Authors "Mashed for Cash" in StoryMash's First Creative Writing Contest Ever!
StoryMash, the future of collaborative fiction. And the future has cash prizes! To reward the authors and amateur writers of our creative writing community and encourage collaborative writing StoryMash holds periodic creative writing contests. This was one such contest.
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To celebrate StoryMash.com going live we held a creative writing contest with over $500 in prizesFor our first creative writing contest there were over 260 competing chapters, published by 119 new authors, and a total of 670 users reading and voting. Thanks to everyone in our writing community who participated and made our first StoryMash creative writing contest an awesome success! Here is how the contest worked:Chapters that were published between Nov 1, 2007 and Dec 20, 2007 at 23:59:59 UTC were eligible. The contest voting ended Dec 21, 2007 at 23:59:59 GMT. |
The Winners!
Join us in congratulating the winners of the first StoryMash writing contest! If you are a winning author, please update your StoryMash preferences with your payment details so we can deliver your prize money.
First Place $300
Second Place $150
Third Place $60
The Runner Ups
Thanks to all the talented authors of our creative writing community that submited contest entries. Many are excellent examples of creative writing, check them out.
Note: The ranking of the chapters reflects their current ranking which may be different than the rank they had when the writing contest ended.
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3.3/5.0 - published Dec 11, 2007 - no comments - start of story (preview)
I woke up in a strange white room, where EVERYTHING was white.
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3.3/5.0 - published Nov 26, 2007 - no comments
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 03, 2007 - no comments - start of story
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 19, 2007 - no comments (preview)
A woman seeks answers amid the elements of time and space.
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 12, 2007 - 1 comment
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3.2/5.0 - published Nov 29, 2007 - no comments
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3.2/5.0 - published Nov 26, 2007 - 1 comment
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 19, 2007 - no comments
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 18, 2007 - no comments - start of story
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 17, 2007 - no comments (preview)
Nick, a college student who has moved from a city rich in culture and diversity to a city of self indulgence and egotism reflects on individualism and trying to find meaning to the glamour of vanity around him.
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 11, 2007 - no comments
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 11, 2007 - 1 comment - start of story (preview)
"Where am I?" I exclaimed with fright. The mysterious man just looked on, as if looking at a very real movie, and not a girl's fate.
"Where am I?" I repeated furiously. He kept looking away from me, avoiding eye contact.
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 08, 2007 - 1 comment (preview)
This is the story of a Kentucky stallion, his
life as a Pony Express horse, and letters to the
breeder from the Pony Express rider.
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 06, 2007 - 1 comment
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 05, 2007 - no comments - start of story
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 05, 2007 - no comments
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 04, 2007 - no comments (preview)
This is actually the last chapter... I like to work backwards.
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3.2/5.0 - published Dec 02, 2007 - no comments (preview)
A revised version of my first chapter I wrote. I realize now I should not have been so quick to publish it. I got rid of the swears and the grammatical errors that I saw. Please, any and all comments are appreciated.
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3.2/5.0 - published Nov 12, 2007 - 1 comment
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"Outside: punk arse bitches smoke stained mortar afflicted upon it, by rapists, peace and harmony." by Adolfius
3.2/5.0 - published Dec 03, 2007 - no comments - start of story
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