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2010 INTRO --- "EVERYONE HAS A HALLOWEEN STORY " BE READY for tricks & treats, my pretties. Guys, glad when you're hanging around these spooky halls, just in case they ALL scare me silly. WELCOME EVERYONE!!! TEFF here to say ... LET'S ROCK THE WORLD, VIA CREATIONS & FORUM POSTS: LET'S EMBRACE AUTUMN!!! To enter this contest, please post bitems/item ID# into entry posts below, adding your entry onto this forum. Note: The title of your post need not be specific. You may even use the title of your story or poetry in the post, e.g. IN THIS FORUM === Below you may view writing hints, consider these treats. And we know WRITING is tricky! ~~~~ PLEASE, contestants --- recall --- "As with our writing below: THINK IMPRESS!!" This year, sweethearts, dear authors & poets .... I hope you really work out. I hope to see ONLY your very very best ... from old or new stories/ poems/ articles never submitted to this contest before. ~~~~ Yes, the acronym EHAHS, "EVERYONE HAS A HALLOWEEN STORY " sister to "EVERYONE HAS A CHRISTMAS STORY" ---- AFFORDS ALL a place to excel. My XMAS Contest allows authors to write seasonal works reaching to deadline date of Jan. 2011. So later, maybe you'll elect crafting works in sequence mode --- FALL to WINTER ... whew lot's of serious plotlines ahead there. "EVERYONE HAS A HALLOWEEN STORY " DEADLINE: Nov. 27, 2010 NO WORD COUNT LIMITS. A SHORT STORY IS FINISHED WHEN IT IS DONE! So, entrants need not fear hassle re: quick cut offs for current pens, also those previously cut to threads can now be revamped, you see? ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ACCEPTING: ARTICLES SHORT STORIES POETRY PHOTOS ART PRIZES FOR BEST SHORT STORY --- 30,000 GP Second Place --- 10,000 gp POETRY --- 5,000 GP for First Place PHOTOS --- 1,000 gp (and flexible for number of winners) DONATIONS WELCOME. Shall provide a donor's list, upon arrival. SUBMISSIONS: 1. Bitem format for entries. 2. Forum posts are fine. If over 500 worders, please use a bitem. 3. Post the bitem below in the forum area for all entries. 4. Posting is welcome on Halloween or writing topics or just to talk --- whatever. NO sameness or repeats for anything submitted to Miss TEFF in 2009. ACCEPTING MULTIPLE ENTRIES PER CONTESTANT. SHORT STORY READING FEE --- 2,000 GP each POETRY READING FEE --- 500 GP each ARTICLES: FREE PHOTO or ART SUBMISSIONS: FREE OFFICIAL OPENING: SEPTEMBER 22, 2010 --- DEADLINE --- Nov 27, 2010 MAIN THEME: CONTEST REQUIREMENT: Each submission must contain the words: Halloween, or date/ Oct 31, or a proximity such as ALL Hallow's Eve. ETC. PLEASE EMAIL donations and reading fees directly to: TEFF'S ON KINDLE!!! (97) Thank YOU!! FYI -- Miss TEFFY's first contest EVER was in genre of Ripperology. Marvelous fun, certainly ran a few years. SEE: "JACK THE RIPPER HALL OF FAME" Complete, pondering & ALL JUDGING is fair, drawing on time for thinking/ visualizing as I read the work at hand. ALL BECAUSE, I simply adore receiving seasonal pens & material from real folks from all walks of life, sent from or set all over the world! PRIMARILY seeking the best stories via: contempory, realism, ghost stories, tall tales -- all genre of note, also humour, vampire, historical settings (etc) under the guise of creative, entertaining stories!!! ETC, ETC. Your call. ALL GENRE WELCOME/ but not erotica. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll This post says it all "PEP TALK" lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll Autumn is my favorite season, surely not alone there. Thanks for reading. SHORT STORIES: GRAND PRIZE: 30,000 GP Short Story: Second Place: 10,000 gp PHOTOS == 1,000 gp prize each from those chosen. 2010 -- UPDATE: This year am also hosting another (separate) writing contest open online for a cash prize. Right now, it is a work in progress and shall later be advert-ed in WDC: Classifieds. Same theme: Deadline April 1, 2011 --- Word limit: 7K words. Ah, the leaves be turning LET'S listen to the wind -- http://norbert26.com/midi_1/amazinggrace-2.mid http://norbert26.com/midi_1/amazinggrace_2.mid Meanwhile, the beat goes on ... ENJOY AUTUMN!!! TESTING: Music !!! Heeeeeeeeerrrrrreeeee's the link! Yawsa NORBERT RULES!!! llllllllllllllllllllllllllll http://norbert26.com/halloween/bewitched.mid TO view THE RIPPER RETRUNS TO WHITECHAPEL COURT BY MARY MOFFETT visit: http://www.amazon.com/dp/BOO5IYFGVQ To reach ROMANCE ON THE BAY OF FUNDY see http://www.amazon.com/dp/BOO5IWDIYU |