The prolific Hemmingway was once challenged to write a story in six words, the heartbreaking result was: For sale, Baby shoes, Never worn.
The fifty word story contest is here to reward those who are able to tell a fascinating story in fifty words, the contest is also a way to encourage new steemians on the platform. The growth of steemit depends on their presence,this is what led to commuinty building projects like @curie and this contest.
This contest is open to only Steemians with reputation 55 and lower, those with a higher reputation can participate in the Literature Trail agent contest, which runs concurrently with this contest.
RULES OF THE CONTEST
1 Contestants must be reputation 55 and below
2 Write your story using #fiftywords as your primary tag and the word of the week as your secondary tag, you can be creative with the remaining three tags.
3 Only one entry is allowed per contestant.
4 Contestants must state how they learnt about the contest in their story submissions.
All entries must be submitted by 4pm New York Time on Wednesday 12th April
The Word for this week is : LOVE
Prizes as follows
First Place : 350 Trail coins and 20 Steem
Second Place: 200 Trail coins and 12 Steem
Third Place: 150 Trail coins and 8 Steem
The top three entries plus any other entries of particular quality or displaying an originality of thought will be published every Thursday. This will serve as an excellent post to distribute to your friends, family and Social Media contacts.
A special prize of 300 Trail would be given to the first person to submit a story. Thanks to @the-future for sponsoring this prize.
The organisation of this contest has been given huge support by the guys at SteemTrail
If you have not already done so, head over to the SteemTrail Discord server and check out what they’re up to.
You will need an Open Ledger Account which is free. Simply click HERE and follow the instructions.
For a streemian Account, click HERE
From the fifty word contest organiser @ogochukwu, I wish you all luck, don't forget to upvote, follow and resteem @literature-trail.
If you would like to help increase the reward pool for this contest, please let me know @ogochukwu
TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT TRAIL COINS READ THIS
Such a romantic word. How many of the great writers and composers it inspired is a great feeling LOVE!
What is the word of the week?
Love
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