Writing Contest: Mandela Effect--Submission Window Opens Today!
SUBMISSION WINDOW OPENS TODAY!
First place winner will receive $15 SBD. Second place winner gets $10 SBD. Third place takes home $5 SBD. $30 SBD in all, courtesy of @originalworks.
A few days ago, I made a "heads-up" post giving people some lead time on their entries since the submission window in this contest is so short--EXTENDED deadline is midnight, 10/30. So let's get down to business!
CONTEST PROMPT
Write between 500 and 1,000 words about some aspect of the Mandela Effect.
This should be fiction, a story with a complete arc that includes beginning, middle, and ending. Please do not submit essays or autobiographies. I’m not interested in theories, explanations, or personal experience. Entertain me! Introduce me to a character whose life is impacted by this phenomenon in some way. Take me on their journey, and make me believe it.
TIPS FROM THE JUDGE
I will be the only judge in this contest. And I’m tough. Be forewarned. If you lose me in the opening lines of your submission, I won’t keep reading. In this regard, I have much in common with J.A. Konrath. Read his article HERE about how not to start a story.
In fact, I encourage you to read many of the articles on writing posted at the Writers’ Block website. They can be found HERE. Do yourself a favor and submit your story to the Fiction Workshop at The Writers’ Block in plenty of time to work on it before the deadline. Let our editors improve your chances of winning. Learn how to find us HERE.
I can’t stress this enough. Workshoppers are not the only writers eligible to enter my contests. But typically, unworkshopped stories don’t stand a chance of winning. Why? Because at the first sign of a comma splice, confusion of “lay” versus “lie,” telling rather than showing, headhopping, or any rookie mistakes like those, I will stop reading and, most likely, set your submission aside. Correct grammar, spelling, and syntax matter to me. The mechanics of the writing matters to me. The execution matters to me. All of these things will factor in the judging, as well as how closely your story fits the prompt.
So is it possible to satisfy me as a judge? You bet it is! Check out the winners of our last OriginalWorks Fiction Contest. Not three, but FOUR superlative stories worthy of publication in mainstream literary magazines. I sure hope I see entries from those four writers this time, too!
Winners will be announced early-to-mid week. This will depend on the number of entries received, and how difficult it is to decide!
My entry to the contest:
https://steemit.com/writing/@neiraurdaneta/writing-contest-mandela-effect-the-story-of-peter
Thank you for your submission. :-)
Here goes nothing:
https://steemit.com/thewritersblock/@authorofthings/the-shepherd-mandela-effect-writing-contest-entry
Awesome! Thank you so much, @authorofthings
Just going to put this right here:
The End
Awesome! Got it, thank you muchly!
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Thanks to the extended deadline, here is my sci-fi take: https://steemit.com/fiction/@cizzo/photographs-sci-fi-short-or-contest-entry
Got it, @cizzo. Thank you!
Somebody is responsible. (hint: it was Manny.)
The Manny-Della Effect
Thank you, @jonknight!
@rhondak,
Here is my entry. I am open to any critique and feedback, please let me know how to join your workshops.
Thanks for the contest.
@Lymmerik
The Photograph of Dad
@lymmerik, go HERE for more details on how to find and join the Block. We'd love to have you! :-)
@rhondak,
Thank yo, I have already joined the Discord channel, but I didn't know about the workshop. Thanks I'll see you there soon!
@Lymmerik
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Here is my entry
https://steemit.com/fiction/@sostrin/dads-old-chevy
Thank you for your submision. :-)
Hello... May I know when is the deadline for this contest?
It's tonight, but I won't start evaluating entries until late tomorrow at the earliest, or possibly Wednesday. So if you think you can squeeze one in, go ahead! :-)