thanks to those who have made donations to the contest to ensure it will be here for many moons to come.

Highwind~

embe

scattered

Jessiebelle™

Confused *MJ Quixote*

Vikki~NaNo'ing

Jules~NaNoWriMadness

Krobotica

The StoryMaster

Nina..Good Luck Nano-authors

Acme

And double thanks to mistaiNletoe for the lovely Awardicon that graces the top of the contest.

Until We Read Again
Ricky

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#414. The Future of the 100 Words.....

>>>>>>ID #1991010 by Ricky on 10-30-09 @ 10:32 pm

#413. Finally, Winners announced

>>>>>>ID #1991007 by Ricky on 10-30-09 @ 10:26 pm

#412. Re: Closed For Judging

--->>ID #1989194 by Lizz Jewell

on 10-27-09 @ 4:46 pm

#411. Re: Closed For Judging

--->>ID #1988161 by markymark

on 10-25-09 @ 12:35 pm

#410. A little delay.....

>>>>>>ID #1977519 by Ricky on 10-04-09 @ 8:43 pm

#409. Closed For Judging

>>>>>>ID #1973334 by Ricky on 09-26-09 @ 11:27 am

#408. September entry - Thief prompt

--->>ID #1972604 by Professor Moriarty

on 09-24-09 @ 7:14 pm

#407. Relationship Prompt

--->>ID #1972529 by BBKing

on 09-24-09 @ 4:10 pm

#406. The Perfect Relationship - September Entry

--->>ID #1970823 by Zerataku

on 09-21-09 @ 4:09 am

#405. Drinking away youth/sept 100 pict entry

--->>ID #1970779 by cerial

on 09-21-09 @ 12:34 am

#404. my entry, Couple prompt

--->>ID #1970507 by Moonwolf

on 09-20-09 @ 2:20 pm

#403. moving out

--->>ID #1970314 by Lizz Jewell

on 09-20-09 @ 2:13 am

#402. Gold Medal of Strangeness Entry

--->>ID #1969766 by flygirl17

on 09-19-09 @ 1:07 am

#401. Given it a go. Thief prompt.

--->>ID #1967391 by Phoenix

on 09-14-09 @ 12:58 am

#400. Sept pic entry...Departure

--->>ID #1967292 by Nina..Good Luck Nano-authors

on 09-13-09 @ 8:15 pm

#399. I Quit! 100 word Contest.( Thief )

--->>ID #1965026 by Melissa Hall

on 09-08-09 @ 1:33 pm

#398. September entry

--->>ID #1964386 by Madi

on 09-07-09 @ 8:58 am

#397. Picture entry- Have fun...

--->>ID #1963744 by Robian: On a roll

on 09-05-09 @ 10:26 pm

#396. Re: Question

>>>>>>ID #1963253 by Ricky on 09-04-09 @ 7:46 pm

#395. Question

--->>ID #1963137 by § Forsaken §

on 09-04-09 @ 3:15 pm

#394. September entry: thief

--->>ID #1962065 by Silva Shado: Go Blue NaNos Go!

on 09-02-09 @ 9:14 am

#393. Another experiment, this time, an official entry.

--->>ID #1961709 by markymark

on 09-01-09 @ 2:02 pm

#392. September entry

--->>ID #1961466 by Vampyr14

on 09-01-09 @ 12:55 am

#391. Re: ATTENTION EVERYONE

--->>ID #1961462 by Vampyr14

on 09-01-09 @ 12:53 am

#390. Entry: Prompt #4

--->>ID #1961076 by § Forsaken §

on 08-31-09 @ 11:47 am

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