NPR Short Story Contest

I looked this over, but according to the official rules, you need to be a US resident only to enter. Too bad.

Fairway Fiction said:

I looked this over, but according to the official rules, you need to be a US resident only to enter. Too bad.

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But... But.. I donate to NPR ;_;

I entered. It was fun to try to stay under 600 words and write with just a picture as inspiration.

AuburnAssassin said:

I entered. It was fun to try to stay under 600 words and write with just a picture as inspiration.

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Good luck!

I wrote something too but then I read the rules. Good practice though.

wonder if it's US only?

yep. sigh.

KTC said:

wonder if it's US only?

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Yup. Which irks me a bit.

Kathleen42 said:

Yup. Which irks me a bit.

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yep. not like we don't listen!

KTC said:

yep. not like we don't listen!

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Or donate.

OK... is it me or the winning entry of the last round is riddled with grammatical errors, run-on sentences, etc.?

"He sauntered his words at me"?

Excuse me?

Who judged these entries?

maestrowork said:

"He sauntered his words at me"?

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His words got away from him.

I entered. *shrugs* Can't hurt, right?

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I dunno Jamie. Aside from the use of that one word "saunter" I thought it was great.

Really enjoyed the 2nd round runner up too.

Fairway Fiction said:

I looked this over, but according to the official rules, you need to be a US resident only to enter.

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Um . . . it's not like Canada doesn't have its set of restrictions, either public or private, restricting entries or submissions of literary material only to Canadian citizens. If anything, those are far more restrictive than anything I see in U.S. venues.

caw

Fairway Fiction said:

I looked this over, but according to the official rules, you need to be a US resident only to enter. Too bad.

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Resident, or is citizen sufficient?

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blacbird said:

Um . . . it's not like Canada doesn't have its set of restrictions, either public or private, restricting entries or submissions of literary material only to Canadian citizens. If anything, those are far more restrictive than anything I see in U.S. venues.

caw

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I wasn't complaining about it - rules are rules. I only stated what I noticed after the fact.

Emily: from the site: ELIGIBILITY. The Contest is open only to individual legal residents of the fifty United States who are age 18 and over.

Fairway Fiction said:

Emily: from the site: ELIGIBILITY. The Contest is open only to individual legal residents of the fifty United States who are age 18 and over.

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Ah. Thanks.

I do believe they are looking for a humor element to the stories from my reading of the judging criteria.

... sounds interesting. Got no shot, but may still give 'er a go. So thx 4 posting.

AuburnAssassin said:

I do believe they are looking for a humor element to the stories from my reading of the judging criteria.

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There's some confusion as to that. The round two stories are largely not humorous, and in the comments, some people talk about this.

Yeah, I noticed that one of the 2 they posted yesterday as "favorites" for round 3 was quite bleak whereas the first one they posted had a much lighter tone. I'll have to pop over and read the comments. But maybe they liked it even though it didn't get "points" for humor.

Yeah, both of the newest "favorites" are pretty dark. "The Giveaway" has a kind of black humor.

Just write whatever you feel, I'd say. The "humor" criterion doesn't seem to matter.