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Hello and welcome!
This forum is designed to get your creative juices flowing.
10,000 gps will be given away every 24 hours!

Each day around noon (w.com time), one of our judges will post a writing prompt. The contest ends before noon the next day. All entries that follow the prompt will be judged according to the writing prompt only. This means that grammatical errors WILL NOT be a determining factor in deciding the winner!

We are firm believers that far too many writers dwell so much on the grammatical portion of their writing, they stop the creative juices from spilling out of their fingers. A good writer does not stop to correct mistakes along the way. A good writer WRITES until they have extracted every bit of juice from their creative selves. Only then, does a good writer stop to edit.

Keeping that in mind, this forum will get your creative mind to write, write, write! How? You won't have TIME to correct. :) The judging will be based on how well you followed the prompt and how creative you were with it, not just on how well you write. Don't expect a detailed review of your piece. You have 24 hours to write, we only have a few minutes to judge.

DAILY PROMPTS are found in posts with these words in the subject line WINNER AND NEW PROMPT

There are only a few guidelines, so please adhere to them. Otherwise, you will be disqualified.

G U I D E L I N E S

1. All entries must be posted by link only. It is MANDATORY to use the bitem link. If you don't know how to use the bitem link, see "The illustrated guide to linking"

. In order to use a bitem link, you have to create a STATIC item for your entry.

2. All entries should be posted before noon (w.com time) to qualify for that day's judging.

3. All entries must not exceed 1,000 words for stories or 40 lines for poetry. You must include a final word or line count at the beginning or end of your story, or in your entry post.

4. All genres, all types of writing, and all portfolio colors are welcome. All ratings are welcome also - just make sure that your title/intro do not use language higher than 13+ (which is the rating of this forum).

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

6. Please only post one story, one poem or one of each for a total of two items.

7. PLEASE MAKE YOUR ENTRIES ORIGINAL TO THAT DAY'S PROMPT - previously created entries will not be considered, because the point of Writer's Cramp is to respond to a prompt in 24 hours or less, and submitting something you already wrote and had time to edit isn't fair to the other contestants. So you MUST create a new STATIC item for each prompt.

This contest changes daily. Therefore, it is recommended that you add this forum to your favorites!

HAVE FUN EVERYONE!

If you would like to donate GPs to the Writer's Cramp,
you may send them directly to "The Writer's Cramp group" -- (ID#463412). THANK YOU!

And a special THANK YOU to some recent generous donors
who help make our prizes possible!
The StoryMaster
"Mega Pot of Prizes"
mistaiNletoe
J. A. Buxton
JubeCube

Also, check out J. A. Buxton 's book made up entirely of Cramp Stories!

ASIN: 1598249150
1,000 Words or Less - A Collection of Contest Entries
Product Type: Book

List Price: $ 12.95
Amazon's Price: $ 12.95

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The Item Alias for "The Writer's Cramp" is "cramp" - you are welcome to use it!

Meet our wonderful regular Writer's Cramp Judges!
Turkey Talking Shaara
Storm Machine
Sophy
Diane
Darkin Stormy Night
Robert Waltz

And our occasional guest judges:
~j
justme
The Milkman
Bianca

Interested in becoming an occasional guest judge?
Then fill out "Writer's Cramp Judge Application"

PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY ENTRIES
TO THE CURRENT PROMPT
are allowed to be posted in this forum.
Anything other than prompts and current entries will be suspended,
including questions and comments.
If you have questions, comments or suggestions,
please email them to one of the judges. Thank you!

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