Annual Short Story Competition 2008!

You can now submit your short stories for our August competition.

Please read the competition rules before sending your story!

Is there a place where this year's eliminated stories can be read?

Do I understand correctly, one needs to have made 100 or more posts before one can: vote? enter the completion?

Thanks.

Ctalerico> Yes, you need to have at least 100 posts to be able to vote or enter the competition.

Once an elimination round is over, the stories are removed from the public section. It is up to individual writers to decide whether they would like to post it again. Hence, there is no special section for the eliminated stories.

Welcome to the Forum, by the way! :)

Thanks for the info. I hope to soon meet your requirements so I may participate.

what is the prize for winning?

spinache, the prize is $300USD, please see below-linked thread :)

http://www.online-literature.com/for...ad.php?t=17653

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I've discovered this passion for writing lately and I think writing short stories is my first step towards being a writer someday... Anyway, my ultimate dream in life aside from being a naturopathic physician or culinary chef is to be an author of a bestselling novel... Yeah, it sounds really hard but as long as I'm able to express myself through writing, I feel like I already get an A+ for being brave enough to try... I've submitted my articles and I failed to see those published for a number of times already but at the end of the day, it is doing something that I really love that matters:)
I hope I'd be able to qualify for the competition in due time and let my voice be heard

Is there any way that I can make posts quickly?

Sure... Go to the Games section :)

Do you check for proper usage of vocabulary and grammer when stories are submitted to you?

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Originally Posted by wilbur lim

Do you check for proper usage of vocabulary and grammer when stories are submitted to you?

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No, we don't check for such things. It is the author's responsibility to make sure that the language is the way they intend to appear. The submitted version is the final.

Last day to submit your stories for the last elimination round of 2008!

Is this still going on, or is it way to late?

The competition is still going on: The October elimination is still open.

It is not possible to submit stories for this year's competition but next year's competition will start in January.

But I guess you already knew these as they are already stated in the very post of this very thread. :p

I want to intimate / apprise u that the FORUM rules have the spellings of BREECH while the actual spelling is BREACH.....
Such a blunder from the FORUM LEADERS, can not be expected....Plz mend it. Sorry, if I hurt anyone but bringing it to notice was my moral duty and what on hell stops the other members to bring it to the notice of one and all......
Can I post my story after I post 100 posts, or not?

Is only one award given per year?
Any of stories is published in book form or not?
Any other motivation for the story writers?

Pf. HS Dimple,

Thank you for bringing the spelling mistake to our attention.

There is only one competition and one award on the Forum. You might appreciate that this is a free Forum, which does not require membership fees so it is very generous of the Admin to offer such prize in the first place.

We hope that the writers who are taking part in this competition are already motivated enough to write (with or without the enticement of financial rewards).