March FADness: The AW Flash a Day Competition

Soccer Mom · Feb 26, 2008

March FADness: The AW Flash a Day Competition

What is it? Everyday in the month of March, I will post a prompt for a flash fiction piece. You write a story either using the prompt or not. It's your choice.

At the end of the month, you have five days to choose your favorite story and polish it. Submit the stories to Rllgthunder via PM, including word count and title.

The stories must be previously unposted, written during the month of March, and they must be under 1000 words. The stories will be posted and then opened up for a board-wide vote. The winner will be offered a contract and publication in Coyote Wild Magazine, courtesy of Mac.

Let's keep this thread only for contest announcements and the daily prompts and use the It's just a FAD thread for discussion.

Happy Flashing!

Soccer Mom · Feb 29, 2008

March 1st Prompt: Fear of Flying?

Fear of Flying? Strap in, Amelia Earhart and take to the skies. Be ye dragon or machine, this is one for the clouds. Your topic is flying.

Happy Flashing!

Soccer Mom · Mar 1, 2008

March 2nd Prompt: A Dark and Stormy Night

It was a dark and stormy night: The thunder rolls and the lightening crashes. A storm is brewing. Write about the weather.

Soccer Mom · Mar 2, 2008

March 3rd Prompt: Feed Your Soul

Feed Your Soul: And also your face. It's time to Unleash your inner chef and get culinary. Your topic today is: Food.

Soccer Mom · Mar 3, 2008

March 4th Prompt: Destination Unknown

Destination Unknown: Sometimes it isn't the destination that's important. Sometimes it is the journey. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to write about a journey.

Soccer Mom · Mar 4, 2008

March 5th Prompt: A Dish Served Cold

A Dish Served Cold: Revenge is the order of the day, whether your MC is on the serving or receiving end, it's time to get even.

Soccer Mom · Mar 6, 2008

March 6th Prompt: Let's Do the Twist

C'mon, Baby! Let's Do the Twist: It's a staple of flash fiction, the twist ending. Time to practice your gotcha. Can you sneak up me?

Sorry for the lateness of this prompt. I had a temporal disturbance last night (AKA fell asleep on the couch).

Soccer Mom · Mar 6, 2008

March 7th Prompt: Creature Feature

Friday prompts will always have a silly twist. Fridays should be fun!

So for the first friday of March FADness, it's a Creature Feature: Vampires? Wyverns? Swamp things? Goblins? Your own invention? Time to go mad scientist and get creative.

Soccer Mom · Mar 7, 2008

March 8th Prompt: DAD

DAD: No, I don't mean the guy sitting on the couch watching ESPN. I mean Drabble A Day. What's drabble? A story of exactly 100 words. 99 words is not drabble. 101 words is not drabble. Exactly 100 words.

Soccer Mom · Mar 8, 2008

March 9th Prompt: Literary Genius

Literary Genius: Time to unleash your inner geek and write fanfic--but not just any fanfic. Shakespearean fanfic. Take the Bard and give him your own twist. If Shakespeare doesn't inspire you, write fanfic based on something you have previously written.

Soccer Mom · Mar 9, 2008

March 10th Prompt: Thanks for the Memories

Thanks for the Memories: Memory is a tricky thing. Instead of being an accurate recording of our past, it becomes hazy blend of fact and fiction. Your prompt today: Memory.

Soccer Mom · Mar 11, 2008

March 11th Prompt: Gambler's Choice

Gambler's Choice: It's double or nothing. Since I've had technical difficulties, this topic is late, so you get a bonus--double the topics. Your choice.

Choice One: Technical Difficulties! There's a ghost in the machine. Houston, we have a problem. Uh oh. Some just went clunk. Now what?

Choice Two: Curious Contraptions! It's time to unleash your inner steampunk and get creative. This story should center around an unusual machine.

Powerball: If you want to double down, combine the two and let your bizzare machinary go on the fritz.

Happy Flashing!

Soccer Mom · Mar 11, 2008

March 12th Prompt: Isn't it Romantic?

Isn't it Romantic? No? Well it should be. Time to luv it up. It can be spicy erotica or a sweet dalliance. Maybe just unrequited and pure love that burns in your MC's heart.

Soccer Mom · Mar 13, 2008

March 13th Prompt: Where'd Everybody Go?

Where'd everybody go? Good question. Actually, your mission today--should you choose to accept it--is to write a story without people. You can include anything else that strikes your fancy: animals, aliens, trolls, snow, car, rings. But no people.

Soccer Mom · Mar 13, 2008

March 14th Prompt: Space, the Final Frontier

It's silly Friday and that means a silly prompt. Ever wanted to write an itty bitty space opera? It's time to contemplate the cosmos. Bring on the aliens and zip around the galaxy with Interplanet Janet!

Soccer Mom · Mar 14, 2008

March 15th Prompt: Domestic Dispute

Domestic Dispute: It's a fight on the homefront. Is it the cold war or a fire fight? Literal or figurative?

Soccer Mom · Mar 14, 2008

March 16th Prompt: Mysterious Spring

Mysterious Spring: You prompt is about finding an unexpected body of water. What does your discovery mean?

Soccer Mom · Mar 16, 2008

March 17th Prompt: A Toast for Me Friends!

A Toast for me friends: Bars, pubs, taverns--I can think of no better location for a wee story on St. Paddy's day. So pour yourself a pint and pull up stool. Write one for the road

Soccer Mom · Mar 17, 2008

March 18th Prompt: Waiting for the World to Change

Waiting. Sucks right? I'm a terrible at waiting. I fidget and squirm. How about your MC? That's your prompt for the day. Waiting.

Soccer Mom · Mar 18, 2008

March 19th Prompt: You Go, Girl!

You Go, Girl: Write a story in second-person present tense.

You are whining. You wring your hands. "How am I supposed to do this," you say. "This is hard."

You sit at the keyboard and begin to type...

Soccer Mom · Mar 19, 2008

March 20th Prompt: The Judas Kiss

The Judas Kiss: It's Maundy Thursday, the date on the christian calendar which commemorates the Last Supper, so your topic is betrayal. Honestly, is there a juicier prompt out there?

Soccer Mom · Mar 20, 2008

March 21 Prompt: The Deadzone

The Deadzone: Your MC is dead. Oh noes!

writerterri · Mar 21, 2008

Love the cat pictures!

I don't think I'm posting my FAD stories in the right place. I don't see anyothers. Help!

Soccer Mom · Mar 21, 2008

Any stories that you want to enter in the contest should be unposted. Any FADness stories that you simply want critted can be posted in the Polished and Ready forum.

ETA: I found your story and critted it for you. KTHXBYE!

Soccer Mom · Mar 21, 2008

March 22 Prompt: Mine, Mine, MINE!

Mine, Mine, MINE! It's all mine! Mwahahahahaha! Your prompt today is about ill-gotten gains--specifically, an undeserved inheritance.

March FADness: The AW Flash a Day Competition

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