This one in particular
Write a story, one hundred words or fewer, using these words:
Even
Tramp
Shuffle
Lair
Epic
bonus points if you can include this phrase: "Till death us do part."
The winner of that contest was probably the best entry I'd ever seen in a flash fiction contest, and a lot of you agreed with me.
And now, in the comment column today, news from the winner:
PS, four months later.
Thanks again for running this contest, Ms. Reid. I rewrote the story and it just sold to Escape Pod. Yay!
wooo hooooo!!! Congratulations!
Wow, that's fantastic! I'm going to have to be on the lookout for your next contest.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. Congrats!
ReplyDeleteI read that winner like five times and I still don't understand the phrase "tramped a tattoo of annoyance" and who said "Us?"
ReplyDeleteStill, congrats on the sell!
That's great!
ReplyDeleteI remember reading that one out loud to myself and giggling in awe at the clever.
Congratulations! That is wonderful news.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's pretty cool. I enjoyed that contest.
ReplyDeleteShe's really smart too in a physics-cal kind of way.
ReplyDeleteHey J...I'm still waiting for my vanilla ice crean with maple syrup.
Congrats, you certainly deserve it!
Great news! Can't wait to read the revised story in print!
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the next contest! Just please don't do it this weekend as I will be out of the country and without a computer. :)
ReplyDeleteA toast to the winner!
ReplyDeleteOh, gosh--thank you! Erm, I didn't expect any fanfare; I just wanted Ms. Reid to know I appreciated the contest. Prize-lust turned out to be a wonderful motivator!
ReplyDeleteWry Writer: I keep scooping the ice cream into my computer's DVD drive, and the computer keeps swearing that, oh yeah, it's sent you that yummy ice cream, alright--but then it burps and snickers.
That is awesome - congrats!
ReplyDeleteHow wunderbar! I love Jen's blog and her writing. Her blog's especially good for geeks like me.
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