Theme - "Cryptic"
Mysterious. Encoded. From the crypt?
Word Limit: None
But see secondary and rules.
Submission Deadline: Friday, January 24th by 11:59 PM Pacific.
Voting begins Saturday, January 25th, and goes until Monday, January 27th at 11:59 PM Pacific.
Optional Mandatory Secondary Objective: Hook the reader early
Catch the reader's interest by the end of the first page (300-500 words). This may mean jumping right into action, opening with catchy dialogue, or getting your most interesting ideas going from the beginning rather than starting up later.
Alongside this, I'm changing the voting rules slightly for this challenge. You are not required to read every entry in full. You are instead required, for each entry, to read only the first page. If the story has hooked you at that point, awesome, keep on going. If not, stop reading and move on to the next story. If you're planning to give feedback for each story, please include what worked or didn't in hooking you.
Submission Guidelines:
- One entry per poster.
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged.
- Keep to the word count!
Voting Guidelines:
- 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.
- Please read the first page of all submissions before voting.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge.
- When voting ends, the winner gets a collective pat on the back, and starts the new challenge.
NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge FAQ
Previous Challenge Threads and Themes
Mysterious. Encoded. From the crypt?
Word Limit: None
But see secondary and rules.
Submission Deadline: Friday, January 24th by 11:59 PM Pacific.
Voting begins Saturday, January 25th, and goes until Monday, January 27th at 11:59 PM Pacific.
Catch the reader's interest by the end of the first page (300-500 words). This may mean jumping right into action, opening with catchy dialogue, or getting your most interesting ideas going from the beginning rather than starting up later.
Alongside this, I'm changing the voting rules slightly for this challenge. You are not required to read every entry in full. You are instead required, for each entry, to read only the first page. If the story has hooked you at that point, awesome, keep on going. If not, stop reading and move on to the next story. If you're planning to give feedback for each story, please include what worked or didn't in hooking you.
Submission Guidelines:
- One entry per poster.
- All submissions must be written during the time of the challenge.
- Using the topic as the title of your piece is discouraged.
- Keep to the word count!
Voting Guidelines:
- Three votes per voter. Please denote in your voting your 1st (3 pts), 2nd (2 pts), and 3rd (1 pt) place votes.
- Please read the first page of all submissions before voting.
- You must vote in order to be eligible to win the challenge.
- When voting ends, the winner gets a collective pat on the back, and starts the new challenge.
NeoGAF Creative Writing Challenge FAQ
Previous Challenge Threads and Themes
