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 Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 11:36 pm Post subject: YWS Instructor's Short Story Competition! |
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Hey YWSers!
The Instructors (yeah, those guys with the purple names) have all put our heads together and come up with a competition we think will get plenty of people interesting and as November's just around the corner it'll be a good warm-up for those novelists!
We're going to run a short story competition from 7th of September (this Friday) to 7th October.
There is no minimum or maximum words, but around 10,000 - 12,000 is more than enough!
The theme will be "beginnings" and we hope you'll really find some good scope with that!
There will be five judges, each of which will remain anonymous so they don't get pestered by entrants. The average of each of their marks will form your total score.
If you're interested, PM any of your instructors and let us know you'd like to enter!
You can PM Ducksworthy any time for information or queries.
Have fun and good luck,
The YWS Instructors. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Come on people, we need more entries! |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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| HOLY SHIZZLE! I completely forgot about this....dangit. It's too late. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| What do you mean by beginnings? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Ohhh wait. It says October. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:04 pm Post subject: |
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Ooh! Sounds like fun.  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Beginnings can be interpreted any way you wish. Perhaps it means the bith of a child or the beginning of an adventure. Really, it's a very broad topic. |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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| I see, that really helps. Should we PM the entry, post it here, or post it in another forum and make a link here? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm pretty sure it doesn't matter. If it's easier for you to post a link or paste it then do so but if you're a little shy about sharing your work, you're equally welcome to pm it to one of the instructors. |
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To be a pénible question asker, what are the prizes?  |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hehe. I know French! Woooo!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:26 pm Post subject: |
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| How many entries can we post? |
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| Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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Claudette - Good question and I'll let Ducksworthy answer it.
Gadi - I think the maximum is probably two entries each. |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:45 pm Post subject: |
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Uh huh uh huh I am doing this one!!!! Get my juices flowing.  |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2007 9:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Right. I'm in. |
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