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Contest #5 - Round #1 by Katrina - June 24, 2008
Hello everyone!
This is the place to come if you want to see the rankings of the chapters that are eligible for the first round of Contest #5. Also, this is the place to come if you just want to check out what everyone's writing and place your votes!
This page is updated every ten minutes, so you're sure to have up-to-date information at your fingertips.
As always, if you have any concerns or questions, be sure to contact me at Katrina@storymash.com or by commenting on this blog post.
Happy writing, and happy voting!
4.8/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 13 comments |
4.6/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 26 comments |
4.3/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 16 comments |
4.3/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 5 comments (preview) In an abandoned bedroom, a lonely notebook is finally brought back into service after many years of being laid off. |
4.2/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 14 comments (preview) A total of twelve encounters were recorded by explorers between 1962 and 2008. All incidents were in the western section of Mongolia, in the Bayan-Ölgii aimag, or province. |
4.2/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 6 comments (preview) A child is born and,from an early age.... he just knows things. |
4.1/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 8 comments |
4.1/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 6 comments |
4.1/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 9 comments |
3.9/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 5 comments (preview) Step inside the mind of a dealer. A dying breed. |
3.9/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 8 comments |
3.8/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 4 comments |
3.8/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) I composed this out of boredom. The following story is loosely based on a person, who is very dear to me. I am not even sure if the title is fitting enough. Truthfully, I rarely reveal my original writing to people, but here this goes. |
3.8/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 4 comments |
3.8/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 4 comments |
3.6/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) Everyday we look to the shadows and turn our heads as another soul cries out for help. It is our grandmother our mother our aunt and daughters. They are dying every day from this silent killer, and yet we look away. |
3.6/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) You can imagine what would have happened next. |
A Texas good-old-boy finds the unexpected out in the brush country. |
3.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 6 comments (preview) The chapter is short, so if you read this preview, you've already read the first chapter and thus have made this preview useless. |
3.5/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 6 comments (preview) Jack comes home from his honeymoon to find a dead woman, a total stranger, in his bed. |
3.5/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.5/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 3 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 16 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 1 comment |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 3 comments |
3.4/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 (preview) Reminescence of an old college professor |
3.3/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 4 comments |
3.3/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 4 comments |
3.3/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.3/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.3/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 1 comment |
3.2/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 1 comment |
3.2/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 |
3.2/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 8 comments |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) I wrote this story 25 years ago and thought I'd throw it out there. Naturally, this is only the first part of it and I stopped so that ya'll could mash the heck out of it. |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 4 comments (preview) A poet loses his love and dire inspiration compels his hand. |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 1 comment |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 2 comments |
"Reckless" by kiki 3.1/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) There was something about her—perhaps her innocent white dress juxtaposed with a dangerous tint to her azure eyes—that captured me. She stood there, leaning against the frame of the church, curiously watching us as we watched her |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) This is the opening to a novel I am working on and I welcome all efforts to mash it. |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 2 comments |
This is were the story begins. It is the first scene to this story. The father we go, the crazier it will get. In this scene you will be introduced to four characters. Four characters that make up a small piece of the World We Live In. |
3.1/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 1 comment |
3.0/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 (preview) mystery suspense a suspicious character appears to be on the run from something... |
3.0/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 2 comments |
3.0/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 1 comment |
A vampire's partner journal entry. |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 1 comment |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 (preview) The first weekend at college for Paul is not everything he expected. |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) One morning I woke up with a terrible pain in my left big toe. I tried to stand up but the pain was so sharp, almost unbearable. It felt as if somebody was ripping off my toe from inside. |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 (preview) A government scientist creates a virus and is marked for death. |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 |
2.9/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) A suicide perspective |
2.8/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.8/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 19 comments |
2.8/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) The Garden of Eden is literally in my back parking lot. |
It started with a sore back, which grew into sore shoulders and creeped down my legs. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) Humorous poem that compares sex with tomatoes. |
Two young, disgruntled lovers meet up for the night, on their way to... |
It can be hard to get into the habit of cooking cheaply and healthily when you live alone. Here are some suggestions to make your shopping budget go a little bit further and ensure that you eat healthily. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 (preview) Two brothers: a potential new love vs. an old love has caused Vanessa to question what's right and what's wrong. Neko loves her but he is off-limits. Jose is just a friend, yet she can't help the "butterflies" she gets everytime she sees or thinks of |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 1 comment |
Short beginning written when i was 15 for English class. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 (preview) A short story inside the head of a suicide bomber. |
"City Lights" by Jen 2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 (preview) This is all about the causes and effects of global warming. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 (preview) A lighthearted introduction to a story, involving two friends on the verge of major change from their mundane lives. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 (preview) One dream, five different girls... Just a coincidence? |
Confession of a needy person |
I open my eyes just in time to see a shooting star stream across the sky, defying the city's efforts to subdue it. I make a wish. |
"Nightmare" by amaya 2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 (preview) or I should say after the Philosopher that life is Meaningless. |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 1 comment |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 (preview) The first day of school September 1994 |
2.6/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 - 3 comments (preview) As stated above, this is something I've been trying to work on for a while now and just can't get past the opening part. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I was thinking of taking a sci-fi approach to this but, as stated before, not sure. |
2.5/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 3 comments |
This a fiction short that I wrote in Junior High when I was infatuated with Stephen King. |
"Breakups can sometimes be hard. Here are some things that you should avoid to get over your Ex." by viniyo 2.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) Breakups can sometimes be hard. Here are some things that you should avoid in order to get over your Ex in a timely manner. |
The life and times of the first Doctor Who. |
The Divinity knew that a sage was born.. |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 1 comment |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 22, 2008 (preview) It's about a love that's been forgotten |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.4/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 - 2 comments |
2.3/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 - 1 comment |
2.3/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
An Epic Fairy Tale |
2.2/5.0 - published Jun 23, 2008 - 6 comments |
2.2/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 6 comments (preview) Men and Women: Who is superior? |
2.0/5.0 - published Jun 24, 2008 - 2 comments (preview) A Molecular Scientist Transforms himself 100 years
into the future and writes his memoirs. |
1.4/5.0 - published Jun 21, 2008 - 1 comment |
1.3/5.0 - published Jun 25, 2008 (preview) I have tried to kill myself one hundred and seventy-four different ways.
Consider this an extreme how-to guide. |
1.3/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 |
1.1/5.0 - published Jun 26, 2008 (preview) based loosely on events that i have been privy to seeing in my friends lives. |
0.6/5.0 - published Jun 27, 2008 (preview) Kiyoko finds that she overslept in her small hideaway and may possibly be locked in for the weekend. |
| Round | Start Date | Deadline | Judging Ends/Winner Announced |
| 1 | 6/21/08 (Sat) | 6/28/08 (Sat) | 7/1/08 (Tues) |
| 2 | 7/1/08 (Tues) | 7/8/08 (Tues) | 7/11/08 (Fri) |
| 3 | 7/11/08 (Fri) | 7/18/08 (Fri) | 7/21/08 (Mon) |
| 4 | 7/21/08 (Mon) | 7/28/08 (Mon) | 7/31/08 (Thurs) |
| 5 | 7/31/08 (Thurs) | 8/7/08 (Thurs) | 8/10/08 (Sun) |
| 6 | 8/10/08 (Sun) | 8/17/08 (Sun) | 8/20/08 (Wed) |
| 7 | 8/20/08 (Wed) | 8/27/08 (Wed) | 8/30/08 (Sat) |
| 8 | 8/30/08 (Sat) | 9/6/08 (Sat) | 9/9/08 (Tues) |
| 9 | 9/9/08 (Tues) | 9/16/08 (Tues) | 9/19/08 (Fri) |
| 10 | 9/19/08 (Fri) | 9/26/08 (Fri) | 9/29/08 (Mon) |
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writerwannabe 6 months, 1 week ago
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OK, today is the 28th and round #1 of Contest #5 is complete. There are the top ten story starts listed from 4.8 to 3.9 (I think). The winner will be announced in three days. Is it true that the winner could be any of the top ten, irrespective of their current vote count? |
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Katrina 6 months, 1 week ago
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You have it straight! The winning chapter will be announced within the next day or so. Thanks! |
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wsells 6 months, 1 week ago
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How come I didn't make it in? Same score as Acee 3.9, same # views, same # of votes...Waz up? |
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Cheeseliker 6 months, 1 week ago
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Are you certain you had the same number of everything at the exact time they finished the voting? |
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wsells 6 months, 1 week ago
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No, but it sounded good, didn't it? :-) |
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Cheeseliker 6 months, 1 week ago
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Ha, I'm doin alright. Just finding it tough to mash anything at the moment. Just a bit too much going on. Maybe I rock, but you're the one who rolls! |
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Katrina 6 months, 1 week ago
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The score you're seeing (3.9) is rounded to the nearest tenth of a number. Theoretically, the chapter ahead of you may have had a score of 3.85, and you may have had a score of 3.84. If you'd like, I can check to see what you're exact score was. Thanks! |
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wsells 6 months, 1 week ago
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No, that's okay. I'm sure it is what it is, but thanks for offering. I'll just sit here quietly and "sniff" get through it with "sniff" dignity and j&%@()_#ks*0#@ grace. |
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