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Short Stories: January 10, 2024 Issue [#12351]




 This week: Writing.Com Time
  Edited by: Annette
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1. About this Newsletter
2. A Word from our Sponsor
3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
5. A Word from Writing.Com
6. Ask & Answer
7. Removal instructions

About This Newsletter

"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." by Douglas Adams


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Letter from the editor

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With New Year's celebrations barely in the rearview mirror, most of us have a vivid recollection of seeing different countries and continents sweeping into the new year. During that night, it was okay that we were all lving and acting and broadcasting in our own time zone. For all things that have to do with Writing.Com, such as contest entry deadlines or the last minute to bid on an auction package, we have to adhere to one time zone.

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Why should you care about Writing.Com time at all? Does it really matter.

Yes it does.

"Dear Me: Official WDC Contest"  says: The submission deadline is: 11:59 pm EST, January 31, 2024. Entries edited after the submission deadline may be disqualified from winning without notice.

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Editor's Picks

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If I could go back in time   (E)
Writers Cramp Prompt: going back in time
#2304815 by H❀pe

 
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The Time Crystal  (E)
Izzy must learn how to restore the forest's fading magic. Word Count: 650
#2304136 by Krista of House Mormont

Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?  (ASR)
She had to get there in time. Proud to win Cramp!!
#2303682 by THANKFUL SONALI Now What?

 
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The Joke  (E)
Laughing at the wrong time!
#2294528 by Serena Blade

FORUM
The LGBT Writing Contest - now judging  (18+)
Short story contest (with great prizes) for LGBT characters.
#1980539 by Osirantinous

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WDC L'il Helper Contest  (E)
Submit your best How-To essay or narrative that explains a specific aspect of Writing.com.
#2308999 by JACE

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Tales Shown, Not Told OLD FORMAT  (18+)
A short story contest with a focus on showing, not telling.
#2295490 by Max Griffin 🏳️‍🌈

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The Contest Challenge  (13+)
Join by entering a contest a month for 12 months--Win Badges! Catching up is allowed!
#2109126 by Schnujo is Late to Lannister

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I Write in 2024  (13+)
Year 12 of I Write is the last one
#2307927 by Annette

 
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Ask & Answer

Replies to my last Short Stories newsletter "So Many Stories To Tell"  that asked Do you know the many places that can get you to write more stories?

Kåre Enga in Montana wrote: I was bothered by a pesky fly, took photos of a beehive, dropped my key (found it), watched mating sparrows and the green man shearing shrubs. I wrote ""Morning exercise" D13 #9 40w 'speculation'"  just before the deadline. Is it a great work of art? *Laugh* Are you kidding? I wrote. 40 words. Concrete images. And I made my exercise goal as well.

Any of these events sounds like a great story starter.

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