Mysterious May - [CLOSED]
A YA Section Short Story Contest
*in a dark room*
*in a dark corner*
*a sharp voice emerges*
*a mysterious whisper*
Welcome Welcome
This is
inviting you to this month’s short story contest. As you can tell, the contest is titled Mysterious May. Let’s go through the details…
This month’s theme…
In this beautiful month of May, we will be embodying mystery. All short story submissions will be judged based on quality, intrigue, and especially the aspect of mysteriousness. This can range from genres such as murder mystery to mystical high fantasy or eerie realistic fiction. We do ask for only mild violence and gore, and prohibit all use of vulgar or offensive language as well as themes containing suicide or self-harm. Overall, attempt to hook us with your stories this month and keep us on the edge of our seats, longing to know what happens next. If you execute this theme well, you may end up winning Mysterious May.
Guidelines
Because this is mystery, we’ll be expanding the word limit to 8,000 words with a minimum of 1,500, which will hopefully force you all to be careful about details and plot sequence. As previously stated, we prohibit swearing, graphic violence, and inappropriate themes. There are no major requirements for how your story should flow so feel free to be creative with this one. Adults are allowed to submit their stories, but if less than two adults enter, their stories will be judged with the rest and the contest will produce gold and silver medal winners.
The deadline for this month’s contest is Friday, May 31. All updates will be posted on Fridays this month so subscribe to stay tuned. To enter this contest, you do have to be a subscriber to The YA Section. The winners will most likely be posted before the first Friday of June.
We hope you all enjoy writing your stories for Mysterious May. Once you’ve finished, you may submit your story using the form below. Please note that the form will ask for a link to your story. We request links to docs made using Microsoft Word, Google Docs, or something similar. Overall, make sure to have fun!
Have a mysterious day! ;)
Yay! Excited for another contest!
im almost done wiht my entry...i cant watittttttttttttttt