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Writing Exercise Competition Week 8 Voting: Fire on the Mountain

The time has arrived for IU readers to begin voting in this week’s Flash Fiction Competition. On behalf of the IU staff, I want to thank all the entrants for doing such a great job with the writing prompt and the merciless constraints of the exercise.

This week, there are seventeen entries from which to choose. You may review the entries here. Please spread the word and encourage your friends to vote by using the share buttons at the bottom of the post!

The poll will be open until 5:00 PM MST Thursday

Select the entrant with the best story for the IU writing exercise competition, "Fire on the Mountain."

  • 8. Angela Rigley (35%, 25 Votes)
  • 7. Ian Mathie (28%, 20 Votes)
  • 6. Brianna Lee McKenzie (14%, 10 Votes)
  • 1. Garrett Hise (6%, 4 Votes)
  • 12. A. L. Kaplan (4%, 3 Votes)
  • 14. William C. Busch (4%, 3 Votes)
  • 4. Jennifer (3%, 2 Votes)
  • 5. RG Bud Phelps (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 9. Rosanne Dingli (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 10. Elisavietta Ritchie (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 11. Carolyn Tody (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 13. Steve Johnson (1%, 1 Votes)
  • 2. Emmly Jane (0%, 0 Votes)
  • 3. Robert Cherny (0%, 0 Votes)

Total Voters: 72

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The Binnacle Annual Ultra-Short Competition

The Binnacle will sponsor its Eighth International Ultra-Short Competition in the 2011-2012 academic year. They are looking for prose works of 150 words or fewer and poetry of sixteen lines or fewer and fewer than 150 words.  A minimum of $300 in cash prizes will be awarded, with a minimum prize of $50. At least one of the prizes will go to a UMM student.

There is no submission fee. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2012.

For more information, please visit their website.

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W.E. Competition Week 8: Fire on the Mountain

Photograph by K.S. Brooks

Where there is smoke, there is fire. That usually portends disaster—but not today. Your character is heartened by the sight of the smoke he sees through the mountain gap. Who is he, what is he doing and why should the sight of the fire be good news?

In 250 words or less, tell me a story incorporating the elements in the picture. The 250 word limit will be strictly enforced. Continue reading “W.E. Competition Week 8: Fire on the Mountain”

Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Awards

Writer’s Digest honors self-published authors with the Annual Self-Published Book Awards.This is the 20th year of spotlighting today’s self-published works.

There is a $100 entry fee for the first book.

The deadline is April 20, 2012.

There will be a total of 10 winners.  For prizes and more information, see the Writer’s Digest website.

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