Saturday 7 January 2012

Writing Competitions

I've never quite understood this about writing competitions, how they'll make some odd request about what has to be in it or the theme.

"Write a short story (750 words or fewer) based on the prompt below.

"You return to the house where you grew up, only to learn it has been condemned."


How about you just ask for short stories and get pleasently suprised, by something that differs to most of the entries you have received. The readers won't enjoy reading very similar stories about condemned houses for days on end.

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