Writing Challenge: Short Story Challenge

 

**For $5 off the registration fee, use code STORYTIME 

(until December 18, 2008) 

▪ Anyone may compete from anywhere in the world

▪ There are 2 rounds

▪ 1st Round (January 16-24, 2009) :  Writers are placed randomly in heats.  Each heat is assigned a genre and a subject (ex. comedy : competing lemonade stands or horror : a family reunion).

▪ Writers have 1 week to write an original short story (2,500 words max).

▪ Winners are chosen from the 1st Round to advance to the 2nd round and compete for thousands in cash and prizes.

▪ 2nd Round (March 13-14, 2009) :  All of the writers receive the same genre and subject at midnight (EST time) and have just 24 hours to write an original short story.

▪ A panel of judges review the final round stories and winners are chosen!

It's easy to register.  First, download and read the Official Rules & Participation Agreement.  When you have read and understood everything, you are ready to register by clicking here. The entry fee is US$35 until the Early Entry Deadline of December 18, 2008.

	Early Entry Deadline	December 18, 2008
	Final Entry Deadline	January 14, 2009
	1st Round	January 16-24, 2009
	2nd Round	March 13-14, 2009

Every registered writer has a great chance to receive feedback.

JUDGES COMMENTS / CRITIQUES: We will be providing judges comments and critiques for every entered screenplay in each round of the competition.

PEER REVIEW: During the judging, we will set up a special Review Forum for the participants to submit their stories for review from fellow writers.  During the 2008 creative writing competitions, there were over 2,500 comments made on the 250+ stories submitted on the forum.