Humorous story about a high school
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Write a humorous story about an especially frustrating subject you had in the high school. This can be about any subject in the public high-school curriculum. Detail what was puzzling, frustrating, or spoiled your interest in school, or even made you want to drop out. Choose an experience in this subject that you later gained proficiency and could laugh about your earlier difficulty.
Write a story that somehow incorporates the topic. The story does not have to be specifically about the topic. But should clearly incorporate the topic into the story.
Creative approaches are welcomed. But contest voters will be asked to consider the topic when making a choice for a winner.
Minimum length 700 words. Maximum Length 7,000 words. Recommended length 2,000 - 3,500 words.
This is a Winless contest. Only authors that have not won first place in 60 days may enter.
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 20.00 member dollars. There are 6 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 50.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
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Write a story that somehow incorporates the topic. The story does not have to be specifically about the topic. But should clearly incorporate the topic into the story.
Creative approaches are welcomed. But contest voters will be asked to consider the topic when making a choice for a winner.
Minimum length 700 words. Maximum Length 7,000 words. Recommended length 2,000 - 3,500 words.
This is a Winless contest. Only authors that have not won first place in 60 days may enter.
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 20.00 member dollars. There are 6 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 50.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, March 10, 2009.
