Theme - "Comedy"
Inspired by a combination of the Challenge number (What do amps go up to, again?), a comment in the last thread about how great (but depressive) the last challenge was, and my long-standing desire to see how some of our resident gurus handle a lighter style, we have "comedy."
I speak only for myself here, but in choosing this theme I do not expect nor necessarily want every story to be funny. Whether it is through setting, character, dialogue, plot, situation, or any other tool at your disposal as a writer, the goal is to engage with the theme not as a genre but as an idea. As a result, while I do hope to see some people let loose a little on this one and hopefully see some new contenders who may find this topic more up their alley, the theme remains as open to interpretation as it's always been.
Word Limit: 1,311
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 7/30 by 11:59 PM Pacific.
Voting begins Thursday, 7/31, and goes until Saturday, 8/2 at 11:59 PM Pacific
Submission Guidelines:
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge. We don't want a snippet of your doctoral thesis from 1996 being used here.
- One entry per poster. You can submit and then edit if you'd like, but finalizing before submitting is encouraged.
- Spelling and Grammatical errors can be used to great effect when the story, characters, and setting demand it. However, proofreading and spell-checking your writing will probably result in a more positive attitude towards it when people are voting.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged. These challenges get a large number of submissions and if entries share the same title, it's difficult for the readers to separate them out come voting time.
- Any writing style is welcome, but remember that most people are probably going to vote for the well written short story over an elementary acrostic poem.
- There are many ways to interpret the theme for this assignment, we are all writers or wannabe writers, so keep that in mind when writing and critiquing others' works.
- Thousands of people read GAF, so if you don't want some masterpiece of yours to be stolen and seen in Hollywood a year from now, don't post it on here.
- Finally, there is a handy word count checker at www.wordcounttool.com. Nobody wants to be a word count nazi, but please keep your submission under the limit.
Voting Guidelines:
- Anyone can vote, even those that do not submit a piece during the thread.
- Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st (3 pts), 2nd (2 pts), and 3rd (1 pt) place votes.
- Please read all submissions before voting, it is only fair to those who put in the effort.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge. Critiques/comments are encouraged but not required.
- When the voting period ends, votes will be tallied and the winner will get a collective pat on the back and will be in charge of picking a new topic to write about and pick the word length.
- In the event of a tie, the story with the highest number of first place votes will be declared the winner. If they are still tied after this first tiebreaker, the previous challenge winner will decide any further tie-breaking measures (2nd Place votes, Joint Topic Choice, etc.)
Previous Challenges:
#1 - "The Things Unseen" (Winner: beelzebozo)
#2 - "An Unlikely Pair" (Winner: Aaron)
#3 - "weightless, breathless" (Winner: Azih)
#4 - "On the way" (Winner: DumbNameD)
#5 - "The End" (Winner: Cyan)
#6 - "Playing with Fire" (Winner: Aaron)
#7 - "Something Brutal" (Winner: Ronito)
#8 - "Parasite and Host" (Winner: Aaron)
#9 - "The Seasons" (Winner: ivysaur12)
#10 - "Anniversary" (Winner: Memles)
And the Story Links:
Gattsu25 - "Good Humor"
Timedog - "4 Life"
RumpledForeskin - "The Great Fairy Tale"
Ronito - "Gabriel in the Halls of Heaven"
Cyan - "Shaggy Dog" [1, 2, 3, 4]
Scribble - "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?"
Memles - "Intervention"
DumbNameD - "Plus One"
Voting ends Saturday Night, folks, so let's at least get plenty of votes in (And for those who didn't participate in the challenge, as always feel free to vote).
Inspired by a combination of the Challenge number (What do amps go up to, again?), a comment in the last thread about how great (but depressive) the last challenge was, and my long-standing desire to see how some of our resident gurus handle a lighter style, we have "comedy."
I speak only for myself here, but in choosing this theme I do not expect nor necessarily want every story to be funny. Whether it is through setting, character, dialogue, plot, situation, or any other tool at your disposal as a writer, the goal is to engage with the theme not as a genre but as an idea. As a result, while I do hope to see some people let loose a little on this one and hopefully see some new contenders who may find this topic more up their alley, the theme remains as open to interpretation as it's always been.
Word Limit: 1,311
Submission Deadline: Wednesday, 7/30 by 11:59 PM Pacific.
Voting begins Thursday, 7/31, and goes until Saturday, 8/2 at 11:59 PM Pacific
Submission Guidelines:
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge. We don't want a snippet of your doctoral thesis from 1996 being used here.
- One entry per poster. You can submit and then edit if you'd like, but finalizing before submitting is encouraged.
- Spelling and Grammatical errors can be used to great effect when the story, characters, and setting demand it. However, proofreading and spell-checking your writing will probably result in a more positive attitude towards it when people are voting.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged. These challenges get a large number of submissions and if entries share the same title, it's difficult for the readers to separate them out come voting time.
- Any writing style is welcome, but remember that most people are probably going to vote for the well written short story over an elementary acrostic poem.
- There are many ways to interpret the theme for this assignment, we are all writers or wannabe writers, so keep that in mind when writing and critiquing others' works.
- Thousands of people read GAF, so if you don't want some masterpiece of yours to be stolen and seen in Hollywood a year from now, don't post it on here.
- Finally, there is a handy word count checker at www.wordcounttool.com. Nobody wants to be a word count nazi, but please keep your submission under the limit.
Voting Guidelines:
- Anyone can vote, even those that do not submit a piece during the thread.
- Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st (3 pts), 2nd (2 pts), and 3rd (1 pt) place votes.
- Please read all submissions before voting, it is only fair to those who put in the effort.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge. Critiques/comments are encouraged but not required.
- When the voting period ends, votes will be tallied and the winner will get a collective pat on the back and will be in charge of picking a new topic to write about and pick the word length.
- In the event of a tie, the story with the highest number of first place votes will be declared the winner. If they are still tied after this first tiebreaker, the previous challenge winner will decide any further tie-breaking measures (2nd Place votes, Joint Topic Choice, etc.)
Previous Challenges:
#1 - "The Things Unseen" (Winner: beelzebozo)
#2 - "An Unlikely Pair" (Winner: Aaron)
#3 - "weightless, breathless" (Winner: Azih)
#4 - "On the way" (Winner: DumbNameD)
#5 - "The End" (Winner: Cyan)
#6 - "Playing with Fire" (Winner: Aaron)
#7 - "Something Brutal" (Winner: Ronito)
#8 - "Parasite and Host" (Winner: Aaron)
#9 - "The Seasons" (Winner: ivysaur12)
#10 - "Anniversary" (Winner: Memles)
And the Story Links:
Gattsu25 - "Good Humor"
Timedog - "4 Life"
RumpledForeskin - "The Great Fairy Tale"
Ronito - "Gabriel in the Halls of Heaven"
Cyan - "Shaggy Dog" [1, 2, 3, 4]
Scribble - "Why Did the Chicken Cross the Road?"
Memles - "Intervention"
DumbNameD - "Plus One"
Voting ends Saturday Night, folks, so let's at least get plenty of votes in (And for those who didn't participate in the challenge, as always feel free to vote).