SIX WORD STORY CONTEST XVII
The topic for this contest is: SIX WORD MEMOIR XVII.
"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 XVII:
- THEME: In honour of Mother's Day coming up on May 10th, please write a six word TRUE story about your mother (or adoptive/foster mother). Good, bad, or indifferent.
- Must be a TRUE story.
- Must be only SIX words
- NO author's notes - story MUST stand on its own.
*The ONLY author's notes allowed is the RULES of the contest.
*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 (4/27/09 - 8:12am PST), the last chapter is "chapter 247". 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. ;-)
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The contest winner will win half of the prize pool of 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 5 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Monday, May 18, 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 XVII:
- THEME: In honour of Mother's Day coming up on May 10th, please write a six word TRUE story about your mother (or adoptive/foster mother). Good, bad, or indifferent.
- Must be a TRUE story.
- Must be only SIX words
- NO author's notes - story MUST stand on its own.
*The ONLY author's notes allowed is the RULES of the contest.
*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 (4/27/09 - 8:12am PST), the last chapter is "chapter 247". 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 5 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Monday, May 18, 2009.
