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$250 Writing/Blogging Contest — Write a Fable for Your Blog and Win!

November 19th, 2008 · 26 Comments

Need a little extra cash for the holidays? If you’ve got a blog and you like to write, this contest is for you!

The Rules:

  1. On your blog, write a fable (a short story with a morality message) that is appropriate for your blog’s audience.

  2. The story must be written by you.
  3. The story must be no more than 300 words.
  4. To enter, leave a comment on this post with a link to your entry.
  5. You may link to this site (i.e. to explain why the heck your very serious finance blog now has a story about animals on it), but a link is not required.
  6. Everyone is eligible whether you’re related to me or have worked for me or not!

Entry deadline:

Tuesday night, November 25th at 11:59 pm (your time).

The winner will be announced (and paid) by Friday night, November 28th.

The Prize:

One winner will receive $250 USD.

Your choice of payment via Paypal or Amazon gift certificate (Christmas shopping money, woohoo!).

Everyone who enters will receive a link to their fable.

Who’s the Judge?

Just me. I’m not too picky about whether a story fits the exact definition of a fable, but I want to see a worthwhile message.

(If this works well, I’ll see about finding a panel of judges for future contests.)

Who’s Sponsoring This Shindig and Why?

That’s me too!

I’ve seen tons of contests around the blogosphere, and they usually want me to sign up for feeds, leave a bajillion comments on the blog, or spam my friends with links to said blog. But, but, but… I want to write!

This is my chance to run the kind of contest I’d like to enter.

This is a contest is for the writers out there… Fable on!

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26 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Tumblemoose // Nov 20, 2008 at 12:51 am

    Ok Lindsay, here you go.

    I THINK this is a fable…

    if not then let me know, I’ll retract.

    Thanks!

    It was fun writing a little fiction for a change - ummm, other than my accounting books ;-)

    George

  • 2 Lara // Nov 20, 2008 at 10:05 am

    Here’s my fable:
    http://oregona.blogspot.com/2008/11/when-you-lose-treasure-it-is-gone.html

    Thanks!

  • 3 J // Nov 20, 2008 at 11:18 am

    This is a very cool and very generous idea. I will give this a shot if I can squeeze in the time.

  • 4 J // Nov 20, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Well, I did it: http://tinyurl.com/6gopy3
    And it is very much something written as a joke but about writing what you love. I really enjoyed this challenge, thanks!

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  • 6 annalaura brown // Nov 22, 2008 at 3:37 pm

    http://miabellacandlebusiness.typepad.com/gourmet_home_candle_busin/2008/11/patricia-productive-and-ellie-excuse-maker.html

    What a great idea. I enjoyed doing this. Thanks

  • 7 Kyo // Nov 23, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Wow! This is a great idea. You’re right, it’s hard to find a decent contest like this on the web.

    Well, here’s my entry:
    http://www.pearlofafrika.com/post/61219720/the-fable-of-the-hunting-dog

    It’s just under 300 words, including the moral. Woohoo! By the way, it rhymes, so read it aloud! :)

  • 8 Maria // Nov 23, 2008 at 5:19 pm

    Lindsay, what a great contest. This was a good writing exercise for me–thank you!

    http://mywahm.blogspot.com/2008/11/groundhog-and-hen.html

  • 9 Rich Maltzman, PMP // Nov 23, 2008 at 6:55 pm

    OK… I took a ‘fable’ I was already working on - in the form of a child’s book - and posted it brazenly on a site that is normally about Project Management, of all things. So now, the PMs can see how goofy I can be, and the writers can see how goofy project management is!

    Check it out here:
    http://scopecrepe.blogspot.com/2008/11/and-now-for-something-completely.html

    Thanks for giving it a read! And please. Keep an eye on your lunch!

  • 10 Lindsay // Nov 24, 2008 at 12:31 am

    Thanks for the entries, everyone. Keep ‘em coming! :)

  • 11 Michele // Nov 24, 2008 at 5:35 am

    So here’s my entry. Lucky for me it still sort of fits in with the blog anyway.

    http://spiritualmotherhood.blogspot.com/2008/11/did-you-realize.html

  • 12 Blogging from Scratch // Nov 24, 2008 at 6:17 am

    Great contest Lindsay. I already have few plots in my mind. I’ll try my best :)

  • 13 Fitz // Nov 24, 2008 at 1:18 pm

    Hi Lindsay. Here’s my entry: Three Kittens: A Business Fable.

    Thanks for this wonderful opportunity.

  • 14 Brian // Nov 24, 2008 at 7:13 pm

    Lindsay, good luck choosing a winner…some very good fables here. Mine is business oriented; here’s the link to my posting: http://www.clearpm.com/journal/2008/11/25/ill-catch-up-soon.html

  • 15 Danielle // Nov 24, 2008 at 9:24 pm

    Enter me, please! Thanks for a fun assignment.

  • 16 Pat with SPI // Nov 25, 2008 at 3:36 am

    That was fun, thanks Lindsay!

    Here is my entry: The Two Eggs

    Good luck everyone!

  • 17 Dee Langdon - BloggerNewbie // Nov 25, 2008 at 6:30 am

    Hello Lindsay

    Thanks for the fun contest. I have a link in the post but I don’t see where it is listed on your blog so here’s the link. Thanks again. It was fun.

    http://bloggernewbie.com/2008/11/25/the-wise-sheep/

  • 18 Linoge // Nov 25, 2008 at 2:51 pm

    This certainly seems like an entertaining contest, and I surely hope my submission is equally amusing:

    http://www.wallsofthecity.net/2008/11/fable_on_the_table.html

  • 19 ArtSiren // Nov 25, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    Hi Lindsay!

    Great idea for a contest. Hope I’m not too late! Here’s my effort:

    Fable of the Lonely Unicorn

  • 20 Micheal Syroka // Nov 25, 2008 at 7:32 pm

    Thanks for the wonderful opportuntiy to enter a contest! I am a professional sports writer/ handicapper, so being able to change my P.O.V. is intriguing! I am sure my daughter will enjoy reading this as much as I enjoyed writing this when she becomes a bit older!
    MS3
    http://msyroka3fablecontest1.blogspot.com/

  • 21 Micheal Syroka // Nov 25, 2008 at 7:50 pm

    Thanks for having this great contest… Here is my fable… Hopefully you will enjoy…

  • 22 Linoge // Nov 25, 2008 at 7:55 pm

    Sorry if this is a double-post, but I think my last one was eaten by a spam-filter.

    Thanks for the great contest, my submission is Dan the Dragon.

  • 23 James M. Hahn // Nov 25, 2008 at 9:28 pm

    Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed it. Nice to have a “real” writing contest! http://jamesmhahn.blogspot.com/2008/11/moral-of-story.html

  • 24 Sarah johnson // Nov 25, 2008 at 9:46 pm

    This was fun. Thanks! Here’s my entry:

    A Fable About a Fish
    299 words

    By Sarah Johnson

    At the very bottom of the deep, dark Adriatic Sea lived a lonely fish who dreamt of warmer waters.

    Fish was mad, sad and miserable and cold. Fish had no friends. Fish had no fun. Fish frowned and fretted and fiddled his fins all day long in the bleakly frozen, black and blue ocean.

    So you could imagine Fish’s delight when during his afternoon swim, his fin caught the net of a steamer heading south. Fish held on tight and rode the long way to a Caribbean Bay where the sun shone above him. He found a ship at the bottom of the sea and made his home there.

    Fish was warm. Fish was well. Fish finally had all he wanted.

    This is why Fish gasped a big gulp of ocean when he caught his fretting frown in the reflection of a spoon.

    Because Fish was warm. Fish was well. Fish finally had all he wanted.

    Or did he?

    Fish swam back to that spoon, stared long and hard and decided that warm was not what soothed him. Yes, tepid waters would be best. A bit cooler than these but not quite as icy — like a birdbath or a puddle or a crick in the Carolinas.

    So Fish caught first freighter north. But the northern sea was as the pea was to the princess in that tale named so accordingly. And rather than sit tight or, better put, swim tight, Fish moved on. And on and on from sea to sea till there were no more oceans left to try.

    And Fish found himself back at the bottom of the deep, dark Adriatic Ocean, dreaming of warmer waters.

    Moral: Happiness begins within and must not hinge on externals.

  • 25 Lindsay // Nov 25, 2008 at 9:51 pm

    Ah ha, look at all these entries coming in today. It must be the last day of the contest or something. ;)

    I can see I’ll be busy reading tomorrow. Thanks for entering, everyone!

  • 26 The Wise Sheep | BloggerNewbie // Nov 28, 2008 at 3:09 pm

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