In addition to the 12x12 in 2012 and the GUTGAA challenge this year, I signed up for Susanna Hill's Summer Short & Sweet Series. To end the summer series in style, Susanna hosted a fabulous summer contest.
CONTEST RULES: The contest is for a children's story of 250 words or less based on the picture and in which somebody somewhere in your story says, in dialogue, "Did/do you see that?" (you may substitute any of the other senses - "Did/do you hear/feel/taste/smell that?") and somebody somewhere in your story says, "Goodbye!" (you are allowed to substitute "Farewell!", "Au revoir!", "Sayonara!", "Ciao!", or "So long!")
I sent in my entry at the last minute. We were supposed to post it to our blog, if we had one. Obviously, I didn't. To tell you the truth, I was a little shy about it (actually, embarrassed). It was difficult to write a story with a beginning, middle, and end in just 250 words. There were so many great talent competing in the contest. But to my surprise, my story- THE DRAGON PRINCE, made it to the top 6!
I guess my story had some merit. So, now I am sharing it, along with the other wonderful finalists. A few of my friends made it to the finals too. Click on the link below and vote for your favorite!
Summer Send-Off Contest Finalists! - Vote For Your Favorite!
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| Illustration copyright Heather Newman 2012 |
Voting ends on Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 11:59 PM EDT!
I loved your story! Good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks so much, Erik. I just had my kids read the 6 stories and they said yours was the BEST! Congrats on a job well done!
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