The Current Contest
Contest #6 is officially launched as of July 5, 2008. Its premise is as follows:
REVELATION
One or more characters discover that something believed to be true is actually false.
(Who believes it? Any number of people. You can write about a time when "everyone" believes the Earth is flat; or about one character who has a strong, but wrong, belief; or anything in-between.)
Your challenge: In at least 1,000 but no more than 5,000 words, write a creative, compelling, and well-crafted story that clearly uses the premise. If you aren’t sure whether your idea fits our premise, you can ask us at Questions@OnThePremises.com.
Deadline: 11:59 PM Eastern Time, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2008.
Send your submissions to Entries@OnThePremises.com any time between now and then. Use our template if you like, and remember our weird rules:
1) Put your name, address, and other identifying information in the body of your e-mail, and nowhere in the attached story. We don’t want to know who you are when we read your story.
2) Send us only MS Word (.doc), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and plain text (.txt) attachments. No .wps files! We can’t read them.
Those are the most important rules, but here are some others, and here is some advice on how to win.