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All good ends must come to a thing!

Posted on by Thornton Sully
15
Oct

Literati! 

Editor-in-chief-(moi) puts a spin on winner selection

I might be gambling here, but there is just an hour and 45 minutes before our contest closes, and it is already past my going to bed alone time.

So I now have all the entries into our contest You didn’t Write That.

In the morning I will announce 4 finalists–two by merit-which is actually an entirely subjective choice, and two by random drawing.  The four writers will then be given a new prompt, and a new set of rules, and three days to produce!

Lemme sleep on it.

Thornton Sully

Thorn founded A Word with You Press in 2009, having Jack-Londoned his way across the globe sleeping with whatever country would have him, picking up stray stories along with way. A litter of dog-eared passports that have taken up residence in his sock drawer are a constant temptation, but, having at last discovered paradise, it’s not likely he will stray too far from his adopted city of Prague. He has helped hundreds of writers reach their potential, including best-selling authors and award winners. He is the author of Fire in the Belly: How to write your novel with Purpose and Passion, Almost Avalon, The Boy with a Torn Hat and The Courtesans of God saga, and multiple anthologies.

9 thoughts on “All good ends must come to a thing!”

  2. Mac Eagan says:

    Forty-five entries to choose from – forty-six if you count your own.  And probably you should.  But since we know how willingly you sacrifice yourself so that others may play fully . . .
    Forty-five.  Not a bad re-start.

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  3. Julie4 says:

    For this and future contest write-offs, please kindly keep in mind that many of us have week-day gigs and other on-going responsibilities that we can’t postpone.  May I suggest that write-offs include at least a Saturday and Sunday?  Thank you for your consideration.

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    • Mac Eagan says:

      Perhaps the final day of any contest can be a Sunday, which will allow a few additional days to post the last minute stories (yeah, you, Mari – hey, did you clean your room yet?) and then the finalists and write off can be announced on Thursday with a Sunday deadline.  I am sure that would work at least until the next contest, when the participation numbers go up some more.

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