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Thu Jan 10, 2013 9:02 am
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Whoop Whoop! I’ve been wanting to hold a contest pretty much the moment I got back to YWS. And a Flash Fiction Contest seemed like just the thing to do.

So some of you may be wondering what Flash Fiction is. Well, I’ll let Wikipedia do most of the work there.
Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity.


Pretty simple, right? But there are three things I’ll be looking for.
- plot
- character
- conflict

Not too difficult. Just want to make sure I don't end up reading a 200 word description of a sandwich.
On to the rules then, right?

1. No Plagiarism.
2. Any rating is acceptable.
3. It should focus, in some way, on one of the following words/ideas:
---- Innocence
---- Freedom
---- Panic
---- Incompetence
---- Sacrifice
---- Law
---- Beauty
---- Need
---- Infatuation
---- Customer service
4. Your story may not include any of the five words listed below:
---- love
---- wearing
---- seriously
---- nice
---- like
5. No more than 250 words please.
6. Submit a link to your work in this thread. If you don’t wish to submit it to the Literary works area, PM me your piece.
7. The contest deadline is January 31st!
8. Have fuuuuun!

Almost forgot! Prizes (sadly I have only reviews to offer):
All Submissions will receive a review.

Third: 1 additional review on a piece of their choice to use whenever.
Second: 3 additional reviews on any pieces of their choosing to be used whenever they wish.
First: 5 additional reviews on whatever they wish whenever they wish it.



If you have any questions, leave them below pretty please!

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Thu Jan 10, 2013 11:40 am
Demeter says...



Awegreat! I'd love to try!
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Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:21 pm
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AWYUS
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Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:46 pm
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Lauren2010 says...



FFF I was all excited cause I have a 750 word flash piece but that's waay ove the word limit xD

Guess there's nothing wrong with trying to write something else. ;)
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Thu Jan 10, 2013 12:48 pm
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I'm gonna lose, but I'll give it a shot :)
Save time... see it my way.

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Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:03 pm
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I'll try my best to come up with something! :D
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Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:26 pm
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I have actually written two stories, but one seems to be more suitable for this competition so I shall choose that instead!
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Thu Jan 10, 2013 2:31 pm
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Well I'm done already! Here's the link lily!

work.php?id=98958
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Fri Jan 11, 2013 9:30 am
beckiw says...



Might as well throw my hat in too!

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Mehbeh bebeh.

If I have the time...
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Sat Jan 12, 2013 4:36 am
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Bam: work.php?id=98996

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Sat Jan 12, 2013 5:54 am
PenguinAttack says...



What, competition, what?

GONNA BURN THIS PAPER UP, YO.
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i'll give it a shot
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