1k Words: A Writing Contest (writingclub.world)
43 points by surprisetalk 2 hours ago
ChrisMarshallNY a minute ago
I used to exercise, by writing “mini-sagas.”
50 words exactly.
esquivalience 19 minutes ago
For all the people asking whether or not it is exactly a thousand words or only more or less than that, I think it is very plain from the content. For example:
> "Write 1,000 words about it"
> "you are writing the definitive 1,000 words for this photo. Make them count."
> "Does it have to be 1,000 words? Yes...Your entry must be exactly 1,000 words"
It also says that the prize is $1,000, and there's 1 picture - but I haven't seen anyone asking whether each of those is an upper or lower bound!
kmoser an hour ago
> Does it have to be 1,000 words?
> Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all.
Not to be pedantic but does this mean "1,000 words or fewer," "at least 1,000 words," or "exactly 1,000 words?"
I'm asking because with school assignments the number is usually a lower bound, but with writing contests it's often an upper bound (sometimes even a fuzzy limit).
Gualdrapo an hour ago
Took the bait and sent them my email to apply because, in the page linked, they would "send you the instructions" to it.
But no, no exact definition of what they mean for "1000 words" - wether if it's minimum 1000 words or what, or how are they counting those 1000 words - throwing everything to a Word doc? a parsing script? Will they count things like an "I" or an "a" as a whole word?
I'm thinking about giving this a try, though, but not being pretty clear about that rule seems quite odd.
bjourne 38 minutes ago
"Does it have to be 1,000 words?
Yes. That’s what a picture is worth, after all. Your entry must be exactly 1,000 words, not including the title (if you choose to write one)."
kmoser 25 minutes ago
Good catch, thanks. Unfortunately that information wasn't in the email.
Now, do hyphenated words count as one word or two? Do numbers count as words (e.g. is "12 years old" three words or two?) If I write 1,000 words but concatenate them without spaces, is that still considered 1,000 words, or one single word?
bjourne 13 minutes ago
ko_lqc an hour ago
if it's not exactly 1000 words, then no skill is involved and the writers may as well be published by Penguin or HarperColins or something.
danlitt an hour ago
I don't understand this comment at all. "At least 1000 words" would require at least the skills of writing decently & writing a moderate amount based on little. I get that getting to exactly 1000 requires some skill, but how on earth is that the only skill involved?
sheept an hour ago
grimgrin an hour ago
random__duck 24 minutes ago
I am partially worried of discovering that writing a 1000 words is actually much harder for me now than it was when I was 13.
tom1337890 2 hours ago
Looking forward to some writing assignments. Like in school. Sometimes I miss that in my day to day job. Using just human intelligence. Or maybe "dog intelligence" ;-)
moron4hire 20 minutes ago
Sounds kind of like they are spending $1500 on an email list of people interested in creative writing, plus gaining writing samples.
msm_ 12 minutes ago
There are A LOT of cheaper ways to get some writing samples on the internet. This is just someone having fun, and creating an interesting challenge for others to have fun with.