Hello and welcome to the Weekly Writings contest. This contest closes midnight every Saturday night, Writing.Com time. Every Sunday a new prompt will be given and a winner will be named, who will receive 3000gp. The end date of each prompt will also be given in the prompt post.

I would prefer only stories at this time. Stories will be judged according to how well they have related to the prompt, not on spelling and grammar, although you do have a week which is long enough to at least spell check your entry. Because no one likes to read a badly written story.


RULES

1. All stories MUST be a newly created STATIC item and posted in Bitem format in the forums . See "The illustrated guide to linking"  or http://www.writing.com/main/tools/action/writingml for help. Entries posted in the forum iteself will be disqualified.

2. All stories MUST be posted before midnight on saturday (WDC time) to qualify for judging on sunday.

3. All stories must be no less than 1,000 words and must not exceed 3,000 words. You MUST include a final word count in your forum post.

4. All genres AND portfolio colors are welcome. All ratings are welcome also but your title/intro must be E rated. So be aware if you are reading the stories posted here as they may be rated XGC.

5. ALL of the writing prompt requirements must be met in order to qualify.

6. You can enter a total of two stories per prompt but only one entry can win.

7. Please make sure your entry/ies are original to the week's prompt and have not been previously created or entered in other contests.

8. Any entries that do not follow the above rules will be disqualified.

9. Thank you and have fun writing.

Note: The prompt judge reserves the right to split the prize money if they deem two stories to be tied in being the winner. The judges will not be forced to give the winnings out if there is only one entry, however you may still receive a smaller amount for being the only entrant for the week. We reserve the right to hand out honorable mentions.