Short Story Challenge 2010

▪ Anyone may compete from anywhere in the world

▪ There are 2 rounds

▪ 1st Round (January 15-23, 2009) : Writers are placed randomly in heats. Each heat is assigned a genre and a subject (ex. comedy : competing lemonade stands or horror : a family reunion).

▪ Writers have 8 days to write an original short story (2,500 words max).

▪ Winners are chosen from the 1st Round to advance to the 2nd round and compete for thousands in cash and prizes.

▪ 2nd Round (March 12-13, 2009) : All of the writers receive the same genre and subject at midnight (EST time) and have just 24 hours to write an original short story.

▪ A panel of judges review the final round stories and winners are chosen!

Registration is now closed. There will be many more exciting writing competitions in 2010, so make sure to sign up for our newsletter and follow us on facebook and twitter to receive competition updates.

Click here to view the 1st & Final Round Assignments

Official Rules & Participation Agreement (1st Round)

Official Rules & Participation Agreement (Final Round)

	1st Round	January 15-23, 2010
	Final Round	March 12-13, 2010

Every registered writer has a great chance to receive feedback.

JUDGES COMMENTS / CRITIQUES: We will be providing judges comments and critiques for every entered story in each round of the competition. Each writer receives in depth feedback on what the judges liked about his/her story and what the judges feel needs work.

PEER REVIEW: During the judging, we set up a special Review Forum for the participants to submit their stories for review from fellow writers. In the Short Story Challenge 2009, there were over 2,000 comments made on the 150+ stories submitted on the forum.

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