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Contest	Entry Fee	Type	Category	Spots Available	Previous Winners	Voters	Current Prize Pool	Organizer	Deadline
Resurrecting Eldora Eldora was awesome! She loved FanStory. She enjoyed your stories, your critiques and your poems. You probably didn't know that she had terminal cancer when she started FanStory because she wasn't about cancer. She was about life. Share your memories.	5.00 member dollars	Not Specific	Biographical	16 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	10.00 member dollars	mansell	3 days
Love, Honour and obey... You are challenged to write a poem that somehow incorporates the artwork shown in the announcement.	5.00 member dollars	Poetry	General	6 of 16	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	50.00 member dollars	2Flower	7 days
Playing it Serious Best to read the announcement over this one.	15.00 member dollars	Science Fiction	General	12 of 12	Fully Eligible	Reviewers Only	None	Jack Lewis	8 days
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews.	None	Not Specific	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	8 days
Haiku Poetry For this contest you are challenged to write a Haiku poem. Haiku is a form of poetry that only uses three lines. Can you paint a mental image using only three lines?	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	10 days
Summer Fun Write a poem about some fun summer object that a child might play with.	5.00 member dollars	Poetry	General	4 of 18	Fully Eligible	Reviewers Only	70.00 member dollars	brunettdream	10 days
Poem of the Month Each month one poem is selected to be the Poem of the Month. A public vote determines the winner. All poems posted during the month are automatically considered.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	Special Recognition	FanStory.com	11 days
Tall Tales and Campfire Stories It's time to roast marshmallows and tell stories. Write a tall tale or campfire story. See annoouncement for details.	5.00 member dollars	Fiction	General	3 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	45.00 member dollars	starkat	12 days
Six Word Story Contest V This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the the announcement.	5.00 member dollars	Non-Fiction	Letters and Diary	12 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	30.00 member dollars	shelley kay	14 days
Villanelle This contest requires you to write a poem in the Villanelle form. The topic is entirely up to you! Read the announcement for instructions and a sample poem.	5.00 member dollars	Poetry	Writing	8 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	50.00 member dollars	Poetry's Protege	15 days
Visual Poetry Write a poem in the form of a shape.	5.00 member dollars	Poetry	General	10 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	40.00 member dollars	Josipher32	20 days
What if.... This is a topic based contest. Write a poem based on the topic provided in the the announcement.	4.00 member dollars	Poetry	Fantasy	5 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	28.00 member dollars	becky7777	21 days
Tell A Story In A Poem In this contest you are challenged to write a poem that tells a story and also rhymes. We've included examples of this type of poetry storytelling in the announcement.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	25 days
Meet The Fockers This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the the announcement.	5.00 member dollars	Fiction	Humor	11 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	5.00 member dollars	PoesyPoet	25 days
Flash Fiction The challenge of flash fiction is to tell a complete story in which every word is absolutely essential. A writer must take away the excess until the story is left with nothing but the clean-scraped core of a story. The topic is "the subway".	None	Flash Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	26 days
Shut Up And Go On Vacation This is a topic based contest. Write a story based on the topic provided in the the announcement.	5.00 member dollars	Fiction	General	11 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	5.00 member dollars	ChrisMcLaughlin	26 days
Etch A Sketch Write a sketch about anything for any genre. The only catch is that the story presented in the sketch must be able to stand on its own. It must have a beginning, a middle and an end all showcased within the script itself.	5.00 member dollars	Script	General	18 of 18	30 Days	Premier Members	None	Johnny Carwash	26 days
Depression Write a story about someone going through depression, it does not have to be a specific age or gender it can be anyone you want it to be. Explain how it effects people around them and how they feel everyday.	5.00 member dollars	Fiction	General	8 of 12	30 Days	Premier Members	20.00 member dollars	Little Leprechaun	27 days
Reviewing Contest Every month we make a cash prize available to the reviewer that writes the most detailed and helpful reviews.	None	Not Specific	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	27 days
Last Comic Standing Make me laugh, that's it	5.00 member dollars	Not Specific	Humor	8 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	50.00 member dollars	Josipher32	28 days
Story of the Month Each month a vote determines the Story of the Month. All stories posted during the month are automatically considered.	None	Not Specific	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	Special Recognition	FanStory.com	28 days
Poetry In Art This poetry contest challenges you to write a poem that incorporates the artwork provided. View the announcement to see the image.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	35 days
Open Door This contest challenged writers to start or end a story with a specific sentence. View the announcement and create a story that uses this sentence.	5.00 member dollars	Fiction	General	8 of 12	Non Winners Only	Premier Members	20.00 member dollars	ChrisMcLaughlin	37 days
This Sentence Starts The Story Write a story that starts with this sentence: "It was supposed to be easy."	None	Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	40 days
Sentence Starts the Story Write a fiction or nonfiction work with a certain sentence.	5.00 member dollars	Not Specific	General	18 of 18	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	None	Josipher32	41 days
Faith Non-Fiction The theme for this non-fiction contest is "faith". We are looking for personal essays, memoirs, and works of literary nonfiction that in some way pertain to the theme. It can be spiritual, political, or funny. Creative approaches welcomed.	None	Non-Fiction	Biographical	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	44 days
Acrostic Poetry Write an acrostic poem. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	45 days
My first vechicle Remembering that first car/truck experience with a new license and found freedom. The first step to adulthood and independence when we all thought our car was so wonderful. The troubles we got into and memories we had made. Write about it.	5.00 member dollars	Non-Fiction	General	9 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	15.00 member dollars	jeana	49 days
Write About This Write a story based on the image pictured in this announcement. What is happening here? Is this your character? Or how will your character react to what is shown?	None	Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	51 days
Summertime Story Contest For our Summertime Story Contest we are looking for stories that somehow capture this time of year. Stories should be summertime oriented but creative approaches are welcomed.	None	Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	56 days
Poetry for the Intelligentsia A contest designed to enrich vocabulary. Poems must contain words three syllables or more except for conjunctions (e.g. "and", "but", etc.), prepositions (e.g. "in", "into", "upon", etc.), and articles ("the, "a", and "an".) Pronouns are not allowed.	20.00 member dollars	Poetry	General	5 of 12	Fully Eligible	Reviewers Only	140.00 member dollars	AlvinTEthington	57 days
Summertime Poetry For our Summertime Poetry Contest we are looking for poems that somehow incorporate this time of year. Poems should be summertime oriented.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	67 days
Faith Poetry The theme for this poetry contest is "faith". We are looking for poems that in some way pertain to this theme. It doesn't matter if it's spiritual, political, intellectual or emotional as long as faith is clearly represented.	None	Poetry	Spiritual	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	78 days
The Words Are The Same Write a poem that uses the words listed in the contest announcement.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	82 days
Poetic Art This poetry contest challenges you to write a poem that incorporates the artwork provided. Your poem can become part of this artwork. View the announcement to see the image.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	87 days
Strong Character A strong character can make a story. Write a story based on the character pictured in this announcement.	None	Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	112 days
New Arrival Story For our New Arrival "This Sentence Starts The Story" contest we challenge you to write a story that starts with this sentence: "It was time to make a change."	None	Fiction	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	164 days
New Arrival Poetry Write an acrostic poem for this contest for new members to the site. An acrostic poem is a poem where the first letter of each line spells out a word. View an example in the announcement.	None	Poetry	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	$100 Visa Gift Card	FanStory.com	174 days
Rankings Details on the the FanStory.com Rankings for Poets, Short Story Writers, Novelists and Script Writers.	None	Not Specific	General	No Limit	Fully Eligible	See Announcement	Special Recognition	FanStory.com	179 days
2008 Predictions Make Predictions for 2008. Must be made by 1-31-08	10.00 member dollars	Non-Fiction	Essay	10 of 12	Fully Eligible	Premier Members	20.00 member dollars	SnowBound	179 days

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