50 Word Micro-Fiction Competition – Win SBI Shares
Hello lovelies…
How about a bit of fun? I’d like to run a micro-fiction competition here on this post… and the winner(s) will win an SBI share!
Here’s your photo prompt for the week:
How it works:
- Write a piece of original micro-fiction, no more than 50 words long, based on the photo prompt.
- Leave a comment on this post with your piece of fiction in it. Feel free to post to your blog too and link to it in your comment too– but be sure to leave the actual piece of writing here in the comments.
- Entries close on payout of this post.
- Not compulsory – but I’d love it if you resteemed this post to reach more people, and of course any upvotes are always welcome, and will go to support a larger prize pot in the future.
Good luck – I’m looking forward to reading your entries!
Eveningart x
Sources: photo by yours truly
Hello all, I decided to give this flash fiction a try. So many "windows" of opportunity, with that picture. :)
The Visionary
Payton looks at his wife, holding their newborn. Then he looks back out the window. She has always been the one to see beauty in everything.
"Yes, a garden would look beautiful in there," he said.
"Even with chaos, we can still find beauty in a grey world," she said.
Thanks so much for your entry! I enjoyed how you have picked out a different element of the photograph to highlight. A really lovely, hopeful feel - thanks @pixiehunter
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It was my pleasure to do so. I figured most would go towards something sad, so I wanted to go towards something beautiful. :) Thank you for reading it. :)
My entry:
First Day at Work
I am sitting in the office. My manager had promised me work but it has been an hour. I sit at my desk staring out the window. I count the windows at the building next door. 36 and counting. Man I am bored.
Haha - lovely entry, I can feel this poor character's frustrated boredom. We've all been there- you know you're in trouble when you start counting things... or colour coordinating you paperclips!
Thanks for your entry, E x
Note. This is a cool contest. I did not name my 50-word story. Some of the other contestants have done a great job and I'm glad to be participate. Trigger Warning (sexual abuse):
Ella stares out of her window. Time is frozen to the day a little girl was kidnapped.
They found her alive, but dead on the inside. Stuck to the window sill, seeing the bald man robbing colour from her life, all over again. She will forever remain that little girl.
Oh my goodness- this is poweful and heart breaking. So much conveyed in so few words.
I'm glad you like the contest- thank you so much for your entry. E x
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Here is my entry! I was afraid of giving it a title, because my story came to EXACTLY 50 words! hahahahaha
so - untitled ;)
2nd row from the bottom, 3rd window in.
I see you. Peeking out, your curtain drawn just enough for one eye.
Will we escape our secret suffering?
Remembering your SOS - torn cardboard sheet, pressed against the glass, lipstick-red letters barely visible.
Did anyone see? Probably not.
But I did.
I love the complexity of life you have captured in your enticing little 50-word story!
This is a great idea @eveningart.. i will give it a try..
Okay here goes.. haha i hope i give justice to this! 😂🤣
THE WINDOW
Flu had gotten the whole town sick. The disease spread out so fast that it affected mostly the children and the oldies.
Olivia shifted her gaze to the window. She tried to get up. She made it to the window limping. She smiled. And slowly closes her eyes.
No don't do it Olivia! Or is she just getting some fresh air... Love the ambiguity and the hint of menace! Nice job @maquemali! Thanks for entering x
Hahaha i tried my best on this.. thank you for the opportunity
Now, I'm watching you. Watching me.
One of us must…
One of us should say “hi.”
You, Shy Girl?
Will it be you, please?
Or will we go more months, trying to...
...but never quite saying, "hi."
Or will we forever never speak?
This is so beautiful @bluefin! You old romantic you! I hope one of them says "hi", I can't bare the idea of them never quite managing it <3
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The assassin looked down the scope of his sniper rifle, aiming it at the building across the street. He took a deep breath, waiting for his target to walk into frame. Then he saw the barrel of another sniper rifle at a different window aimed at him.
EEK! Brilliant! That captures how I felt staying in that room. Surrounded by half seen things hiding behind all those panes of glass. Thanks for entering!
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An Ill-Timed Step
Food was scarce. Soon Lena must brave reality.
She peeled aside the curtain and inspected the lifeless street. Shattered cement, burnt cars, only the opposite building intact.
It was silent, safe; she would hurry.
Her courage minute, she stepped outside... no time for regrets as the gunfire began once more.
Thank you for hosting a lovely little contest! :D I love fifty-word stories, though when I do them they are usually become fifty-word prologues, haha! Perhaps @jayna and the fifty-worders would be interested in this too? ~waves hello~
:)
Thanks so much for your entry- brilliant piece- like a held breath before that explosive end!
Thanks for signposting me to @jayna too - I hadn't bumped into the fifty-worders yet - very glad to find them! E x
Thanks for the heads up, @kaelci. I will mention the contest in the next #fiftywords post this weekend.
Hi @jayna! Thank you so much for popping in and for the resteem- much appreciated!
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Great idea with the picture prompt and thanks @jayna for the heads up.
She ghosted into the room, surveying everything as she moved purposefully. Beads of sweat perched on her upper back.
Danger lurked.
She stopped dead in her tracks. The lefthand window handle was not fully engaged.
Someone had been here, but when?
A muffled noise behind her, then darkness.
Out cold.
Nice. Very powerful! My imagination is running wild!
Why thank you @jayna :o)
Thank you for the fun contest, @eveningart. As you can see, some members of the #fiftywords community have submitted entries. We have a weekly challenge to write a 50-word short story based on a one-word prompt, so this is right up their alley! You can see the current challenge post here. My entry follows.
Lemon pie
Nina loaded the last lemon pie into the oven. Her friends were leaving for the lake.
“C'mon, let's go!” Bike bells jingled.
Her mother called out. “Nina!”
“Almost done!”
“When I finish my cigarette, they had better be ready!”
Nina turned the oven to 500 and slipped out the door.
If you'd like to read the story behind the story, you can find that in the orginal post, Lemon Pie.
Excellent story- poor Nina, looks like she has just snapped! Thanks so much for your entry and for helping spread the word about my little contest- I've really enjoyed seeing all this creativity in my comment section!
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Thank you, @eveningart! I thought it was a nice opportunity for the regular Fifty Worders to join an actual contest, since I run #fiftywords as a challenge, and there are no rewards involved, other than the satisfaction of writing a complete story in just 50 words. :-)
p.s. I saw you got a curie upvote. Yay you!
It's great to have the Fifty Worders join, and fantastic to learn about your challenge too! I'm looking forward to taking part.
P.S. Thank you so much - that was a real shock, and such a boost for me on a post I was quite nervous about putting out there. E x