First Friday fiction contest returns!
With a nudge from Bev Robertson (@BirdingBev) and Behind the Bins/Murmuring Trees, WildBird on the Fly welcomes the return of First Friday, a fiction contest for birders!
Bev earned top honors twice -- and you can see why here and here -- as did Clare Kines of The House and Other Arctic Musings (his winning stories appear here and here).
Here's how First Friday works:
* You write a 500-word piece of fiction.
* The story includes four elements: a setting, a character or characters, a conflict and a resolution.
* It deals with birds, birders and/or birding.
* The story does not anthropomorphize birds.
* You send your wordsmithery to wildbirdATbowtieinc.com before 5 p.m. PST on the first Thursday of the month, and you include your mailing address.
* I post the winning entry on Friday.
* The winner receives a recently published birding book.
With two or more entries on Thursday, we'll have a contest and a winner. I hope that you'll participate and share the news! Good luck!
Bev earned top honors twice -- and you can see why here and here -- as did Clare Kines of The House and Other Arctic Musings (his winning stories appear here and here).Here's how First Friday works:
* You write a 500-word piece of fiction.
* The story includes four elements: a setting, a character or characters, a conflict and a resolution.
* It deals with birds, birders and/or birding.
* The story does not anthropomorphize birds.
* You send your wordsmithery to wildbirdATbowtieinc.com before 5 p.m. PST on the first Thursday of the month, and you include your mailing address.
* I post the winning entry on Friday.
* The winner receives a recently published birding book.
With two or more entries on Thursday, we'll have a contest and a winner. I hope that you'll participate and share the news! Good luck!
Labels: contest, First Friday
posted by Amy at 9:36 AM
2 Comments:
Happy to see First Friday return Amy. It is an excellent writing exercise, and a fun way to challenge oneself.
I am so glad you decided to bring First Friday back. I'm anxiously waiting to read the winning entry. Clare is right it is an excellent writing exercise and fun to boot.
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