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A well-paced story
is impossible to put down. As soon as one conflict is
resolved, another one rears its ugly head. It’s the
stuff that keeps us up all night, turning pages.
What's
the speed of
your
storytelling?
Give us
a tale set in the past, present or future. We don’t care
where he goes or how she gets there, but
your lead character must hit
three
cities
within the span of the story.
On your mark, get set, pace it!
$100
Story
published in
The VERB
One story
Opinion,
also published in
The VERB
Signed copy of
Elizabeth Guy's book
Making A Scene with Mush Pump and Ice
Noodle
Entry Fee:
None
Length may
be up
to
2,000. But
not a word more. (Your contact information
and your title are not included in the word count.)
Entries
must be original and
unpublished.
Send only
your best.
Once
submissions arrive, no
revisions
will be accepted.
Open
to writers worldwide.
Unlimited.
You may submit multiple stories.
The
judge
for this contest
is Elizabeth Guy. Read
her bio on the Readers
page.
Winner
will be notified via email
September 8, 2008.
The
winning story will be published in the
September issue
of The
VERB.
Aside
from the winning entry, this
contest offers no
Opinions.
As always, complete
contest
results will be announced
here.
ALL contest
entries must be
submitted electronically. You may paste your text within the body of an
email or send it as an attachment in a PDF or a Microsoft Word .doc.
We do not
accept any other formats.
AT the top of your submission, please provide:
~ your name
~ your mailing address
~ your email address
~ word count
CAPITALIZE title. All
submissions must have a title.
FONT
should be black
12-pt.
Arial, Courier or
Times Roman, double-spaced. Separate
scenes with five or six
centered pound signs: ######.
CONFIRM we've
received your entire submission by including the words:
The End.
SUBJECT:
Move It or Lose It Contest
YOU
are now ready to
submit your work.
IF
you
don't see a confirmation within 24 hours, we have not received your
submission. Please do
not use a spam-blocking address that requires us to register.
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RIGHTS ·
Winner
grants ReadingWriters,
publisher of The
VERB writing
ezine, First Electronic Rights. Simply put, this means you allow us to
publish your story first
on the Internet.
After September
2008, the
story will move
to The
VERB archives
and remain there until you ask us to remove it. You,
the winning
author, retain
all
other rights to your work.
These
First Electronic Rights apply to the
winning
entry only.
Other entrants retain
ALL rights to
their work.
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