Extended Deadline!
Hello, and welcome to the first ever Adventures in Writing contest!
In keeping with the last several articles of this column, this contest will be centered on description. It's an issue a lot of writers have. How do you strike the balance between too much description and not enough? How do you write description that's interesting?
For some of my tips, check out the last three articles from Adventures in Writing:
Basic Tips
Tips for Character Description
Tips for Setting Description
So what do you need to do?
In 1000 words or less, dazzle me with your best description. It can be block description or description slipped into a short scene, setting description or character description or both. Either way, it needs to do several things:
- Avoid boring lists of description.
- Paint a picture for the reader.
- Detail the important or unusual details of a setting or character.
This is a contest for fiction. Your submission can be fantasy, horror, romance, or any other genre--the only limit is that it must be prose, not poetry. Although your submission can be only up to 1000 words, there is no minimum word count requirement. Description doesn't have to be long to be great!
Please note: Only one entry is allowed per contestant.
I will be judging each entry. Submit your entries by PM .
The submission deadline is March 31st, 2015. I will read the entries and announce the winners on April 25th.
The Prizes
- The First Place winner will receive 1000 points and a review of any work of their choice, in any literary category (including poetry and novel/chapter).
- The Second Place winner will receive 500 points and a review of any work of their choice, in any literary category.
- The Third Place winner will receive 250 points and a review of any work of their choice, in any literary category.
All three winners will be announced in the forum and in Squills, the YWS newsletter.
