In Which I Host A Contest!

100 followers! Can you believe it? I can't. It freaks me out a bit.

But you know what 100 followers means in the blogosphere? A contest!
Fun!
Suspense!
Romance?

We're going to shake things up around here and do a writing contest.

The prizes:

First Place:

• The Writers Book of Matches
• Pens
• Moleskin Journal
• Manuscript Makeover
• chocolate
• Total Oblivion More or Less by Alan DeNiro (a novel written by the husband of one of Twin's co-workers - sort of fantasy, sort of dystopian, sort of YA, sort of Adult. Mostly just a breakout book with a weird little story and a satisfying, slightly bittersweet, ending)
  
  

Second Place:

• The Writers Book of Matches
• Pens
• chocolate
• Moleskin Journal
• Total Oblivion More or Less by Alan DeNiro

Third Place:

• The Writers Book of Matches
• Pens
• Moleskin Journal
• Total Oblivion More or Less by Alan DeNiro
  
  

The guidelines:

I'm not one for writing prompts. BUT, occasionally I need to write something (maybe for a contest) and have no idea what to write.

That's when I turn to the Writer's Book of Matches.

Every page has some sort of prompt that gets my fingers itching to write.

So, for this contest, you will need to write a story under 750 words using one of the below prompts taken from the book (feel free to go hog wild, but just make sure I can tell which prompt your story started with) (also, I tried to pick a wide range of prompts to attempt to appeal to as many people that want to enter as possible).

• After 3 weeks, a lost dog returns home to its master carrying an unidentifiable bone in its mouth
  
  
• After waking from a coma, a woman discovers she can smell fear
  
  
• When a crackpot inventor is killed by one of his contraptions his brother - also an inventor - finds himself compelled to finish the work
  
  
• A man discovers a large sum of money in his wallet and can't remember where it came from
  
  
• Use the quote "I pray every day that it will stop, but it keeps getting worse."
  
  
• After a violent thunderstorm a man discovers a rain-soaked diary among the debris in his yard

The Rules:

• You must be a blog follower
• The story must be under 750 words
• The story must be written off one of the prompts
• The story must be submitted no later than 5pm (CST) Friday, March 26th
• The entry must be emailed to: sarah.ahiers@gmail.com

I will conduct a blind reading - which is to say, I will be printing off any stories received and reading them without knowing who wrote what. It's easier to stay objective that way. So please try and keep your names off the piece itself (but not your email...I'll need to find you if you win)

I will be looking for the stories that, first and foremost, I find the most entertaining.

The winners will be announced on Monday, March 29th. I will post each of the stories on my blog so everyone can enjoy them.

Good luck! And feel free to spread the word.