Yes, there’s a flash fiction contest this weekend… and you are going to be part of it!
After some discussion, we’ve made one permanent and one this-week change to the rules:
Permanent: The word count limit is 1500 words, not 1000 words.
This week: You’ve got extra time to write and comment on the stories, due to the holidays.
Several of us have started our own, self-hosted, flash fiction challenge over at a website we’re calling Obsidian Flash.
It’s on a forum behind a password, so that anything you write and
submit is considered unpublished. Registration is quick, free, and
pretty painless.
Seriously, this thing is the perfect thing for you to do if you think writing is hard (or finding time for writing is hard), and especially if
you haven’t been writing for a while. It’s also great if you have
problems with getting past ideas that "you suck" (every first draft
sucks, face it) or self-doubt.
Go sign up now at https://obsidianflash.com/forum and we’ll see you writing this weekend!
Here are the rules:
Welcome to the Flash Challenge! Our Flash Master is…me!
Here are the rules, slightly changed for NaNoWriMo:
1.
All stories should be complete, written and posted within 24 hours of
the prompt being posted, and can be anywhere from one sentence to 1,500
words in length. Typically the prompt is posted by 8pm EST on Friday,
and stories are posted by 8pm EST on Saturday. For this holiday weekend, you have extra time: stories are due by 8pm EST on SUNDAY and critiques are due by 8pm EST on Monday.
- You may choose to write your story in any genre.
3.
Your story must be built around the restrictions—words, themes, photo
prompts, word limits, etc.—provided by the Flashmaster at the beginning
of the challenge.
- Once the participants’ work is
posted, the voting and comment session begins and continues until all
votes are in. Time limit for voting will be determined on the spot,
depending on how many people finish the challenge. Typically this is
within 24 hours of the end of the writing portion, or 8pm EST on Sunday.
5.
The winner becomes Flashmaster and chooses the prompt(s) for the next
contest. Also, you get all the Internet Bragging Points you think you
can get away with.
Don’t wait – get going and register at https://obsidianflash.com/forum right now and join us!