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A monthly contest for short, and I do mean short, stories! 50 to 75 words only! |
** Image ID #2055061 Unavailable ** I am sure most writers have heard of the six word story that was attributed (however, falsely) to Ernest Hemingway- it told a heart wrenching glimpse in just six short words. This challenge will be a little easier on you- you will have 50 to 75 words to tell a succinct moment, an important scene or even a common one, that is filled with nuance. There is a quarterly literary publication called Blink|Ink and they have termed this format, a 'blink' and offer the following as a definition- “Blinks can be extraordinary, important moments- but they can also capture mundane things as well, stripped of context. Its the lighting of a cigarette, words shared at an intersection, the downing of a shot before returning to a dark home. We don’t know where home is, or what waits there. Blinks focus on moments, alone, with the rest left to the imagination. They can be realizations, exchanges, places on the road, an extraction of a scene, the nuance of something we know to be more robust, but whose full story is told elsewhere.” “The Blink is just the glimpse, the snapshot versus the movie.” COMPETITION! Your challenge, should you choose to accept, is to create one of these 'snapshots'. At the beginning of every month, I will post a one word prompt and/or a picture prompt. You have the month to write your blink based on one prompt. At the end of the month, (no entries after 11:59pm on the last day of the month, WDC time will be accepted) Autumn wishes all a Merry Yule ![]() ![]() PRIZES! Winners will receive the following, and bragging rights! ![]() ![]() ![]() Your piece will be judged on creativity and the technical writing building blocks- grammar, spelling, and punctuation. Here are the rules, list form, for easier viewing RULES! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() DONATIONS! ...are gratefully accepted ![]() ![]() Lovely Donors Spacecat ![]() IntueyL&L2P'ColaNAS ![]() Girlinwhite ![]() writeaway ![]() Schnujo Won NaNo! ![]() 🌙 HuntersMoon ![]() ~Alexi~ ![]() PROMPT FOR May '18 Adoption Remember- you aren't expected to write a complete story in 50 to 75 words- you are creating a moment that draws a reader in and leaves the WANTING more, wanting a story. ![]() ![]() |
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