Chatterbox: Inkwell

Writing Comp and Critique Workshop

This is the official post that the competition will take place on. The previous post was simply to see if there was enough interest to make a bigger post. You guys seemed excited about the idea, so here we are! XD

How It Works:

*biweekly competitions

*judged by the winner of the previous competition

*judge will use a rubric(see below)

*writing prompts will be posted at the start of the competition

*pieces are due 10 days from the release of the prompt

*the  judge will announce the top 3 finishers exactly two weeks from the release of the prompt

Rubric:

The higher the number of points the better.  

Grammar etc. : 0-5 points

Judge's Preference: 0-50 points

"Smooth" Writing: 0-20 points  

Creative Interpretation of Prompt: 0-25 points

The writer with the best score out of 100 wins. Notes and constructive criticism will be provided by the judge for the top 3 writers. I will be the first judge!

Prompts can be:

-a photograph or picture

-a piece of poetry

-an excerpt from a published work( be sure to give credit!)

-a description

-a feeling

-an ending

-a situation or concept

-a word, object, phrase, or the like

-a song(appropriate please)

-a musical(again appropriate)

-a genre

-a historial event or time period

-a name

-a location

-a color

-Okay, basically anything that you can think of! XD

Alright everybuggy(do we still say that?)! Are. You. READY?

The first prompt is the color burgandy. Do what'd you like with it. All stories are due on the twenty-third of August. For this prompt, I'd prefer the submissions to be in short story form, unless another form of writing really strikes you as the right one. 

Alright everyone, I hope you enjoy the first ever of these contests. To the admins, thank you for posting all this on your vacation! 

I apologize for any typos as I wrote this all on mobile.