Six word story contest XX
The topic for this contest is: SIX WORD MEMOIR XX.
"Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in only six words.
His response was, "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.""
RULES FOR SWS XIX:
- THEME: High School Graduation. Write a six word TRUE story about: Your high school graduation. What you know now that you didn't know then.
- Must be a TRUE story.
- Must be only SIX words.
- NO author's notes - story must stand on its own.
*Yes, (grammatically-correct) hyphenated words are allowed to be counted as one.
*IMPORTANT!
Yes, these entries are going into a multi-author book titled, "Get Ready! Get Set! GO!" (at least they're supposed to be anyway lol).
As of right now (6/12/09 - 12:50pm PST), the last chapter is "chapter 277". When you first enter your entry, it will be thrown into the book as a prologue (chapter 0). I get the prologue! lol! Please, please, please, please make sure you fix the chapter number on your entry.
There is a little tiny box at the top of your edit screen to put chapter numbers in. After you save (preview) your entry to FanStory, edit as usual and fix the chapter number before you release it to the public. Please keep them going up in chronological order. Thank you so much for helping me with this!
Now click to reserve your spot, 'cause this contest seems to fill up so freakin' fast you wouldn't believe lol.
Good Luck and Have Fun! :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Write a story that incorporates the topic. The story does have to be specifically about the topic, and creative approaches are welcomed.
Minimum Length: 6 words. Maximum Length: 6 words. Recommended Length: 6 words. ;-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, June 26, 2009.
Full Contest Listing
"Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway was challenged to write a story in only six words.
His response was, "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn.""
RULES FOR SWS XIX:
- THEME: High School Graduation. Write a six word TRUE story about: Your high school graduation. What you know now that you didn't know then.
- Must be a TRUE story.
- Must be only SIX words.
- NO author's notes - story must stand on its own.
*Yes, (grammatically-correct) hyphenated words are allowed to be counted as one.
*IMPORTANT!
Yes, these entries are going into a multi-author book titled, "Get Ready! Get Set! GO!" (at least they're supposed to be anyway lol).
As of right now (6/12/09 - 12:50pm PST), the last chapter is "chapter 277". When you first enter your entry, it will be thrown into the book as a prologue (chapter 0). I get the prologue! lol! Please, please, please, please make sure you fix the chapter number on your entry.
There is a little tiny box at the top of your edit screen to put chapter numbers in. After you save (preview) your entry to FanStory, edit as usual and fix the chapter number before you release it to the public. Please keep them going up in chronological order. Thank you so much for helping me with this!
Now click to reserve your spot, 'cause this contest seems to fill up so freakin' fast you wouldn't believe lol.
Good Luck and Have Fun! :-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Write a story that incorporates the topic. The story does have to be specifically about the topic, and creative approaches are welcomed.
Minimum Length: 6 words. Maximum Length: 6 words. Recommended Length: 6 words. ;-)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Friday, June 26, 2009.
