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Rated: E · Message Forum · Contest · #1033651
Short Story Contest About the First Christmas. High GPS awards & growing!**CLOSED


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*Note5* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5* ~ CONTEST DEADLINE ~ *Note5* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5*
Dec 25th 2006 - 11:59pm WDC time.


Using a creative approach - re-tell the story of the Birth of Christ.
Where and how you start and end the story is up to you.
Please be truthful to the Gospels.
Other than that - be creative !!
YOU DECIDE HOW TO WRITE IT !


*Note5* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5* ~ IDEAS ~ *Note5* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5*

*Snow1* - Tell the story from the viewpoint of Mary,
or one of the wisemen,
or Joseph or even Jesus himself.

*Snow1* - Be an outside observer in Bethlehem and tell
what you saw the night Christ was born

*Snow1* - Put yourself into the scene
and describe what you see

*Snow1* - Interact with the people or just narrate it

*Snow1* - or ???? got another idea? Run with it!

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*Note4* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5* ~ WHAT WON LAST YEAR? ~ *Note4* ~ *Note4* ~ *Note5*

*Gift1* FIRST PLACE *Gift1*
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*Gift2**Gift2* SECOND PLACE*Gift2**Gift2*
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    Mary knew only that her's was the greatest honor a woman could have...

*Gift3**Gift3**Gift3*HONORABLE MENTION *Gift3**Gift3**Gift3*
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*Exclaim* ~ *Exclaim* ~ *Exclaim* ~ THE RULES ~ *Exclaim* ~ *Exclaim* ~ *Exclaim*

         *Thumbsup* ~ Short story, Dialogue, Article, etc.

         *Thumbsup* ~ Between 1,000 and 5,000 words. *Put the word count somewhere in the item*
                             If you're a little under or over on the count - that's ok - but please -
                             no novels or flash fiction

         *Thumbsup* ~ Spelling, grammer, punctuation are critical and will be part of the judging.

         *Thumbsup* ~ Only E rated items. Anything else may be suspended and/or deleted
                   and will not be considered for judging.
                   NO exceptions !!!!

         *Thumbsdown* ~ NO profanity, violence, language, etc... NO exceptions !!!!
                   The item will not be considered for judging if it contains any of these things.

         *Thumbsdown* ~ NO editing after closing date - (Dec 25th 2006 11:59pm WDC time)
                   until after the judging is complete and winners posted
                   or you will be disqualified from judging!!!

         *Thumbsup* ~ One entry per author per year.

         *Thumbsup* ~ Must be written new for this contest.

         *Thumbsup* ~ Post in item, bitem or titem format. If you need help with this - read:
                    ~ "Invalid Item"  Open in new Window. by A Guest Visitor
                              or:
                    ~ "The illustrated guide to linking"  Open in new Window. by Writing.Com Support Author Icon

                              or email me MarysTears Author IconMail Iconfor help


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*Gift1* ~ *Gift2* ~ *Gift3* ~ 'PRIZES' ~ *Gift1* ~ *Gift2* ~ *Gift3*

THESE WILL MOST LIKELY BE INCREASING
DUE TO VERY GENEROUS DONATIONS

I WILL ANNOUCE SOON WHAT THE
NEW/BIGGER AWARDS WILL BE!!


*Gift1* - 1st place - *Gift1*
50K BLUE Ribbon
OR
25K BLUE Ribbon
+ 25K GPS
Winners Choice



*Gift2**Gift2* - 2nd place - *Gift2**Gift2*
25K RED Ribbon
OR
Merit Badge
+ 15K GPS
Judges decision


*Gift3**Gift3**Gift3* - 3rd place - *Gift3**Gift3**Gift3*
Merit Badge
Judges Choice of badge


*Gift4**Gift4**Gift4**Gift4* - Honorable Mention (IF any) - *Gift4**Gift4**Gift4**Gift4*
5,000 GPS.

More may be given but that will be at the discretion of the judges.

ALL VALID ENTRIES WILL RECEIVE A DETAILED REVIEW DURING THE JUDGING

*Exclaim*A minimum of five valid entries are required to guarantee prizes. If there are less than five valid entries, each author will receive 2,500 gps and the contest will be declared over without being judged. We still may give out an award if an item is exceptional, but that is at the judge's discretion.

*Exclaim* **ANY ITEM NOT WITHIN THE RULES AND GUIDELINES
ARE SUBJECT TO DELETION AND WILL NOT BE JUDGED!!**
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*Gift2* ~ *Balloon5* ~ *Kiss* ~ *Gift2* ~ *Balloon5* ~ 'DONATIONS' ~ *Balloon5* ~ *Kiss* ~ *Gift2* ~ *Balloon5* ~ *Kiss*

Donations of 20k or more will receive a Merit Badge !!
(Angel, Appreciation, Generosity)


MANY THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATIONS !!
EACH ONE HAS RECEIVED A MERIT BADGE



~*~Damiana Returned~*~ Author IconMail Icon - 100,000 gps
butterfly388 - 50,000 gps
TexansBeatTheMiamiDolphinsBy3 Author IconMail Icon - 21,000 gps
A HUGE thank you to everyone!!!!!



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*Thumbsup* ~ *Thumbsdown* ~ *Thumbsup* ~ 'THE JUDGING' ~ *Thumbsup* ~ *Thumbsdown* ~ *Thumbsup*

*Reading*The Judge(s)
MarysTears Author IconMail Icon That's ME! *Bigsmile*
TexansBeatTheMiamiDolphinsBy3 Author IconMail Icon
So far, that's it - BUT
I may add a guest judge if we have a lot of entries (I hope, I hope, I hope *Laugh*).
I will post their name here as early as possible if I do.
*Exclaim* ~ Judges decision is final ~ *Exclaim*

Deadline: Dec 25th - 11:59pm WDC time.
NO editing after this date
until after the judging is complete and winners posted
or you will be disqualified
from judging!!!

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