It sure is heartening to know that the members submitting stories to this contest have done so with no idea what the prizes are going to be.

I'm very glad that no-one knew until this post, because I'm sure we'd be triply swamped with great stories. it's already a formidable task for the judges. (who I'll be asking soon)

The prizes will be as follows...

1rst is 50,000 points

2nd is 25,000 points

3rd is 10,000 points

Furthermore, I can safely say that there will be applauses awarded to some of the runners up, simply because of the great effort put forth by so many so far.





[edit on 24-7-2006 by masqua]

And i'd like to add that points like that will be appropriate when you consider the excellant submissions that have been received so far.

This contest has rocked! I've enjoyed reading ALL the entries so far.

Those that have entered are the very folks that make this site so worth while.

Love and light my friends,

wupy

Bumped...


Dialogue Open Challenge (DOC). The rules are as follows:

1. Entries must be at least 500 words in length. Feel free to ballpark it.

2. Entries must be entirely dialogue. Yeah, that's why it's called a 'challenge'. It's supposed to be 'challenging'.

3. Entries must have the prefix (DOC) before the title.

4. Entries must be in before midnight, EST, July 30th.

The prizes will be as follows...

1rst is 50,000 points

2nd is 25,000 points

3rd is 10,000 points

This contest was a good idea. I was pleasantly surprised at just how much of a story one can tell by using dialog alone. Great practice for writing!

Four days to go, everyone! Post your stories. I have...why haven't you?

C'mon. Peer pressure and all that.

DE

Wow, there is no way that my story is going to place high in this one. There are just too many good ones!!!

Originally posted by Voidmaster
Wow, there is no way that my story is going to place high in this one. There are just too many good ones!!!

If you feel your story is inadequate, you have 'til the 30th to enter another. We're allowing 2 entries each, remember.

Yeah, I'm going to have to get started one that 2nd one.
Man, I feel sorry and envious of the judges at the same time. Soooooo many stories to read, but so many of them are good.
*drools*

Good luck Judges, you're gonna need it.

Any chance that we could stop the promotion of the challenge?. My effort really doesn't need any more competition! Is there a prize for last place?

AAARGGGHHH

I put it in the wrong place and now it wont let me put it in the right one!!!
"Bullwinkle, that trick never works!:


Can a MOD move it for me???

Please.

Semper

I got it

I had to edit then delete the old one and enter it in the right category .

Thanks

Semper

This is cool and a good idea, my first ATS contest

Masqua,

I took your advice and made the story a dialog.

My other one, that I wrote before I realized what you wanted, wont knock this one out of the running will it?

If so, could you move it for me?

ps. This is a GREAT idea and a wonderful forum for self expression.


Thank You all.

Semper

I don't know if it is appropriate to post this here or not, but I've really enjoyed everyones stories. Dialogue can be hard to work with, and can also be the guts of a story. Its one thing to put an opinion out in the open, wrong or right, like everyone does on A/B/PTS, but its another thing to put your "work" out there for others to see. to everyone.

Originally posted by semperfortis

My other one, that I wrote before I realized what you wanted, wont knock this one out of the running will it?

Nope, it won't...I understand how things went completely and thanks for working it out.

Good luck in the contest.



masqua

Originally posted by hogtie
Its one thing to put an opinion out in the open, wrong or right, like everyone does on A/B/PTS, but its another thing to put your "work" out there for others to see.

How true that is...

I like to make the analogy of the camera and the artist to make that point. Reacting to the stuff that happens in life 'as it occurs' is like taking a snapshot with a camera and looking at the resulting picture and commenting on this or that feature in the photo.

But...creating a mental picture on a canvas with paints and brushes and then looking at the result, commenting on why things look the way they do or what it all means is an entirely different thing...and much harder. Painting with words is the same creative process.

Everyone who contributed took a little bit of themselves and put it into their stories...that's what makes it all so special.

Keep them coming, folks...I'm really enjoying the excercise in reading.