Chilling Secret
You are prompted to write a 1000-word flash story answering the mystery of a "chilling secret" and how it affects your protagonist. Use your writer's mind to imagine a secret so powerful and consequential that when revealed changes your protagonist in climactic ways. Think about the secret, and weave your story around the details that you imagine--the secret itself becomes the core and genesis of your story. See where you writer's mind takes you ... will it be horrific, thrilling, or mysterious?
*This contest is brought to you by "The Little Workshop of Horrors" club*
Contest parameters are as follows:
--1000 words or less
--MUST be written in 1st Person (I, we, my)
--MUST reveal the "chilling secret" to the reader, either at the beginning or the end
--All warning labels available: you may incorporate violence, language, and sex as you see fit
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 35.00 member dollars. There are 11 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
Full Contest Listing
*This contest is brought to you by "The Little Workshop of Horrors" club*
Contest parameters are as follows:
--1000 words or less
--MUST be written in 1st Person (I, we, my)
--MUST reveal the "chilling secret" to the reader, either at the beginning or the end
--All warning labels available: you may incorporate violence, language, and sex as you see fit
The contest winner will win half of the prize pool which is based on the number of entries. The second and third place winners will each share the remaining prize pool. The prize pool is currently 35.00 member dollars. There are 11 spots still open. If all open spots are used the prize pool will be 90.00 member dollars. In this contest at least 2 submissions must be made for the vote to begin.
Deadline: Contest is closed. Deadline was Tuesday, September 24, 2024.
