Tammy: Will the Six Word Mystery Novel be on again this year? My entry: Beginning, middle, morgue. Tammy's lonely life.
Regards, Hedley On Tue, 3 Oct 2017 at 02:50, Tammy Van Boening < tamm...@spectrumwritingllc.com> wrote: > Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of America's First Annual Six-Word Mystery > Contest > > "One story. Six words. Good luck!" > > While a picture is worth a thousand words, a six-word novel is a brilliant > gem. Enter your six-word mystery in Rocky Mountain Mystery Writers of > America's First Annual Six-Word Mystery Contest. > > This contest will be judged by esteemed authors and maybe infamous > scoundrels who will choose the finalists in each category. Finalists will > get to read their entries and have them featured on the RMMWA website; > winners will be voted on by those attending our annual Holiday Party, > December 13, 2017 and announced that evening. Winners will receive valuable > cash prizes and forever be immortalized. > > Six-word novels can be entered in one or all five of the following > categories: > . Hard Boiled or Noir > . Cozy > . Thriller > . Police Procedural > . Romance and Lust > > Cost to enter is $6 per one entry (that's a mere $1 per word); or $10 to > enter six-word mysteries in all five > categories. > > Grand Prize winner will receive $100 in hard, cold cash. > > Finalists in other categories will receive valuable gift cards to Tattered > Cover. > > According to legend, this whole notion of a six-word novel started in the > 1920s when Ernest Hemingway at New > York's Algonquin Hotel or Luchow's restaurant (depending on who you ask) > won > a $10 bet by writing a six-word story. His dark and dramatic submission > was: > "For sale: Baby shoes. Never worn." Urban legend or no, memorable, > heart-breaking and sublime six-word stories have been penned ever since. > Now's your chance. > > Contest is open to all adults 18 and over. No residency requirements. > Entries can be sent between October 1, 2017 and midnight, November 26, > 2017. > > > > > > Tammy Van Boening > > Owner/Principal > > Spectrum Writing, LLC > > Tammy dot Vanboening at spectrumwritingllc.com > > 303-840-1755 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > This message is from the Framers mailing list > > Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com > Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com > Archives located at > http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ > Subscribe and unsubscribe at > http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com > Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com > -- 1/17 Glyndon Road, Camberwell VIC 3124, Australia hedley.fin...@gmail.com Telephone 03 9836 4635 Mobile 0412 461 558 LinuxCounter.net registered computer 576484 (course there are more Linux users than that!) _______________________________________________ This message is from the Framers mailing list Send messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com Visit the list's homepage at http://www.frameusers.com Archives located at http://www.mail-archive.com/framers%40lists.frameusers.com/ Subscribe and unsubscribe at http://lists.frameusers.com/listinfo.cgi/framers-frameusers.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com
