Contest | Cathy C. Hall Writes

Do you write fast? ‘Cause if you hurry, there’s still time to enter up to three short stories in Wordclay’s Short Story Contest.

I found the note “Wordclay” when I opened my folder of “Current Contests and Such” and just today got around to checking it out. So now I only have ONE day to get it together. Read all the details here. Maybe you happen to have a few scathingly brilliant stories hanging around, waiting for publication. Maybe I do, too. I can always use a little Fame and Fortune.

One thing I know I don’t have hanging around is a 60,000 word manuscript. But maybe you do. I found another note, checked out the website, and read all about the “Get Your Stiletto in the Door Contest.” Don’t you LOVE that name? Makes me wish I had a scathingly brilliant manuscript to send, just so I could say I entered the “Get Your Stiletto in the Door Contest.” (See how I managed to work that in again). But if you write fast, you can still make the deadline of June 15, 2008. And if you’re like me, without a manuscript, you can still check out the score sheet and see what criteria the judges use. I learned a new thing or two, writing-wise.

I learned something else new today, too. I found that if you go outside and work in the yard on a Tuesday, you can end up with poison ivy on a Friday. Because apparently, poison ivy is one thing in no hurry at all.

G.K. Chesterton wrote, “There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the cloud.” I love that quote; I think I might have to write that one on a sticky note and carry it about with me. And to think I wouldn’t have found it if I hadn’t been dipping into BrainyQuote.

I found BrainyQuote on the Writer’s Digest list of 101 Best Writer’s Websites. I know I don’t have time to check out all those websites, but I’m a sucker for quotes. Which website will you dip into today? Take a quick look here and then come right back. I found a contest that I know you’ll have time to participate in and even get a freebie to go along with it.

Elizabeth Guy is the editor of The Verb, an online magazine that she produces every month. This month, to celebrate five years of The Verb, she’s sponsoring a contest. And you don’t need a castle full of imagination to win. In fact, one sentence is all that’s required. That’s like a little corner in the castle’s closet.

But you don’t have much time to join her party. Check out today’s winner here, then off you go to try your hand. Or brain, as the case may be.