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New Contest:
Any subject. 1500 word maximum, 600 word minimum. 250 word minimum for poetry entries.
All contestants must send entry to Freshly.Hewn@gmail.com.
Contest will run until 1200 pacific time on sunday. Late entries will not be eligible for prizes.
To be eligible email must include story(as a .txt attachment), Amazon wish-list,and list(s) of items you would like to receive.
1st place winner will win:
40$ prize pack to include any books or /lit/-relavent items specified.
2nd place winner will receive:
20$ prize pack to include the aforementioned.
3rd place runner up will receive:
10$ book of the contestant's choosing.

>> No.2038857

what motivates you to run this?

>> No.2038859

All entries will be emailed in their entirety before being posted on 4chan to be eligible for prizes.
All discussion concerning the contest will be in this thread to maintain page 0 presence for at least the first couple hours of the contest as it is nighttime around most of the US.

>> No.2038870

>>2038857
>>2038857
>>2038857
>>2038857
>>2038857
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>> No.2038873

>>2038857
I don't know.
I started and I quite enjoyed it, so I never stopped.

>> No.2038876

Ok this looks great. I need new books! Hopefully I will win :). Good luck to everybody else.

>> No.2038881

>>2038857
>>2038870
Also I would say to all those people those people here who always want to write but always "lack motivation" well here's you motivation.
And you had better make sure what you are submitting is damn good. Edited and re-written at least once. I'm paying 70$ here to essentially have you(a stranger) wank himself off intellectually. Don't make a fool of yourself.

>> No.2038892

Will you post the winning submissions after the contest ends? Is there somewhere permanent you could post them in case I miss the thread?

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>>2038892
[spoiler*cue lights*
Inroducing TAR. We'll take'em: www.theaprilreader.org

>> No.2038900

Can one person submit more than one story?

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>>2038892
*cue lights*
Inroducing TAR. We'll take'em: www.theaprilreader.org

>> No.2038905

>>2038900
One entry per person.
>>2038892
I will post winners and any I find exceptional for whatever reason. But unless the thread get's archived for some reason then no; it's not going to be permanent.

>> No.2038908

>>2038902
>>2038905
I'll be the crazy fuck to suggest you two co-operate and publish the contest as a part of the next TAR.

>> No.2038911

>>2038908
I'd be willing, but suspect OP would be happier if our confounding organizational bullshit just left him/her alone.

Still, we'd love to have the winning pieces forwarded to us for publication

>> No.2038912

I'll jump on this.

>> No.2038917

>>2038911
Writers may do whatever they wish with their pieces. I retain no rights to the copy-write of stories entered in this contest.
If published you may though put a little excerpt "First place winner /lit/ short story contest ect."

>> No.2038982

Good morning Europe.
Good afternoon Asia.
Will ship wherever I can.

>> No.2039089

Last bump before sleep.

>> No.2039321

I'm in, writing right now.

>> No.2039322

It's 14:08 here in England. How long do I have left?

Also, if I win can you buy some ebooks, strip the DRM on your computer, and post them here via mediafire or something? Is that okay?

>> No.2039384

entered. thanks, OP!

>> No.2039467

wait OP, so is this running until noon on Sunday, or until midnight of Saturday?

>> No.2039515

1200 is noon of Sunday, 0000 would be Saturday's midnight.

>> No.2039558

bump because I'm in and will be writing

>> No.2039606

ill be in this, just gotta wait a bit.

>> No.2039623

This looks interesting, what sort of writing does OP prefer to read about? Any topics or styles that you'd hope not to see?

>> No.2039639

Count me in!

>> No.2039663

Just sent in my dumb little attempt at a story.

>> No.2039682

Just a suggestion if you ever wanna do this again, 1500 words is too little, most short stories go between 3000 and 5000. I know it implies a lot more reading for you, but I think it would improve the quality of the submissions. One can't even begin to get into the story with 1500 w's.

Just my two cents, great initiative btw. We need more people like you on /lit/.

>> No.2039695

Just wondering, how many of these have you run before? How do we know you're not a crazy serial killer looking for victims who write stories?

>> No.2039702

Just received an email from Prole advertising this contest, OP.

>> No.2039706

>>2039682

>One can't even begin to get into the story with 1500 w's.


Yes you can. Although a contest with an upper limit of 5000 would be cool.

>> No.2039725

Just a bit of advice, OP. If you're going to host these contests with any semblance of regularity, maybe have one for longer entries, one for shorter entries, and one for poems. Including poems in this contest is a bad idea, I think, since you'll end up judging between prose and poetry together. It's like having a contest for paintings but accepting charcoal sketches too.

>> No.2039728

>>2038905
>But unless the thread get's archived for some reason then no; it's not going to be permanent.

you could make a blog or tumblr to post all of them. i'm sure readers and writers alike would appreciate that.

>> No.2039732

>>2038905
>implying gentoomen
http://archive.gentoomen.org/cgi-board.pl/lit/

>> No.2039744

I sent you one last time you hosted this, but only two people were in.

Are those still valid?

>> No.2039767

its editing time

>> No.2039778

>>2039744
Actually, screw that.

I'll make a new one.

>> No.2039833

Good to see a contest like this.

Sad to see not a lot of people interested. Where are all the writers in here?

>> No.2039845

>>2039833
/lit/ doesn't even have readers, let alone writers

just look at the chaos out there...

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Sent.

> I hope I win!

>> No.2039918

>>2039322
Winners will receive prizes in the manner amazon sells them, I in no way will alter merchandise.

>> No.2039933

>>2039695
I have no way of knowing your address as Amazon keeps all information besides name and city private.
At present I hav given away 13 prizes totaling $93.18.

>> No.2039987

>>2039933
I just sent you mine.

Okay so first off, it probably is full of grammar errors, seeing as i'm not a native english speaker and learned it by my own.

Second, i was revising it rushed, because the power went off and i was on notebook/internet battery.

Please take these in consideration, I can revise it again if i wake up early tomorrow, then i'll send you a new email with the new txt. That is, if you allow that. reply to this and i'll read tomorrow, thanks in advance, man.

>> No.2039999

>I'm paying 70$ here to essentially have you(a stranger) wank himself off intellectually

hey bro you forgot that bit where you take the best submissions and if they're any good you publish them for yourself and make millions off them

lol are people this blind or what

>> No.2040007

>>2039999
Someone who couldn't write a solid, creative piece if his 4chan-with-the-lads life depended on it detected.

>> No.2040009

he's just jealous of my DEVASTATING quads

>> No.2040033

>>2039999
lrn 2 copyright

>> No.2040045

>>2039999
>Doesn't know about a little thing called file authentication.
Also the emails are proof of ownership.

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>>2038850
>>2038850

I fixed my submission to this - should I be awaiting for a confirmation email? Or is no response mean the entry is valid?

>> No.2040066

>>2040045
>>2040007
Anyone have the screencap of when Derp&Herpy's mum visited /lit/?

>> No.2040099

>>2040058
No confirmation email, but I did receive it.

>> No.2040345

Just sent you my entry!

>> No.2040511

Sent an entry, bumping thread

>> No.2040847

Question: Are the prizes the money and the items in wishlist or items in wishlist that fit under the monetary value specified by the "prize pack"?

>> No.2040863

>>2040847
Second one

>> No.2040865

>>2040863

How do you know?

>> No.2040880

Semicolon, answer my question.

>> No.2040882

>>2040865
The first one doesn't make as much sense as that one does. Without the assumption that the money goes for the books, we would be left with the question of how the contest holder determines which and how many books are given to the winner, not to mention that no method of transferring money is mentioned, except through the purchase of books. And this is /lit/. And he's done it before.

>> No.2040884

>>2040880
WHY ARE YOU RETARDED

>> No.2040886

>>2040882

This. Semicolon has been buying books for people for a at least a week or two, to my knowledge. Maybe longer. This contest is just a continuation of that.

>> No.2040890

Okay, so suppose that I submit a story along with my wishlist of items, how would it be determined what items I will receive if I win a "prize pack" below my expectations?

>> No.2040901

>>2040890
Learn to read, motherfucker, seriously.
>Amazon wish-list,and list(s) of items you would like to receive
>AND

Give him your list and tell him what you want from it if you win. A lot of people have wishlists that are pages long, you know, so of course he would require this.

>> No.2040908

>>2040901

It's not an issue of comprehension but of technical uncertainties, thank you.

>> No.2040936

Just want to say thanks for the O'Connor book, semicolon. I may or may not enter your contest. I'll see if I can write a poem within your time constraint.

>> No.2040955

Maybe a dumb question, but if someone sends you something they purchased from a wish list, does their address show up on the package you get?

Thanks for hosting contests, OP!

>> No.2040990

>>2040955
I don't actually send anything, I just buy it from a retailer and they send you the item, I actually have no interaction with the product or it's transportation.

>> No.2041039

bump

>> No.2041054

11 entries.
My poor eyes.
Maybe I'll print them all and read at a nice well-lit park.

>> No.2041057

>>2041054
What about them results? will you give em today?

>> No.2041071

>>2041057
If by today you mean sunday, I might. but it's still saturday night where I am.

>> No.2041227

DEVASTATING quads

>> No.2041253

so... how much time left? I have a couple of ideas written down somewhere, but I don't know if I can get them in a presentable shape.

Maybe I'll enter the next contest, if there ever is one.

>> No.2041296

>>2041253
bump da hump

>> No.2041304

>>2041253
Me again. 5 hours left, right?
I'll see what I can do.

>> No.2041380

>>2041304
Managed to write something after all.

>> No.2041384

>>2039999
lol, paranoid cunt. Does anyone have the vocaroo link? the one that says "Deep&Edgy has all the intellect of a bucket of dildos."

>> No.2041400

just keeping this on page 0

>> No.2041405

would be easier if there was a theme or somthing

>> No.2041407

>>2041405
Your theme is 'fire, flood, or Act of God'

>> No.2041416

>>2041407
your not semicolon!

>> No.2041450

>the direction of this thread
what the fuck am I reading?

>> No.2041459

>>2041416
For you, anon, I could be.

>> No.2041473

what if someone just takes a page from a classic novel and sends it to you? you can't have read them all.

>> No.2041488

>>2041473
he'd google some of the phrases in it, I can only assume.

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>>2041488
>>2041488
>open any classic
>turn to page 13
>copy any phrase in google
>cool story bro

>> No.2041568

>>2041504
when winners are announced lit will see them, and somebody will definitely notice plagiarism

>> No.2041587

DEAR SEMICOLON,

WOULD YOU MIND ANNOUNCING THE WINNERS BEFORE YOU GIVE AWAY THE PRIZES? IF ONLY SO WE CAN SCRUTINIZE THE ENTRIES AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE PLAGIARIZED.

>> No.2041608

>>2041504
I just tried this, and every time, the book I was taking the phrase from was the first thing Google came up with. The random phrase I just looked up was from Ivanhoe: "His knowledge of books, however superficial, was sufficient to impress. . ."

>> No.2041624

>>2041587
I'll do that.
Also just fyi, I have 4 entries I've received since last night that have no address. If left uncorrected by 1500 pacific time the participant will be withdrawn from the contest.

>> No.2041645

>>2041624
how many entries altogether?

>> No.2041662

>>2041645
21 entries total.
16 Eligible.

>> No.2041663

>>2041662
Is it too late to submit? I need another half hour.

>> No.2041667

>>2041662
>>2041662
why are 5 ineligible?

>> No.2041670

>>2041663
There was 1 minute left when you posted, lol.

>> No.2041676

>>2041663
It is I'm sorry; The rules have been clearly stated.
>>2041667
Errors with their entry. Particularly with addresses on wish-lists.

>> No.2041714

>>2041676
So how have the entries been so far, complete shit or absolute rubbish?

>> No.2041737

the former, probably. xD

>> No.2041745

>>2041662
>>2041662
Mind elaborating on which five are ineligible? I'm the guy who didn't want any prize. Did that disqualify me?

>> No.2041762

>>2041745
That and you were under on the word count.

Also pretty sure I just read a chapter from a Brett Easton Ellis novel, with everything just changed to a more fitting pop-culture reference. From something like less than zero.

>> No.2041784

Lol wassup newfag why you copyin' my name?
JK brah

>> No.2041801

Do you have an idea when the winners will be announced.

>> No.2041806

>>2041801
Dude, give the man some time to read through all that shit.

>> No.2041808

>>2041801
Possibly later today.
Possibly later this week.

>> No.2041816

>>2041762


Suddenly you're in another city and you see a sign on the outside of a building that says ìCatastrophic Loss Rehabilitationî and you figure you must have read that wrong.

Suddenly you're all stopped at a McDonalds drive-thru and you don't want to get anything but you order a milkshake. It tastes weird. People ask you if you're sure that's all you want because there won't be good food when we get there. And you say that yes, you're sure.

And maybe now you're having some doubts. Or maybe you're just hungry.

Maybe now you're thinking this isn't gonna be worth it.

Suddenly you're being asked if you brought your DS, and yes you did, and did you want to play Pokemon, and you're not sure if you do, because your team isn't that good.

But everyone's team isn't that good and you win a few matches and shrug off a few compliments. Someone in the front passenger seat wants to see your team and you don't really want him to touch your DS because he has burger grease on his hands but you let him anyways because what else are you going to say?

And when you get it back you don't even wipe it off much even though it is a bit greasy because you think it might look rude to go out of your way to wipe off something that someone else just handed you.

>> No.2041822

>>2041816
What. The. Shite?
Fucking ~300 words and he wonders if he's ineligible.

>> No.2041823

>>2041816
Suddenly you're out in the country and the sun would be casting long shadows if there was anything to cast shadows of besides your car. Everything is very big and wide and empty and it's getting dark and you're a little scared but you're not sure what of.

Suddenly someone beside you is very concerned about the tickets and do you still have the tickets and yes you say you have them and take them out of your bag. And he asks to see one and you let him see it. And he asks how far back this row is and are they good and you don't know and say that you don't know but you figure they're pretty good even if you have no idea if they're pretty good. The letter is G which is a pretty small letter but doesn't necessarily mean there's only six rows in front of you.

Then he's suddenly asking about the time, so concerned about the time, asking what the time is and how much longer it will take to get there because the ticket says doors at 9 and it's 8:30 now and you tell him that the show doesn't really start until 10:30 and that before that there's just a few opening acts that aren't worth going out of your way to see. And someone driving the car confirms that we'll be fine for time anyways.

And someone else beside you has finished making some adjustments to his team and asks do you want to battle again and even though you don't you do anyways because you have to do something.

And your milkshake runs dry and you score a few critical hits when you needed them and now he wants to battle again and you feel he might even be a little upset.

>> No.2041825

>>2041822
No, that was in response to the BEE-ish feeling of the piece.

>> No.2041829

>>2041825
I just double checked and was shy about 25 words of the 600 word minimum, does that disqualify my entry?

>> No.2041830

>>2041825
I see I spoke too early. But it is shit.

>> No.2041838

>>2041825
Have you read them all already?
If yes, is it hard to choose a winner?
If so, is it because they're all so shit or is it because there's a couple of good ones?

>> No.2041854

The 'five ineligible' has got me nervous. Have you/could you email those not eligible?

>> No.2041872

>>2041854
I was ineligible because of the address issue, he e-mailed me about it. It said I had to fix it by 3PM Pacific in order to be eligible and I did.

>> No.2041873

>>2041854

I second this motion. Just to be safe.

>> No.2041903

>>2041872
Cool. Guess I'm eligible then, ty.

>> No.2041915

Lee Sharp
Robson Fernand
Xavier Oyarzbal
Will Simpson
Brady Roybal
Randy R
Charles Harries
Michael Haddad
Mindy MacKay
Anthony Field
Zakk Cook
Gary Hlusko
Christopher Kim
Jckabs Clerts
Steven Arnott
Yegor Chekmarev

There are the people who's entries have been deemed eligible.

>> No.2041917

>>2041915

Alright cool, I'm on the list.

>> No.2041918

>>2041915
>>2041903
Scratch that, where's my name? Will email you...

>> No.2041934

>>2041915
Yeah, i'm on the list.

Damn, so many people. I think i don't stand a chance

>> No.2041935

>>2041915
Jekabs Elerts, not Jckabs Clerts. :D
Amazon is retarded, because it's actually Jēkabs, and Amazon makes it Clerts. Either that, or my language is retarded. Possibly both.

>> No.2041970

>>2041915
Emailed you. Would be good if we could sort this, sorry for being a bother.

>> No.2041976

>>2041934

you'll probably beat me. This is the first contest I've ever been in.

>> No.2041982

>>2041976
We'll see about that :3
Good luck for everyone, i'm going to sleep. Hopefully OP will have the winners by tomorrow.
No rush, tho..

>> No.2042096

bump

>> No.2042111

Just fixed my Amazon address, in case it was giving you trouble. But I found my name so I'm guessing it wasn't an issue.

In any case. Sorry for any inconvenience I might have caused.

<3 Mindy.

>> No.2042138

First-place goes to Charles Harries
Who will be receiving Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon.
If you want more, you can add more up to the 40$ limit(including s+h) before I send it out.

>> No.2042142

>>2042138
Entry can be read here:
pasteb(1)n.com/ZfPrmjNR

>> No.2042151

>>2042138
Congrats, enjoy your prizes.

Semicolon could you respond to my email or explain why I wasn't considered?

>> No.2042157

Second Place goes to Michael Haddad
Who will be receiving The Norton Critical Edition of Foust (If you would please just add the one book to your wish list sans the universal wish list button)
Entry can be read here:
http://pasteb(1)n.com/3eji3eUR

>> No.2042161

>>2042151
Which contestant were you?

>> No.2042166

>>2042161
My story was about the siege of Constantinople, my 'ID' is oliofuk

>> No.2042179

Who was the sad shit that lost to these chumps?

>> No.2042182

Thanks for the competition Semicolon :).

Congratulations to the winners.

>> No.2042183

Third place goes to Robson Fernand
Who will be receiving (Anything I can find that will ship to his place)
Entry can be read here:
http://pasteb(1)n.com/zFYq1h2L

>> No.2042192

>>2042138
>>2042157
>>2042183

Congrats! Seems like I have to step my game up for next time...

>> No.2042193

(VERY) Honorable mention:
http://pasteb(1)n.com/9VjPLnmV
http://pasteb(1)n.com/tN2YyjDE
http://pasteb(1)n.com/munJ3725

>> No.2042209

Did you even get my emails? O.o
>>2042166

>> No.2042220

>>2042193

These are too damn good. I didn't stand a chance, heh.

>> No.2042226

>>2042209
I don't think I did

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Oh... Did I spell your email wrong or something?

>> No.2042293

>>2042256
No, but I never received your email.

>> No.2042299

>>2042293
That sucks.
Noboby's fault, can't be helped. Gj with the competition.

>> No.2042334

Wow. Good content and good judging for the winner's list. I didn't even place... haha. I suppose I'm not such a good fictional author. I'll stick to formatting depositions and chasing ambulances.

>> No.2042341

>>2042334

Me again. I failed to mention a shout out to Semicolon for holding this competition. Many thanks for doing this, and pro bono at that.

>> No.2042376

The Breakfast is clearly the best entry imo. I didn't really resonate with any of the others. But I wasn't shelling out free books so whatevas. Anyway, I enjoyed that shit Xavier, wherever you is. The one about the kids fucking their parents is pretty good too, but a bit too much really.

>> No.2042391

Just read The Breakfast. First two paragraphs were great, but in the third when the action hits it's too passive and I lost interest. Good stuff though.

>> No.2042392

>>2042138

Gravity's Rainbow is all, thank you very much. Props to everyone else, though. Mad talent.

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Dang!

I didn't even stand a chance here.

Well - till next time!

>> No.2042416

>>2042226

Semicolon, is it possible for you to give like a sentence or two about each work you read? I understand there were a lot of entries, I was just wondering for critique's sake.

>> No.2042422

>>2042392
If this fellow's surplus is being made available I could pastebin my entry. :p Let me know, I'll check back in the morning

>> No.2042423

>>2042391
The action was too passive?
Wow, that's impressively bad writing.

>> No.2042425

>>2042422
jesus, don't be desperate.

>> No.2042426

>>2042423
why don't you just read it and find out for yourself instead of calling something impressively bad off of a second hand comment.

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>>2042193

>YFW the runners up were better than the top three.

>> No.2042690

>>2042651
You have to take taste into account as well. I'm not much of a judge, but I thought everything that was presented was very well done.

>> No.2042695

>>2038850

http://writingthereport.blogspot.com/2009/08/my-view.html

>> No.2042794

Damn, those are good.
/lit/ has to do more contests like this, everyone donates 2~~4 dollars and we can get something huge

>> No.2043269

>>2042193
>>2042376
>>2042391

Thanks for the good comments guys, I'll keep working on it. I really didn't have that much time to write it, barely had time to edit a bit.

And btw, I was the one who complained earlier about the space constraints, cause I wanted to have multiple voices telling the story, but ran out of room fast.

Hope to see you all in the next one!

>> No.2044727

der