Good Morning, Stellar Writers at Bluebell Books Short Story Slam:
In the past nine (9) months, you have been a strong supporter to our biweekly short story slams, we appreciate your courage in attempting to write a story or a poem based on the images we provide, it has been marvelous experience to us- both the hosts and the story of the week officials.
Today, we are doing a special offer, we challenge you to write a short story or a poem in exactly 55 words, you have about 4 weeks to work out your entry, the submission is from today to February 29, 2012, which means you have enough time to make your effort, this helps you improve your creative writing skills by restricting your word counts in 55 words, samples are provided from below, G-Man is the host of Flash Friday 55.
The offer is open to the public, One entry Per blog link please, you are encouraged to fine tune your entry and meet the word counting requirement before submitting, by the end of the project, our officials (2 to 3) will format your work into a book form, we expect about 100-300 entries, we will publish your talent as a book, it is self-publishing, and we won’t charge you but won’t pay you either, since we do it as a non-profit project, the finished book selling link will be provided to you by end of March, 2012, have fun, good luck!
Instruction to your submission (no theme, you choose whatever topic to write!)
Make sure to:
#1: read all of the samples from below to get an idea of how to write a 55 story,
#2: click on the word counting tool link below, type your story or poem in the box provided, calculate your entry to make sure your story is exactly 55 words,
#3: once you have a fitting entry, copy and paste it to your blog post, post it, then submit to our special offer prompt,
#4: upon your submission, make a comment under the post, saying:
Hello, bluebell books short story slam officials, I agree to have your work self published in your Love In Creativity Project, along with
Title of your entry,
Name in which you wish to appear in the book,
Name in which you wish to appear in the book,
Blog link,
A story in 55 words (copy and paste it to the comment as well),
#5: read and comment for other entries to get inspired, no obligations on this one!
Sample Flash Fiction in 55 Words can be found in our collection, so many of you have made it, wow!
