Creative Writing Competition 2020

**Frownland** · 03-29-2020, 12:23 PM

I imagine that a lot of us have some extra free time and think that having another MB creative writing competition would be fun. In the past what we've done is had people submit their pieces via PM to keep it anonymous. Then the stories are posted in a new thread and we vote for the best one in addition to guessing who wrote each submission. Most people do short stories, but we can keep it loose on the format to include poetry, scripts, Powerpoint presentations, etc. this time around to get more submissions. We should also get a theme going to make comparing and voting a little easier.

For the theme, we will all be using the same title for our stories. The title that we'll use for this round is Colossus.

Anyone is free to join. To submit your piece, paste your story into https://pastebin.com/ and send me the link. The deadline for story submissions is May 8.

Have fun y'all.

Mindy · 03-29-2020, 12:30 PM

OccultHawk · 03-29-2020, 12:40 PM

I’ll throw my hat in the ring just for fun but don’t expect much.

WWWP · 03-29-2020, 12:55 PM

I'm down

**Exo** · 03-29-2020, 02:03 PM

I'm usually good for this.

**Frownland** · 03-29-2020, 02:11 PM

Hells ja that's enough to make it official. Anyone's allowed to join in until the submission date for your pieces, which I'll announce later on.

In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas for a theme? Vaguer is betterer.

OccultHawk · 03-29-2020, 02:29 PM

Conflict vs common ground

Lucem Ferre · 03-29-2020, 02:37 PM

Haunted Taco Bell.

WWWP · 03-29-2020, 02:37 PM

I think you should pick a title and we use that as the prompt.

Lucem Ferre · 03-29-2020, 02:39 PM

Title: Haunted Taco Bell.

View Poll Results: Choose the title that everybody will use for their story
Seven Stories That Were Never Written	0	0%
Locks and Gauges	0	0%
Countdown	0	0%
The Air Moves	1	14.29%
The Stolen Beginning	0	0%
Frozen Stones	1	14.29%
The Absent Girl	1	14.29%
Trembling Snow	0	0%
The Wanton Voyages	0	0%
Colossus	3	42.86%
Mystery of the Three-Inch Stranger	1	14.29%
Voters: 7. You may not vote on this poll

03-29-2020, 12:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Creative Writing Competition 2020 I imagine that a lot of us have some extra free time and think that having another MB creative writing competition would be fun. In the past what we've done is had people submit their pieces via PM to keep it anonymous. Then the stories are posted in a new thread and we vote for the best one in addition to guessing who wrote each submission. Most people do short stories, but we can keep it loose on the format to include poetry, scripts, Powerpoint presentations, etc. this time around to get more submissions. We should also get a theme going to make comparing and voting a little easier. For the theme, we will all be using the same title for our stories. The title that we'll use for this round is Colossus. Anyone is free to join. To submit your piece, paste your story into https://pastebin.com/ and send me the link. The deadline for story submissions is May 8. Have fun y'all. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-29-2020, 12:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	I’ll throw my hat in the ring just for fun but don’t expect much. __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html

03-29-2020, 02:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,354	I'm usually good for this. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE

03-29-2020, 02:11 PM	#6 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Hells ja that's enough to make it official. Anyone's allowed to join in until the submission date for your pieces, which I'll announce later on. In the meantime, does anyone have any ideas for a theme? Vaguer is betterer. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

03-29-2020, 12:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Mindy ask me about cosmology Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Milky Way Galaxy Posts: 9,012

03-29-2020, 02:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
OccultHawk one-balled nipple jockey Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dirty Souf Biatch Posts: 22,006	Conflict vs common ground __________________ 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Member of the Year & Journal of the Year Champion Behold the Writing of THE LEGEND: https://www.musicbanter.com/members-...p-lighter.html