Writing Contest [9/17 - 10/1]

[Eastern]

Hello my little Wonderwhyian minions. How goes life? Good? Good. I have a quick little contest. A writing contest. Ooooh yay. But here’s the catch, you can only write a story in 50 words. And guess what? Members will be the ones voting for who gets first place in each category out of the ones I think best represent the genre. The stories can be about anything and everything. This contest will last from right now until October 1st.

Rules:

1. Each entry has to be 50 words long, exactly. Not 49 or 51.
2. 5 entries per person. Keep all entries in one post.
3. Do not reuse genres.
4. Be completely original, no rewriting Harry Potter in 50 words.
5. Each genre should have it's own completely original idea
6. You will not receive any pp if the entry has nothing to do with the genre.

Prizes:

10 pp for each entry
10 pp for each entry that stays true to the genre.
1st place in each category: 100 pp
2nd place in each category: 75 pp
3rd place in each category: 50 pp

Genres:

Mystery
Drama
Romance
Science Fiction
Horror
Fantasy
Adventure
Comedy
Tragedy
Western

Username:
Genre:
Story:

WAIT? WHAT? IT’S A CONTEST WITHIN A CONTEST?!

Yes. Yes it is. I need to challenge you lovely people further. You get to choose one of the following mixed genres:

Romantic Tragedy
Comedic Horror
Dramatic Fantasy
Science Fiction Western
Adventure Mystery

And in exactly 500 words you have to write a story that stays true to the genres, AND you have to tie in at least 5 of the following:

Uncooked rice
A shaved llama
Lamps that are shaped like various Greek gods.
A Walrus wearing a monocle and top hat
Tape
An argument between a clown and a cop
A debate on whether a spoon or fork is better between two firemen
A watermelon with blue spots
Balloons that don’t pop
A cat mask

This is separate from the main contest, meaning you can write a Dramatic Fantasy for this, and still submit a Drama and Fantasy for the first part. This is also completely optional. An of this gets you 30 pp, but the one that shows the most creativity and still stays true to the genre will get a prize of 500 pp. All the rules from above apply, except, you are only allowed to submit one of these.

[Verboten]

MYSTERY

My feet were silent as I moved through the brush, my darkened coat made me purely invisible in the night. I watched, my jaw going slack in shock. That wolf, the one who was standing over my father. About to kill him. I knew him; well.

He was my mate.

COMEDY

The young badger stared at her reflection, glaring at herself. Her ‘voice of reason’ kicked in, scorning her.

I TOLD YOU YOU’D MESS UP!
DID NOT
DID TOO
Shut up.
No.
Yes.
Make me.
I refuse to listen—LALALALALA
Oh you priss, you’re full of hormones.
Yeah?
YEAH
...Shut up.

[Hysteria]

Romance~

Neither he nor I had intended on meeting that day at the bus station, but once our eyes met and hellos were exchanged, it was too late to turn back. He changed destinations, bought a ticket, and sat beside me. Smelly bus seats never seemed romantic to me until then.

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[Hermes]

Username: Tategami
Genre: Romance/Tragedy
Story:

Love

"I love you."

The words were simple. Awfully, terribly simple. He felt like they didn't do enough. Something with so much weight behind it should take years and years to fully express, shouldn't be so easy to toss around. The crawling feeling in his stomach, the pounding in his heart -all of it!- it needed more to describe it. He needed more time! Time to think and plan and make his feelings felt in every way that he could. But there was no time, no time at all.

"I love you. I love you. I love you!"

He repeated it over and over again, trying to rid himself of his hopeless feelings. He wanted to shove them out into the air. Once they were gone, he could cry, and then, perhaps, move on. It would be that easy. That was what he believed, anyways.

The rain pattered on the windows. A crackle of lightning illuminated the hallway. His chest began to hitch. He was going to start crying. Any moment now. He could feel it. He swallowed, trying to drown the feeling out. He wouldn't cry. Not here. Not in front of him. He tried to focus on something else. There was a picture, just beside one of the windows. A sheared llama, it's mouth taped shut, stared solemnly down from the canvas.

"Say something. Please."

His voice was small. Tears pricked his eyes. No, no no! It was too soon! He couldn't start crying! Not now!!! He stared harder at the picture. Something off about the watermelon... spots? Was it moldy? It was being held by a girl in a cat mask, smiling evilly. Bright balloons hovered above the claws of a cat, just out of reach. It was some sort of demented party, as far as he could tell. There was something dark and foreboding about the picture. He wanted to cry more than ever now.

"Please..."

There was silence. Another flash of lightning. He stared at the ground. He didn't dare look up. His heart felt heavy and sick. A hand came down on top of his head, and he jumped a bit. His face reddened. A faint spark of hope caused him to shiver. Maybe..?

"I'm sorry."

The words were soft, sincere. The little spark of hope died as the hand slipped off his head. Footsteps proceeded on past him. He stood there, eyes wide, trembling. A soft whine escaped his throat, and he collapsed to the floor. A sob, tired, relieved, full of pain and anguish, bubbled into the air.

There had once been a time when he had believed that death was the worst thing that could happen to him. Now, sitting on the cold, hard ground, the rain dripping down the windows, the lightning whipping the air, he realized that there were things far worse than death.

The footsteps finally faded. With no one left to hear him, he began to cry. The picture stared down, the single, dark witness to his despair.

[°Nepara°]

Username: winkatuck
Genre: Adventure/Mystery
Story: Murder of Geruska
Ref Pic: Rabbit Butler and the Portal to Paradise
Required Items/"Speech"

Murder of Geruska

“Let me go!” The trapped person writhed in the tape that constricted around his scrawny form.

The little goblins wore cat masks to hide their true identities, and the male began to wonder where they were taking him. How did he get here? It did not take long for him to realize from behind stunning glasses, where they had taken him.

“The temple of Geruska...” he had heard about it in legends, but to him it was only a story in mythology books. “but, in the books there were-”

“Balloons that you could bound across to reach it. Why yes...” The male blinked and looked up as he was laid down and the goblins retreated. Where did the voice come from?

“Over here.” He turned onto his side, suddenly the tape binding him was gone. He stood and brushed himself off, his casual blue jeans and T-shirt visible. He took cautious steps towards the voice, a large Walrus resting in a throne atop a staircase. His monocle and top hat complemented his clothes and stunning tie.

“Ah! Don't eat me!” The male swerved on his heels quickly, but when he turned around the giant Walrus was towering over him. Inspecting him as he cleaned his monocle and brought them face to face.

“Do not worry my dear boy, I will not eat you. Do you humans always believe what absurd books tell you?!” He started to walk back the way they came, a huge trail with trees on both sides, a beaten path between them. “I take it you need not know my name Christopher...” he mumbled under his breath.

“Restom, king of dreams, speech and beasts... all knowing and flesh eating...-wait! How did you know my name?!” Chris furrowed his eyebrows in frustration. Reluctantly following the large mammal.

It became quiet and this bothered Chris, he folded his arms behind his head in thought. This is fucking retarded! Then he ran into Restom, the Walrus turned and pulled a finger up to his lips.

“Hush, I do not wish to hear your petty thoughts human. Now bound with me!” the walrus jumped atop one giant balloon after another. Again, Chris reluctantly followed, afraid the balloons would not hold their weight.

They soon came to another plane of depth, rice littered the ground. It was not sticky for the rice was raw and uncooked. Chris paused and waited for the walrus to turn and tell him what to do next. All he saw before him was what appeared a butler with a rabbit's head, blood pooled around him.

“Poor guy, only humans may travel through the portal to paradise... you must find the human who killed our guardian.” Restom sighed with a straight face, looking straight ahead at a swirly doorway.

It seemed to call out to Chris, why? Without a second glance and without questioning how uncooked rice thrown at someone could kill... he walked through the portal.

[lawson]

Username: Kasmira
Genre:Fantasy/Horror (we can do that, right?)
Story: This is the title, I suppose? Yes... Well, let's go with...

[glow=red,2,300]The Unicorn Prince of Wunderbarland[/glow]

Prince's hooves flew over the gnomes, a bloody massacre of destruction. The crowd of Wunderbarland citizens cheered and ate their traditional Wunderbars triumphantly as the last gnome fell.

Suddenly, a drumming was heard, the sort that started out small and grew. Wunderbarland, would now know the era of... ZOMBIE GNOMES!

Not part of the story: Exactly 50 words, hope you all like it! Awesome contest by the way Eastern!

[Shallot]

User name: LadyofShallot (Shallot)

MYSTERY: I don’t remember what happened the night before that morning. The morning I scrutinized a red dot on my face that looked suspiciously like a pimple. I reached up to touch it only to scream and step back-wards, slamming into the peeling yellow wall. My hand was covered with blood.

TRAGEDY: No. This can’t be happening. I cannot watch the last creature on this earth who cared about me die. This is all my fault, I should have never let her go off by herself. She wasn’t strong enough to defend herself against something like him, and we both knew it.




Love the contest! I'm also writing an adventure mystery that unfortunately isn't finished in time for the deadline but I'm still going to work on it in English class ;D

[Artemis]

Contest over. Thanks for all the entries! We'll let you know when judging is finished. <3