$100 Quatrain Poetry Contest (plus other competitions)

21 May 2010
$100 Quatrain Poetry Contest (plus other competitions)
Quatrain Poetry Contest

We are keeping the topic open. Write about anything using this format. One entry per person. New entries only. Quatrain poetry only (must have a rhyme scheme and must be four lines). Poem can have multiple stanzas. The winners will be selected by the FanStory.com Contest Committee. A winner will be announced approximately one to two weeks after the deadline passes. The decision is final. The winner takes away a one hundred dollar pre-paid Visa gift card. Second place will win twenty-five member dollars. Third place ten member dollars. (More information HERE.)

LoreHound.com’s Incredibly Short Story Contest

The contest is quite simple, create a short story – 150 to 300 words – about why you believe the manga packages should be sent to you. The tales can be humorous, a sob story, an emo-filled introspective, a catchy tune, a soliloquy, a two-man comedy routine, whatever. Submissions must be in by Monday, May 24 at 11:59 PM PST, and they must be in English. Please submit entries via e-mail to admin_at_lorehound_dot_com with Subject: Incredibly Short Story Contest. You can also leave a comment, but be sure to use a legitimate email address so that we can contact you should you win something. The entire TOKYOPOP Blizzard library (eleven Warcraft books and five StarCraft books) is up for grabs. (More information HERE.)

$200 Perfectly Formed Short Story Competition

Entrants must be over 18 and residents of the UK or Ireland. To be eligible, entries must be a maximum of 2,000 words long and received only by e-mail on or before the closing date of 1 July 2010 11:59pm GMT. Submissions must be written in English; one entry per person. Joint entrants must share any prize at their own discretion; only one prize will be supplied for winning entries by joint entrants. (More information HERE.)
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