The Bubble Bubble, Oil & Trouble {BBOT} Writing Contest [Winners Announced}]

Write a fictional account on how the Gulf Oil Spill affects our world. Any topic is acceptable as long as the relationship to the Deepwater Disaster is obvious.

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A panel of volunteer judges will make the final decision after the contest ends. Please allow them at least a week.


This contest ends in one month, July 16, 2010 (at the stroke of midnight, EST).

Rules:


• Submit as a seperate thread in the Member Short Story forum.
  
  
• Title MUST contain [BBOT].
  
  
• All T&C's apply.
  
  
  
• Submissions must contain a minimum of 400 words. Word Count Tool
  
  
• One story per contestant. Member can replace story submissions at any time and as often as they like. Please U2U me for replacements.
  
  Prizes:
  
  
• 1st place - 30,000 ATS points
  
• 2nd place - 25,000 ATS points
  
• 3rd place - 20,000 ATS points
  
• Undetermined number of honourable mentions - 5,000 ATS points each
  

Note:

• All successfully entered submissions will receive Writer Status.
  
  
• The contest is open to all members of Abovetopsecret who have their 20 initial posts.
  
  
• Extra volunteer judges appreciated to those writers who are not submitting a story.
  

Any questions, please ask them in this thread.




[edit on 17/7/10 by masqua]

[edit on 30/7/10 by masqua]

*idiot raises hand* Question...?

What can one do with the ATS points...?

reply to post by masqua


Are poems acceptable , as long as they meet all the other requirements ?

This should be interesting.

Looking forward to it!

Originally posted by wylekat

What can one do with the ATS points...?

Only one place to use them... right here

Otherwise, I'll buy you a cup of coffee and a bagel for all you've gotten so far, but you have to pay air fare.

J/K, of course

[edit on 16/6/10 by masqua]

Originally posted by okbmd
Are poems acceptable , as long as they meet all the other requirements ?

Yes. As long as it meets (or surpasses) the required word count of 400.

The problem is that @NOT@ everybody is good at writing Contests. Some people are just better then others, it is a certain kind of skill that somebody would need to write for a writing Contest.

Awsome! Had my story enterd and look forward to reading others.

I did leave the BBOT out, but thats been edited now

Good luck everyone.

reply to post by gordonwest


The only way to find out if the ability to write exceptionally well exists, obviously, is to try one's hand at it.

(testing the oily waters, so to speak)

[edit on 16/6/10 by masqua]

Awesome Masqua.

Great name for the contest.

I look forward to reading all the stories. I'm gonna probably bump weekly or so to get exposure..

~Keeper

Hmmmm, well this has possibilities.

I've got a question, can the piece be a view? Is it meant to have the traditional approach of having a "beginning, middle or end?"

reply to post by BlackPoison94


If you mean a description of a moment in time, then I see no reason why not.

Standard plot lines work well in lengthy books, but not so well in 400 words.

reply to post by masqua


Thanks Masqua

The quality of the work so far is amazing!
I'm already stuck at an idea haha.

Entered. Woot. Posted my very first in the Writing Forum.
Be nice.
Lol.

Sounds like a good one, count me in masqua!

I'm in!

I have some questions tho?

Can we make one story into several posts? I've read some of the stories already up and one guy had several posts making up his story. Is that ok because I plan on doing the same. Writing a little each day.

Also is it OK to edit grammar and spelling?

Thanks.

Edit: see what I mean.

[edit on 18-6-2010 by Izarith]

reply to post by Izarith


You have a couple of hours to use for edits, but then, after that, you'd need to ask me to do it for you because you will automatically lose the power to do so yourself.

As for multiple posts on your thread... use as many as you need.

It's been a few years since I entered one of these. I've been reading the entries and am amazed at the diversity of the ideas. Good job folks!

Is there a maximum length?