Introducing Our 100-Word Micro-Fiction Contest!

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By: @jayna

Welcome to the 100-word short story contest, hosted by The Writers’ Block. We are a community of writers and editors devoted to supporting high quality fiction and poetry, and we have many exciting plans in the works to raise the visibility of quality content here on Steemit. To read more about our upcoming plans, see this post: The Triangle Theory.

This contest is about writing tight fiction. It’s about helping you to hone your craft by writing within a strict word limit. Writing micro-fiction is an excellent vehicle for sharpening your skills because it forces you to write a complete story in which every single word counts.



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How to participate in the contest:

  1. Review the prompt words.
  2. Write a short story in exactly 100 words, incorporating the prompts.

How to be a contender:

Make sure your story includes these elements:
  1. One or more characters
  2. Conflict. This can be anything that creates a challenge for the character(s), including a disagreement, a threat, a loss or a longing.
  3. A story arc. Build the tension. Make us feel wary, excited, fearful, etc.
  4. A resolution. Bring it all to a close in a satisfying way.

Contest rules:

  1. Write a story, following the guidelines above.
  2. Incorporate both of the following prompts in your story: fighting, rays.
  3. Use the following tags: #twbwritingcontest, #100words
  4. Post your story to your own blog, and provide the link in the comments of this post.
  5. Submit your story by the contest deadline of Saturday, September 1st, 2018, by 23:59 EST.

Prizes:

This contest will have one winner, who'll receive 10 Steem.

While it is not a requirement, we will appreciate it very much if you upvote this post and re-share.

If we have excellent participation, we will make this a regular thing. We look forward to reading your entries!








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Here is my entry to this great contest. Though, I don't expect to win, I'd love if a few of you got a chance to read it :o)

https://steemit.com/twbwritingcontest/@ablaze/the-light-the-writers-block-100-word-contest

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Oh man. I'm so used to fitting things into 50 words...what will I do with all those extra words? I bet the 100 word stories will feel completely different from the 50 word tales.

LOL!

I can't wait to see you swimming in all of those words... ;)

We feel sure they will, too.

Oh yes. It's a whole different ballgame!

IMHO the 100-word stories are more challenging. It's an opportunity to develop a story and characters. Using the right word and cutting 3 or 4, as a result, is the benefit I enjoy.
I look forward to the prompt.
Got it: Fighting, rays.

I think I made the deadline! Such a nice contest, looking forward to now be able to read all the other contestants. I'm sure you'll have a nice time judging this.

https://steemit.com/100words/@nobyeni/growth--flashfiction-itnkcb6qhu

Hello, sci-fi fans.

I'm throwing my space helmet into the ring with this 100-word entry:

"Outracing Light"

Thanks, @thewritersblock, for the stimulus.

😄😇😄

@creatr

I just saw this thans to @jayna now how can I double my 50 words , 2 prompts make fifty words for both then combine???hahah Got to start thinking

Interesting, as I have only heard of 55-word "nanofiction" events! I might have to give this one a try!🙂

Oh I hope you do!