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Hungry for more, I see. Write It Now is an ultra flash fiction contest. I ran one of these back in March and had a blast doing it, so here we go again! If you want to see how it played out, the contest was here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3959882 If you participated in the first Write it Now, pay attention to Some Things as there are some new improvements this time around! You may sign up from now up until 10/7/21 @ 9PM EST. On 10/8/21 @ 9PM EST, a prompt will drop. At that point, start punching keys, because only a mere 2 hours later at 11PM EST, submissions will close. On your honor, do not write anything in advance or prepare for this contest. Any registered member of SA is welcome to join. Judgment will be fast, and all entries will be judged by myself, and previous champ, QuoProQuid, and runner-up Beezus! We will declare a winner, a place, and a show. The first prize will be 75 USD. If we hit over ten entries a place prize of 50 shall be awarded. If we hit over twenty entries a show prize of 25 shall be awarded. And that’s it! The prompt will be specific, but not inherently challenging. There will be no other flash rules or conditions. Also, I do understand that this contest is inherently going to be biased to some specific time zones. Thing is, this is when I can run this. I’ve got a family to look after and a job that takes up my time. I do invite others to launch one of these someday and accommodate other time zones. Some things:
Your Judges: Beezus Chili QuoProQuid The Fast Folks
Chili fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Oct 9, 2021 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:11 |
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now? wow in
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 14:07 |
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Thank you for doing the banner, otherwise I would have never seen this. Time zones definitely hurt me, but I totally understand. I will try to be in, because I love this idea.
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 18:00 |
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Lock posted:Thank you for doing the banner, otherwise I would have never seen this. Time zones definitely hurt me, but I totally understand. I will try to be in, because I love this idea. Awesome! I'll put you down, no biggie if you can't make it.
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 20:27 |
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actually I just double-checked the time and I will be working when this starts. If it were one day earlier or later I could take part but I’ll probably have to miss it this time. Still, I’ll be following because I really do love the idea.
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 21:24 |
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Lock posted:actually I just double-checked the time and I will be working when this starts. If it were one day earlier or later I could take part but I’ll probably have to miss it this time. Still, I’ll be following because I really do love the idea. No problem! Feel free to join the discord or read and crit stories later.
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# ? Sep 8, 2021 21:45 |
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Sure
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# ? Sep 9, 2021 03:37 |
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mispots, ignore this
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# ? Sep 9, 2021 05:45 |
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Sounds fun, I'm in!
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# ? Sep 9, 2021 10:08 |
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i think i can do this, in it to sin it* *the storys badness will be my sin
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# ? Sep 9, 2021 14:34 |
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yeah i'm in
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# ? Sep 11, 2021 07:39 |
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gently caress it, $75 is a lot of money right now. I'm in.
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# ? Sep 12, 2021 04:23 |
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I'm a terrible writer and no matter what I'm sure if I do this the story(I will work it around the prompt) will be about the only character I ever write about, probably from his perspective(in the style that I write for him), and I'll most likely kill him again. If that doesn't bother anyone then I'd be willing to clack some keys and see what comes out.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 02:11 |
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nesamdoom posted:I'm a terrible writer and no matter what I'm sure if I do this the story(I will work it around the prompt) will be about the only character I ever write about, probably from his perspective(in the style that I write for him), and I'll most likely kill him again. If that doesn't bother anyone then I'd be willing to clack some keys and see what comes out. Welcome to the party. If you want to warm up, consider checking out thunderdome, found here: https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3953574 A new prompt should be up soon and you'll have a week or so, as opposed to the two hours for this contest, to start getting the gears turning. Regardless, happy to have you and your Lazarus join us for this contest.
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# ? Sep 13, 2021 03:09 |
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Chili posted:Welcome to the party. I'm a novice writer who's likely to stumble but this seems like fun so I'd like to try. I notice there's not a lot of restrictions (I've done NANOWRIMO once) like word count, I'm assuming the judges will handle any edge cases like the infamous baby shoes story equivalents? Not that I care, just curious. Seems fun, thank you. e; just saw the suggestion– I am also a novice reader apparently – that helps! "There will not be a word count limit. That doesn't mean that more is better. Consider 600-800 as a reasonable target. " squirrelzipper fucked around with this message at 05:08 on Sep 14, 2021 |
# ? Sep 14, 2021 05:01 |
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I am totally in
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# ? Sep 14, 2021 15:46 |
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I'm gonna write a story for this but you better have low expectations!
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# ? Sep 14, 2021 17:33 |
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Better enter to secure my spot in last place! I hope to at least submit something entertaining
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# ? Sep 14, 2021 21:37 |
What's that, ten cents a word, at a payout rate considerably better than most magazines? Sounds good, I'm sure the two hour deadline won't sink me.
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# ? Sep 15, 2021 21:18 |
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I write best under extreme pressure. I don't actually, but what the hell, IN
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# ? Sep 17, 2021 05:28 |
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magic cactus posted:I write best under extreme pressure. I actually like the pressure, forces me to I mean just write. Really wish I could join in this, good luck y’all!
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# ? Sep 19, 2021 18:20 |
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Me r in
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# ? Sep 20, 2021 11:35 |
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I appear to have missed this, or did I? Am I reading the dates wrong?
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# ? Sep 21, 2021 23:24 |
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SRQ posted:I appear to have missed this, or did I? Am I reading the dates wrong? its sort of confusing but i think its oct 7
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# ? Sep 21, 2021 23:41 |
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take the moon posted:its sort of confusing but i think its oct 7 Well in that case sign me up, also the discord link is broken.
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# ? Sep 21, 2021 23:52 |
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SRQ posted:I appear to have missed this, or did I? Am I reading the dates wrong? You're in, if there's a way to clarify the sign up deadline, let me know. Want it to be clear. And the discord link expires every week; I'm about to go update it.
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# ? Sep 22, 2021 01:19 |
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shoutout to whoever sprung for the banner ad. i haven't written fiction in probably 5 years at this point and this sounds fun. i do soul crushing non-fiction writing now about stuff i hate and an industry i abhor - and fun is in short supply these days. count me in. i'll even use my space key, unless it slows me down too much
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# ? Sep 22, 2021 04:34 |
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Eat This Glob posted:shoutout to whoever sprung for the banner ad. i haven't written fiction in probably 5 years at this point and this sounds fun. i do soul crushing non-fiction writing now about stuff i hate and an industry i abhor - and fun is in short supply these days. count me in. i'll even use my space key, unless it slows me down too much Glad it worked, and glad you're here!
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# ? Sep 22, 2021 13:00 |
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Chili posted:You're in, if there's a way to clarify the sign up deadline, let me know. Want it to be clear. And the discord link expires every week; I'm about to go update it. I put it in the thread title.
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# ? Sep 24, 2021 05:58 |
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Glad to see we have a good pool of entrants thus far! And equally happy that people are hopping into the discord. If you saw this thread some time ago but didn't want to make a commitment to something that was so far away, we're closer now!
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# ? Sep 28, 2021 14:22 |
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I just barely ascended from lurkerdom, but I'd love to take a whack at it.
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# ? Sep 29, 2021 14:57 |
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I clicked on the banner ad and now I'm signing up for this? Even though I haven't written anything other than contracts and legal briefs since I was a teenager? Sign me the heck up.
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# ? Oct 5, 2021 20:07 |
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Ur Getting Fatter posted:I clicked on the banner ad and now I'm signing up for this? Even though I haven't written anything other than contracts and legal briefs since I was a teenager? Hell yes! You are who I wanted to sign up for this!
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# ? Oct 5, 2021 22:40 |
I'll give this a shot.
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 01:51 |
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I shamefully have to withdraw, work had thrown me a curve ball that will mean I won’t be able to do this fun thing. gently caress u work.
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 04:21 |
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I'm in.
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 05:07 |
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Sign up deadline is today, holy cats!
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 14:49 |
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I’m in. Unless my toddler has a meltdown I’m going to give it everything. If there’s a meltdown it’s going to be abstract af
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 22:45 |
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In.
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# ? Oct 7, 2021 23:40 |
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# ? Apr 28, 2024 22:11 |
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And we've hit twenty entrants! If everyone who signs up submits, the first three places will be awarded prizes!
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# ? Oct 8, 2021 00:06 |