String of Ten Competition: Flash

Sting of  ten is a great competition sponsored by Flash Fiction Chronicles. It closes on February 9th, so get cracking. 

It begins February 3 at 12:01 PST

For the week of February 3 through February 9, Flash Fiction Chronicles is having its Fifth String-of-10 Contest—String-of-10 FIVE—for the best 250-word story written from a randomly selected string of ten words.

STRING-OF-10 FIVE PROMPT:

EVENING-QUARRY-ACCENT-ROSE-TEAR-MINUTE-GRAVE-CLOSE-ENTRANCE-BOW 

I want to put a ding in the universe. –Steve Jobs 

 GUIDELINES

1. The prompt for String-of-10 FIVE will be available at 12:01 on Sunday, February 3, 2013 here at FFC.
2. There is no entry fee.
3. Submit stories up to 250 words. Title is not counted in  the 25o words.
4. Enter up to two stories per author.
5. All stories must contain at least four words from the String-of-10.
6. You can use any tense of the words and any recognizable form.  For example, if the word  is “jar,” “Jargon” would not qualify while “jar-like” chin would.
7. You can use a prompt word in the title.
8. Seamless integration of any four of the prompt words is the goal.
9. The quotation is given for thematic inspiration.  Using the theme of  ”if one makes a ding in the universe, such and such will happen” is not necessary to win.  However, this year we will give out *a special prize for the story that best  incorporates the theme,  The Patricia McFarland Memorial prize. First, second, and third place winners are eligible to also win this prize, but any story that is submitted that best uses this theme may win.
10. Entries must be received by 11:59 PST Saturday, February 9.
11. Winners will be notified sometime in March 2013.  Publications will follow in April.
12. All decisions made by the FFC staff and our guest judge are final.
13. Submit all entries here: SUBMIT TO STRING-OF-10 FIVE

PRIZES STRING-OF-TEN FIVE FLASH FICTION CONTEST

1st Place: Winner will have his or her story published at Every Day Fiction in April, 2013 and be paid the standard payment of $3.00 per story.  A $50  Cash Prize from Flash Fiction Chronicles will go to the first place winner. A choice from Every Day Publishing Book List along with a copy of Pomegranate Stories by Gay Degani, editor of Flash Fiction Chronicles, will also be awarded as well as an “I Write Every Day” t-shirt. As a special bonus this year, Kathy Fish, our guest judge, is awarding an autographed copy of  her collection Together We Can Bury It.

2nd Place: Winner will have his or her story published at Flash Fiction Chronicles in April. (There is no payment for publication at Flash Fiction Chronicles). A $20.00 cash prize will be awarded as well as a copy of Pomegranate Stories by Gay Degani, the editor of Flash Fiction Chronicles. A special bonus this year, Kathy Fish, our guest judge, is awarding  an autographed copy of her collection Wild Life.

3rd Place: Winner will have his or her story published at Flash Fiction Chronicles in April. (There is no payment for publication at Flash Fiction Chronicles). A $20.00 cash prize will be awarded as well as a copy of Pomegranate Stories by Gay Degani, the editor of Flash Fiction Chronicles.

The Patricia McFarland Memorial Prize: Winner will have his or her story published at Flash Fiction Chronicles in April.  (There is no payment for publication at Flash Fiction Chronicles) and a cash prize of $25.00

All four winners will be interviewed at Flash Fiction Chronicles.

Stories from the fourth String-of-10 Contest

1^st Place—When Elliot Let Go by Troy Farah

2^nd Place—Dutch Boy by Len Kuntz

3^rd Place—Nothing Left to Lose by Andrew Stancek

Stories from the third String-of-10 Contest

1^st Place—Pretending by A. S. Andrews

2^nd Place—Today She Will Write Cool Things by Romit Berger

3^rd Place—Wingless by Karolyn Reddy

 Stories from the second String-of-10 Contest

1^st Place—Salvation by Ann Pino

2^nd Place—Gypsy Flour by John Towler

3^rd Place—Good Morning Susan by Brittany Soder

 Stories from the first String-of-10 Contest

1^st Place—The Haircut by Sharon E. Trotter

2^nd Place—The Forever Summer by Mary J. Daley

3^rd Place—Choices Made by Jim O’Loughlin

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